expect (alternatives?) on embedded linux machine

[Mr. James W. Laferriere]

 	Hello Ryan ,  There is a mini expect called 'Jim' .  I have no idea if
 	it will drive rancid properly or not .  I only mentioning that it
 	exists .  Hth ,  JimL

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, Ryan Speed wrote:
> I realize this might fall into the off topic category but I'm
> wondering if anyone's had any luck compiling expect on nslu2
> (http://www.nslu2-linux.org/) box, any mention I found in the expect
> archives leads nowhere.  Alternative to this would be to try a python
> implementation of expect, has anyone gone down this road to get rancid
> running on one of these boxes or something similar?
>
> see below for the roadblock, im not a coder so it's got me scratching my head.
>
> thanks in advance,
> ryan
>
> configuring Expect 5.43.0
> checking for autoconf... yes
> checking configure up to date... yes
> checking host system type... Invalid configuration
> `armv5b-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `armv5b-unknown' not recognized
>
> checking target system type... Invalid configuration
> `armv5b-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `armv5b-unknown' not recognized
>
> checking build system type... Invalid configuration
> `armv5b-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `armv5b-unknown' not recognized
>
> checking shell to use within Make...
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for building with threads... no (default)
> checking for Tcl configuration... configure: warning: Can't find Tcl
> configuration definitions .: #: not found
> checking Tcl build library...
> checking for Tcl_CreateCommand... no
> checking if Tcl library build specification is valid... no
> checking for Tk configuration... configure: warning: Can't find Tk
> configuration definitions
> checking for Tk_Init... no
> checking if Tk library build specification is valid... no
> checking whether the compiler () actually works... configure: error:
> the native compiler is broken and won't compile.
>

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