configure problems

[jim hopper]

> > with ld problem i get:
> >
> > checking for ld used by GCC... sed: -e expression #1, char 7: Unterminated
> > `s' command
>
>You may have to update your sed.

did that, built latest sed, autoconfig and automake and installed.  didnt help.

>Also, note that configure uses /bin/sh, so it may read some
>files when it runs.  So the conditions may be different than when running
>stuff from the cmdline.
>

yes i am going to have to try to set up a simpler script to do this 
to see what happened.

best jim

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