On 09/22/2015 02:00 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: >> wc: file "//dev/null": EDC5047I An invalid file name was specified as >> a function parameter > > How about if we add //dev/null to the configure-time test as to whether > / and // are the same? If //dev/null doesn't work, then / and // are > not the same. Rather, it sounds like configure is already correct, and we are correctly deducing that // is different; but that the difference is odd on this platform in that it is not distinguishable via dev/ino (every other platform with distinct // at least has the decency to give a distinct dev/ino). -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org