configure hangs after "creating test/Makefile"

[Stephen Summerfield]

Alexandre Oliva wrote:

>On Jan  6, 1999, Thomas Mohaupt <ThoMo at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> finaly it start to create some makefiles but after creating test/Makefile 
>> the cygwin-window show "sed" in the titel and nothing else happens.
>
>Are you sure it's not just taking very long to create config/config.h?
>It usually takes much longer that the other Makefiles.

I also get the same on two different installations (98 and NT4).
I also left it for hours (just in case) but it definitely seems to
be hanging.
I'd like to know the answer to this one...

Steve