Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") in Void Linux

[thegarlynch]

when i try to build it. this error comes up

checking for g++... g++ checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes checking for C++ compiler default output file name... a.out checking for suffix of executables... checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/sbin/mkdir -p checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style) checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking dependency style of g++... gcc3 checking for pkg-config... /usr/sbin/pkg-config checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for vlc-plugin >= 3.0.0... yes checking for libtorrent-rasterbar >= 1.0.0... yes ./configure: 4038: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

[johang]

Which shell are you using?

[thegarlynch]

zsh

[johang]

Unable to reproduce this. Do you have steps how to reproduce this in Docker?

[petterreinholdtsen]

@thegarlynch Perhaps you can share what is written around line 4038 in your edition of configure, to give a better idea about exactly which code is failing? Are you sure you are not running configure with zsh?