i changed the she-bang on configure from sh to bash because it keeps giving people trouble: /CA/pikaj00> ./configure: 132: Bad substitution /CA/pikaj00> root@pikaj00-M-7323U:/services/ircd/resdb# /relayhell/d3v11> use /relayhell/d3v11> bash configure /relayhell/d3v11> did you run that command on slackware? /relayhell/d3v11> ./configure? /CA/pikaj00> sorry /CA/pikaj00> one sec /CA/pikaj00> yes /relayhell/d3v11> LOL /relayhell/d3v11> then the problem is not ubuntu or debian /CA/shuttle> =) /relayhell/d3v11> if slackware has the same problem /CA/pikaj00> bash /CA/shuttle> what do you think pik /CA/pikaj00> worked