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

#!/bin/sh
(
 if [ x"$USE_BC" = x1 ]; then
  echo -n "ibase=16; "
 fi
 if [ x"$1" = x ]; then
  cat
 else
  echo "$1"
 fi
) | (
 if [ x"$USE_BC" = x1 ]; then
  bc -q
 else
  cat ./scripts/hex2dec.d/"$(cat)"
 fi
)