# Nginx configure error when use zsh

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-configure-error-when-use-zsh/220407>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [June 8, 2012, 9:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-configure-error-when-use-zsh/220407 "2012-06-08T09:30:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 9:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-configure-error-when-use-zsh/220407/1 "2012-06-08T09:30:03Z")

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Hello.

nginx configure error when I use zsh.

This is my environment:

operating system: Linux(3.3.7-1-ARCH)

zsh: 4.3.17 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)

Nginx: 1.3.1

This is configure message:

checking for OS

- Linux 3.3.7-1-ARCH i686  
checking for C compiler … found
- using GNU C compiler
- gcc version: 4.7.0 20120505 (prerelease) (GCC)  
…  
…  
checking for Linux specific features  
_auto/os/linux:154: parse error near `version=$((`uname -r…’_  
…  
_auto/modules:396: read-only variable: modules_  
…

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![monad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@monad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/monad)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 10:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-configure-error-when-use-zsh/220407/2 "2012-06-08T10:55:56Z")

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On 08.06.2012, at 11:29, Simon L. wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> nginx configure error when I use zsh.

Please show me result of  
ls -l `which sh`

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**Author:** ![monad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@monad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/monad)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-configure-error-when-use-zsh/220407/3 "2012-06-11T04:25:47Z")

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Hello!

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Maxim D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > operating system: Linux(3.3.7-1-ARCH)  
> > nginx mailing list  
> > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
> > [mailman.nginx.org archive](http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx)

Yes, i use zsh instead of /bin/sh, and thanks for your reply.

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**Author:** ![monad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@monad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/monad)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nginx-configure-error-when-use-zsh/220407/4 "2012-06-08T13:55:55Z")

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Hello!

On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 03:29:21PM +0800, Simon L. wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> nginx configure error when I use zsh.
> 
> This is my environment:
> 
> operating system: Linux(3.3.7-1-ARCH)
> 
> zsh: 4.3.17 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)

You mean using zsh instead of POSIX-compliant shell for /bin/sh?  
Looks like bad idea. Zsh docs at most promise it will “try to  
emulate sh”, nothing more.

Maxim D.