Error "syntax error near unexpected token `newline'" in configure

[Manuel Reimer]

Hello,

I have to compile an older Wine version (5.6) as this is the last 
version which started the League Of Legends client without major problems.

Recently I'm running into the following error while configuring:

|checking whether gcc -m32 works... yes checking for the directory 
containing the Wine tools... checking for flex... flex checking whether 
flex is recent enough... yes checking for bison... bison checking 
whether bison is recent enough... yes checking for ar... ar checking for 
strip... strip checking for ranlib... ranlib checking whether ln -s 
works... yes checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... 
/usr/bin/grep checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E checking for 
ldconfig... /sbin/ldconfig checking for msgfmt... msgfmt 
../wine-lol/configure: line 7543: syntax error near unexpected token 
`newline' ../wine-lol/configure: line 7543: ` ''' I guess this has been 
fixed in Wine at some point. Does someone maybe remember which fix on 
Wine repaired this? Thanks in advance Manuel |

[Manuel Reimer]

Sorry for the garbage. My mail client killed my layout...
Here is the output I get when trying to compile Wine 5.6:

checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for ldconfig... /sbin/ldconfig
checking for msgfmt... msgfmt
../wine-lol/configure: line 7543: syntax error near unexpected token 
`newline'
../wine-lol/configure: line 7543: `    '''


Maybe someone remembers which fix on Wine fixed such problems.

Thanks in advance

Manuel