Hi Eric, * Eric Blake wrote on Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 05:11:46PM CET: > On 11/14/2010 10:24 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > tests: work around dash quoting issue in case statements. > > > > * tests/color.test, tests/color2.test: Quote variable in case > > pattern, to avoid skipping tests with dash 0.5.5.1.
> > --- a/tests/color.test > > +++ b/tests/color.test > > @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ std='[m' > > # BSD 'grep' works from a pipe, but not a seekable file. > > # GNU or BSD 'grep -a' works on files, but is not portable. > > case `echo "$std" | grep .` in > > - $std) ;; > > + "$std") ;; > > I don't see this documented in the autoconf manual; would you care to > extend the existing documentation on case to mention this limitation? Well, I owe you a number of Autoconf patches already, but yes, when I get around to analyzing the issue enough, I intend to write a bug report to upstream and a patch for autoconf.texi. Cheers, Ralf