Hello,
I invented a tiny simplification, see the attached patch.
I guess we cannot have
echo " " >confdefs.h
because a smart editor might replace the spaces with tabs.
But I hope that the solution presented in the patch is OK.
Have a nice day,
Stepan Kasal
2005-05-16 Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* ./lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_PREPARE): Simplify the initial
echo to confdefs.h .
Index: ./lib/autoconf/general.m4
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/lib/autoconf/general.m4,v
retrieving revision 1.854
diff -u -r1.854 general.m4
--- ./lib/autoconf/general.m4 13 May 2005 09:17:15 -0000 1.854
+++ ./lib/autoconf/general.m4 16 May 2005 13:38:00 -0000
@@ -1293,8 +1293,7 @@
rm -f -r conftest* confdefs.h
# AIX cpp loses on an empty file, so make sure it contains at least a newline.
# NextStep 3.3 (patch 3) loses unless the first echo outputs at least 14 bytes.
-ac_space=' '
-echo
"$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space"
>confdefs.h
+echo "[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]" >confdefs.h
# Predefined preprocessor variables.
AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PACKAGE_NAME], ["$PACKAGE_NAME"],
