Hi Paul, * Paul Eggert wrote on Fri, May 19, 2006 at 04:59:07AM CEST: > I installed this, which should be self-explanatory:
Yes, and thanks, but I think parts of it are not safe. Comments inline. Cheers, Ralf > 2006-05-18 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (AC_REPLACE_FNMATCH, AC_FUNC_FNMATCH_GNU): > Quote some uses of shell variables if they might suffer unexpected > globbing. This doesn't fix all instances of quoting problems that > I found, just the easy ones that look safe. > * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_SRCDIR, _AC_INIT_HELP): > (AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR_DEFAULT, AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIRS): > (AC_CANONICAL_BUILD, AC_CANONICAL_HOST, AC_CANONICAL_TARGET): > (AC_CACHE_LOAD, AC_CACHE_SAVE): Likewise. > * lib/autoconf/libs.m4 (_AC_PATH_X_XMKMF, _AC_PATH_X_DIRECT): Likewise. > * lib/autoconf/specific.m4 (AC_SYS_LONG_FILE_NAMES): Likewise. > * lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_LINK, _AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS): > Likewise. > * lib/autotest/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS): Likewise. > * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL): Likewise. > --- lib/autoconf/general.m4 6 May 2006 05:52:28 -0000 1.916 > +++ lib/autoconf/general.m4 18 May 2006 22:38:14 -0000 > @@ -1601,9 +1601,6 @@ done > if test -z "$ac_aux_dir"; then > AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find install-sh or install.sh in $1]) > fi > -ac_config_guess="$SHELL $ac_aux_dir/config.guess" > -ac_config_sub="$SHELL $ac_aux_dir/config.sub" > -ac_configure="$SHELL $ac_aux_dir/configure" # This should be Cygnus > configure. You are removing some variables here. These have not been documented, but I can find usage out in the wild, e.g. here: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-cvs/200002.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please don't remove them. > AC_PROVIDE([AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR_DEFAULT])dnl > ])# AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIRS > > @@ -1692,17 +1689,17 @@ m4_divert_once([HELP_CANON], > System types: > --build=BUILD configure for building on BUILD [guessed]]])dnl > # Make sure we can run config.sub. > -$ac_config_sub sun4 >/dev/null 2>&1 || > - AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot run $ac_config_sub]) > +$SHELL "$ac_aux_dir/config.sub" sun4 >/dev/null 2>&1 || > + AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot run $SHELL $ac_aux_dir/config.sub]) > > AC_CACHE_CHECK([build system type], [ac_cv_build], > [ac_build_alias=$build_alias > test "x$ac_build_alias" = x && > - ac_build_alias=`$ac_config_guess` > + ac_build_alias=`$SHELL "$ac_aux_dir/config.guess"` > test "x$ac_build_alias" = x && > AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot guess build type; you must specify one]) > -ac_cv_build=`$ac_config_sub $ac_build_alias` || > - AC_MSG_ERROR([$ac_config_sub $ac_build_alias failed]) > +ac_cv_build=`$SHELL "$ac_aux_dir/config.sub" $ac_build_alias` || > + AC_MSG_ERROR([$SHELL $ac_aux_dir/config.sub $ac_build_alias failed]) > ]) > _AC_CANONICAL_SPLIT(build) > ])# AC_CANONICAL_BUILD > @@ -1718,8 +1715,8 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([host system type], [ac_c > [if test "x$host_alias" = x; then > ac_cv_host=$ac_cv_build > else > - ac_cv_host=`$ac_config_sub $host_alias` || > - AC_MSG_ERROR([$ac_config_sub $host_alias failed]) > + ac_cv_host=`$SHELL "$ac_aux_dir/config.sub" $host_alias` || > + AC_MSG_ERROR([$SHELL $ac_aux_dir/config.sub $host_alias failed]) > fi > ]) > _AC_CANONICAL_SPLIT([host]) > @@ -1737,8 +1734,8 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([target system type], [ac > [if test "x$target_alias" = x; then > ac_cv_target=$ac_cv_host > else > - ac_cv_target=`$ac_config_sub $target_alias` || > - AC_MSG_ERROR([$ac_config_sub $target_alias failed]) > + ac_cv_target=`$SHELL "$ac_aux_dir/config.sub" $target_alias` || > + AC_MSG_ERROR([$SHELL $ac_aux_dir/config.sub $target_alias failed]) > fi > ]) > _AC_CANONICAL_SPLIT([target])
