"Peter O'Gorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Saturday, April 5, 2003, at 07:19 AM, Kevin Ryde wrote: > >> The autoconf manual at the top of the "Shell Substitutions" node says >> forms like >> >> x="`foo "xyz" bar`" >> >> are not portable. > > Can anyone actually find a real live shell where this patch does not > work?
Maybe the autoconf experts (Cc'ed) can remember the circumstances of the remarks in the manual. Be good to have specific culprits mentioned there, for reference and in the interests of definiteness.
