Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> + # Remove trailing slashes.
> + case $ac_val in
> + / | // ) ;;
> + */ ) eval $ac_var='`echo "$ac_val" | sed "s|/*\$||"`' ;;
> + esac
This mishandles ///, no? Also, 'expr' is more reliable in the
presence of weird characters, such as backslashes. I installed this:
2007-10-05 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_PARSE_ARGS): Handle "///"
correctly.
diff --git a/lib/autoconf/general.m4 b/lib/autoconf/general.m4
index 0f8a5dc..10df399 100644
--- a/lib/autoconf/general.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/general.m4
@@ -904,8 +904,9 @@ do
eval ac_val=\$$ac_var
# Remove trailing slashes.
case $ac_val in
- / | // ) ;;
- */ ) eval $ac_var='`echo "$ac_val" | sed "s|/*\$||"`' ;;
+ */ )
+ ac_val=`expr "X$ac_val" : 'X\(.*[[^/]]\)' \| "X$ac_val" : 'X\(.*\)'`
+ eval $ac_var=\$ac_val;;
esac
# Be sure to have absolute directory names.
case $ac_val in
