Angus Leeming wrote:
> $ cat conftest.sh
> #! /bin/sh
>
> CONFIGURE="../configure --prefix=/usr/local
> --with-extra-inc=/usr/include/qt3 --enable-maintainer-mode
> --with-version-suffix --with-included-gettext --with-frontend='xforms
> qt gtk'"
Does this line break come from the mailer or is it in the script? I don't
know, but it might be a problem.
> echo ${CONFIGURE}
> ${CONFIGURE}
>
>
> $ sh conftest.sh
> ../configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-extra-inc=/usr/include/qt3
> --enable-maintainer-mode --with-version-suffix
> --with-included-gettext --with-frontend='xforms qt gtk'
> configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
> configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
> configure: WARNING: invalid host type: gtk'
I got this message when I forgot to quote "xforms qt gtk". But the strange
thing is that the quotes are there..
Did you try double quotes? They work for me on debian stable.
Georg
