Bug#619380: autoconf 2.63 as_echo generated code does not work on OpenVMS

2011-03-23 Thread John E. Malmberg
On 3/23/2011 11:22 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: Does it occur with Autoconf 2.67? OK. Please report your results. Curl daily tarball is reporting that configure is built by Autoconf 2.67. Examination of that section of that generated configure file shows that it is identical to the code generate

Bug#619380: autoconf 2.63 as_echo generated code does not work on OpenVMS

2011-03-23 Thread John E. Malmberg
On 3/23/2011 10:07 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: "John E. Malmberg" writes: On 3/23/2011 8:24 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: "John E. Malmberg" writes: The curl package is using Debian autoconf to generate its configure script, and I was advised to report this issue here for tracking and possible resolution

Bug#619380: autoconf 2.63 as_echo generated code does not work on OpenVMS

2011-03-23 Thread John E. Malmberg
On 3/23/2011 11:22 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: [Please stop dropping the CC to the BTS! This is the only way that the discussion can be properly logged.] I understand that. The dropping on that last message was unintentional. I noticed that it was being sent from the wrong e-mail address and tried

Bug#619380: autoconf 2.63 as_echo generated code does not work on OpenVMS

2011-03-23 Thread Ben Pfaff
[Please stop dropping the CC to the BTS! This is the only way that the discussion can be properly logged.] John Malmberg writes: > On 3/23/2011 10:07 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: >> "John E. Malmberg" writes: >> >>> On 3/23/2011 8:24 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: "John E. Malmberg" writes: > The cur

Bug#619380: autoconf 2.63 as_echo generated code does not work on OpenVMS

2011-03-23 Thread Ben Pfaff
"John E. Malmberg" writes: > On 3/23/2011 8:24 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote: >> "John E. Malmberg" writes: >>> The curl package is using Debian autoconf to generate its configure >>> script, and I was advised to report this issue here for tracking and >>> possible resolution by the curl team. >> >> If yo

Bug#619380: autoconf 2.63 as_echo generated code does not work on OpenVMS

2011-03-23 Thread John E. Malmberg
Package: autoconf Version: 2.63 The curl package is using Debian autoconf to generate its configure script, and I was advised to report this issue here for tracking and possible resolution by the curl team. Autoconf 2.63 is generating a configure script that set up the environment variable a