Re: proposed autoconf patches for AS_BASENAME, AS_DIRNAME

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: Akim Demaille <address@hidden> Date: 08 Oct 2001 12:29:33
>> +0200
>> 
>> Do we still want to keep the expr alternative?

Paul> I don't see why not.  

Because I expected machine where basename/dirname was failing, to be
the machines one which expr fails to.

Paul> We spent all that time debugging it.  (:-)

Paul> And it has technical advantages to the echo | sed solution.

Agreed, but we lived for years with echo|sed :)  It's just somewhat
longer to have the three of them.

But you are right, let's keep it then.