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Re: Make AS_VAR_SET more robust to shell quoting (shell functions 4/n)


From: Paolo Bonzini
Subject: Re: Make AS_VAR_SET more robust to shell quoting (shell functions 4/n)
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 14:07:36 +0200
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On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 12:00:07PM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> 
>  Paolo> This should be the last patch before actual usage of shell functions.
>  Paolo> 2003-03-05 Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
> 
>  Paolo> * m4sugar/m4sh.at (AC_VAR_SET): Protect RHS of indirect
>  Paolo> variable accesses, if quoted.
> 
> Could you enlighten me on the goal?  And maybe add some comment?  I'm
> not sure I understand the purpose of this patch.

It's to allow

AC_VAR_SET(ac_var, "none required")

in the AC_SEARCH_LIBS shell function.

Paolo





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