Running ./config.status

[Stepan Kasal]

Hi,
   I proposed to the following change to a autoconf/tests/Makefile.am[1]:

 atconfig: $(top_builddir)/config.status
-       cd $(top_builddir) && ./config.status $(subdir)/$@
+       cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@


On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 12:59:28PM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Shouldn't we fix Automake to match Autoconf, and not the reverse?
> The Autoconf manual always says to run ./config.status, without any
> shell.

The question: Why does Automake add "$(SHELL)" to the command?
The config.status contains some m4sh initilization at the beginning, so it
should be capable to be run as ./config.status.

A note, which is in fact a second question:
[1] No, that rule cannot be generated by Automake, as "tests/atconfig" is
registered via AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS.  Using AC_CONFIG_FILES would mean that
people have to add a copy of atconfig.in to their tests subdirectory.
But it's quite possible that I'm missing something.

Thanks in advance for your help,
        Stepan