Re: 02-lineno.patch

[Raja R Harinath]

Hi,

Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
> <Just an idea passing through my head, after having made a short stop>
>
> Am I missing something, or sourcing instead of exec'ing would solve
> all the problems?  Our problems are related to the ID of the script,
> but sourcing doesn't change it, right?

I tried the following 

  --- lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 2001/09/27 08:27:55     1.51
  +++ lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 2001/10/01 22:47:59
  @@ -152,5 +152,6 @@ if test "x$as_lineno_1"  = "x$as_lineno_
       chmod +x $as_me.lineno
     fi
  -  exec ${SHELL-/bin/sh} ./$as_me.lineno ${1+"address@hidden"}
  +  . ./$as_me.lineno
  +  exit 0
   fi
 
It passes 'make check' on linux and Solaris.  I also tried a hacked
version of m4sh.m4 which unset LINENO just before all this stuff, and
that passed 'make check' on Linux with bash.  So, seems OK.

- Hari
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