[FYI] {maint} configure: ${#param} must be supported by the shell for the testsuite

[Stefano Lattarini]

This will be required at least by the Automake-NG branch.

* configure.ac: Require the $AM_TEST_RUNNER_SHELL supports ${#param} as
a way to obtain the length of the expansion of the variable $param.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden>
---
 configure.ac |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d49da6c..a8db061 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -297,6 +297,14 @@ AC_DEFUN([_AM_CHECK_CANDIDATE_SHELL],
       [], [am_score=1; break])
 
     _AM_CHECK_SHELL_FEATURE([$1],
+      [supports address@hidden:@var}],
+      [zero='' one='x' twelve=' foobar baz!' \
+        && test address@hidden:@zero} -eq 0 \
+        && test address@hidden:@one} -eq 1 \
+        && test address@hidden:@twelve} -eq 12],
+      [], [am_score=1; break])
+
+    _AM_CHECK_SHELL_FEATURE([$1],
       [supports address@hidden:@glob} and \${var%glob}],
       [v=a/b/c \
         && test address@hidden:@*/} = b/c \
-- 
1.7.9.5