Re: `missing' needs patch for Ultrix4.4

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

Jim> * missing (--run): Use `eval' to run `"$@"'.  Otherwise, Ultrix4.4's
Jim> /bin/sh fails and outputs garbage.

Jim> -  "$@" && exit 0
Jim> +  eval "$@" && exit 0

I read through this thread but didn't see convergence on a solution.
Do we know what to do?
Won't this problem also affect `depcomp'?  And maybe other scripts?
Or is it only an issue when $1 is "weird" (eg `:')?

Tom