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Re: AH_VERBATIM isn't really verbatim with backslashes (autoconf 2.49c)
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: AH_VERBATIM isn't really verbatim with backslashes (autoconf 2.49c) |
Date: |
Mon, 5 Feb 2001 11:55:57 -0800 (PST) |
> From: Akim Demaille <address@hidden>
> Date: 30 Jan 2001 11:40:42 +0100
> | Apparently AH_VERBATIM isn't really verbatim: it turned two
> | backslashes into one. This isn't documented anywhere that I can see;
> | is it intended?
>
> Hm, I had not realized it was a different issue :(
>
> I really don't know what to do, it has not been specified. You tell
> me... There should be at least $var expansion in there. IMHO.
Whatever it does should be documented, at least, if only to say that
it's the usual expansion for double-quoted shell strings. (Is that
what it is?)
- Re: AH_VERBATIM isn't really verbatim with backslashes (autoconf 2.49c),
Paul Eggert <=