autoconf-2.49c test 16 failed on SGI IRIX 6.5

[Paul Martinolich]

$ ./configure
+ + pwd
pwd=/people/martinol/auto_v2.5/devel/build-autoconf/tests
+ set -e
+ ac_incr_dir=
+ ac_dummy=/people/martinol/auto_v2.5/devel/build-autoconf/tests/1/2/3/4/5/6
+ IFS=\/
+ set X people martinol auto_v2.5 devel build-autoconf tests 1 2 3 4 5 6
+ shift
+ echo people\martinol\auto_v2.5\devel\build-autoconf\tests\1\2\3\4\5\6
+ ac_incr_dir=/people\martinoluto_v2.5\deveuild-autoconf
+ test -d /people\martinoluto_v2.5\deveuild-autoconf
+ mkdir /people\martinoluto_v2.5\deveuild-autoconf
Cannot create directory "/people\martinoluto_v2.5\deveuild-autoconf": 
Permission denied

so what happened between the echo and the ac_incr_dir?
plus every thing got put back together using \ rather than /
the \a disappears, \b removes the previous l.

It is related to the echo "address@hidden".  On SGI is must use the first IFS
value, which is '\'?

The default /bin/sh on SGI is the Korn Shell.

>From the man page:

     The meaning of $* and $@ is identical when
     not quoted or when used as a variable assignment value or as a filename.
     However, when used as a command argument, "$*" is equivalent to
     "$1d$2d...", where d is the first character of the IFS variable, whereas
     "$@" is equivalent to "$1"d"$2"d... .

So perhaps, IFS can be declared as "/\\" rather than "\\/"?

Paul