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Re: Autoconf 2.53: improved fix for problems with CONFIG_SHELL=bash
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Aaron Ucko |
Subject: |
Re: Autoconf 2.53: improved fix for problems with CONFIG_SHELL=bash |
Date: |
21 Mar 2002 10:15:59 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.3 |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> That change was made a while ago:
>
> Wed Sep 3 23:00:44 1997 Chris Provenzano <address@hidden>
>
> * configure : New configure generated by autoconf.
> * Makefile.in : Set address@hidden@. configure now substiutes
> ${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh} in for @SHELL@ at configure time.
>
> Generally speaking, I think it's a good idea to use the same shell for
> everything, as it's just too confusing otherwise. However, admittedly
> the documentation doesn't mention what's really going on in this area,
> and this ought to get fixed....
I suppose that's fair; it's certainly not worth arguing with Proven about.