Re: Creating autotest testsuite gets stuck if package.m4.in contains unresolved substitutions

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Niels,

* Niels Lohmann wrote on Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 09:14:22AM CET:
> > But say, why don't you just use simple shell variables instead?
> > 
> > tests/package.m4.in:
> >     WGET='@WGET@'
> > 
> > That would strike me as a more natural approach.
> 
> that is, of course, a much better idea. I used "m4_define" in the
> first place, because of this example in Autoconf's manual [1]. When I
> use shell variables, there is still a problem for PACKAGE_BUGREPORT,
> because the "@" inside the address seems to make problems.

The @ inside the address should not cause any problems.  Please check
again and provide us with something reproducible, or at least cut and
pasted commands+output that show that this is problematic.

Thanks,
Ralf