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Re: fix tar bootstrap


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: fix tar bootstrap
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:49:15 +0200
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Eric Blake wrote:
> -  echo "    m4_syscmd([test ! -d ]${macro_prefix_arg}_LIBSOURCES_DIR[ ||"
> +  echo "    m4_syscmd([test ! -d 
> ]m4_defn([${macro_prefix_arg}_LIBSOURCES_DIR]) [ ||"

So, the general rule is: If a macro FOO is defined through m4_define or
m4_pushdef, then to get its value *without further evaluations or 
interpretation*
one needs to write

      ...]m4_defn([FOO])[...

not

      ...]FOO[...

Is that right?

Bruno





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