Re: libtool overquoting?

[Gary V. Vaughan]

On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 08:58:33PM -0500, Rob Browning wrote:
> 
> With libtool 1.4.1, I've been having trouble running programs because
> libtool seems to be "overquoting".  The simplest example is this:
> 
>   $ libtool --mode=execute echo foo
>   "foo"

It's wonderful to receive bug reports that are so easy to reproduce =)O|
Thanks.

> I wasn't completely sure this was a bug, but I didn't see anything
> similar in the past few months of the bug list, so I thought it worth
> reporting.

It is indeed a bug.  I backported the fix from CVS HEAD to branch-1-4
thus:

Index: ChangeLog
from  Gary V. Vaughan  <address@hidden>

        * ltmain.in (exec_cmd): Don't overquote or we end up with this:
        $ libtool --mode=execute echo foo
        "foo"
        Reported by Rob Browning <address@hidden>

Index: ltmain.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/ltmain.in,v
retrieving revision 1.259.2.9
diff -u -p -u -r1.259.2.9 ltmain.in
--- ltmain.in 2001/09/11 00:05:33 1.259.2.9
+++ ltmain.in 2001/09/13 21:19:29
@@ -4610,7 +4610,7 @@ relink_command=\"$relink_command\""
       fi
 
       # Now prepare to actually exec the command.
-      exec_cmd='"$cmd"$args'
+      exec_cmd="\$cmd$args"
     else
       # Display what would be done.
       if test -n "$shlibpath_var"; then


Cheers,
        Gary.
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