Re: libtoolize 2.2.7a is a fork bomb under OpenSolaris

[Peter Rosin]

Den 2009-11-25 12:38 skrev Peter Rosin:
> I suffered from something that looks similar, my underlying
> cause is that ECHO is not set properly leading to big trouble
> when func_dirname_and_basename "$progpath" is executed.
>
> this line:
> func_dirname_result=`$ECHO "${1}" | $SED -e "$dirname"`
> expands to the following for me
> func_dirname_result=`"./libtoolize" | /bin/sed -e "s,/[^/]*$,,"`
>
> leading to lots of forks.
>
> my libtoolize as this line before the above
> : ${ECHO=$as_echo}
> but as_echo is not assigned anywhere in my libtoolize.
>
> I'm on debian squeeze, autoconf 2.64, automake 1.11 but
> testing the pr-msvc-support branch.
>
> Huh?

I did a clean checkout/bootstrap and the problem is gone.

I do not have a clear recollection of what I did to the
other checkout to get it into the bad shape. Sorry...

Cheers,
Peter

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