Re: Wrt to Tru64

[Gary V . Vaughan]

On Monday 23 April 2001  7:47 am, you wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> > > ./ltconfig[633]: syntax error at line 1 : `COPYING' unexpected
> >
> > Wierd.  We will be interested to hear what you discover.
>
> I  found that the error message is because of a script error in
> ltcf-cxx.sh. I have  a fix for that.  But not sure whether it is correct or
> not .   But  then once I explain what is happening  some one else should be
>  able to check whether the patch I am sending is correct or not .  The '*
> 'in the
> 'output_verbose_link_cmds' is getting expand as the file list in the
> current directory . I have right now put a backslash "\" to indicase escape
> . But not sure it is the right way of fixing .

Thanks.  Good catch!

I think there is an underlying problem with the way output_verbose_link_cmds 
is not quoted prior to being `eval'ed.  By my reckoning, it should be passed 
through $sed_quote_subst before being fed to eval, otherwise technically 
variables will also be substituted at the wrong time.

Additionally, it breaks our naming convention: *_cmds variables should allow 
multiple lines of shell code to be used if separated by `~'s;  if a variable 
can hold only a single line of shell code, it should be name *_cmd.

Comments?

Cheers,
        Gary.
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