Re: Libtool-patches Digest, Vol 25, Issue 12

[Akim Demaille]

>>> "libtool-patches-request" == libtool-patches-request  <address@hidden> 
>>> writes:

 > @@ -1493,8 +1498,8 @@
 >        *.lo)
 >      # Just add the directory containing the .lo file.
 > -    dir=`$ECHO "X$file" | $Xsed -e 's%/[[^/]]*$%%'`
 > -    test "X$dir" = "X$file" && dir=.
 > +    func_dirname "$file" "" "."
 > +    dir="$func_dirname_result"
 >      ;;
 
 >        *)

I don't understand why you don't write functions that send their
result on stdout.  That would be more readable.  Are there any
portability issues?  Is it because of embedded quotes?  Here there
don't seem to be any problem.

            dir=`func_dirname "$file" "" "."`