Re: [PATCH] Autotest 2.62 bug?

[Eric Blake]

On 08/09/2010 05:14 AM, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> Hallo Ralf,
> 
> The following patch makes it possible to bootstrap libtool.git master with 
> Autoconf 2.62,
> though it is not necessary when using a newer Autoconf.
> 
> Unfortunately I don't know my way around the innards of Autotest well enough 
> to be able
> to figure out what the problem is, though with time it should be possible to 
> bisect to
> the changeset that fixes it I suppose.

Probably due to handling of unquoted # within the test name.  Have you
tried the quadrigraph @%:@ instead, which should work around the bug in
the older 2.62?

>  # Don't bother with additional XSI checks unless functions were substituted
> -AT_CHECK([fgrep '# Extended-shell func_split_short_opt' 
> $abs_top_builddir/libtool >/dev/null 2>&1 || (exit 77)])
> +fgrep '# Extended-shell func_split_short_opt' $abs_top_builddir/libtool 
> >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 77
>  

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