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Re: Odd problem in AC_PROG_INSTALL


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: Odd problem in AC_PROG_INSTALL
Date: 19 Feb 2001 16:40:15 +0100
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"Tim Van Holder" <address@hidden> writes:

> I just noticed I neglected to use AS_EXECUTABLE_P and
> $ac_path_separator in AC_PROG_INSTALL (I used to set
> $INSTALL in config.site so hadnt yet run into this).
> Trying to add it yielded strange problems: configure
> keeps complaining 'test -x: command not found'.
> The really odd thing is that 'bash -x configure' shows
> the following trace:

Can you show the output code (configure)?

Maybe you broke the IFS somewhere, and therefore variables are no
longer split at spaces.  That's also the default mode for zsh, you
need to say

        $=foo

if you want IFS splitting.



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