Re: complete failure of configure for autoconf-2.53.

[Stefan `Sec` Zehl]

On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 01:24:32PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > From: Stefan `Sec` Zehl <address@hidden>
> > Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:25:52 +0200
> > 
> > | $ PATH=".;."
> > | $ conftest.sh
> > | got called
> 
> Does it work as Autoconf expects if you set PATH="/nonexistent;."
> instead?  If so, we could work around the problem by replacing ".;."
> with "/nonexistent;.".

It appears to work (i.e. don't search .):

ice:~>cd /usr/bin
ice:/usr/bin>/usr/local/bin/ksh
$ PATH=".;."
$ uptime
11:41PM  up 1 day,  6:33, 3 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
$ PATH="/nonexistent;."
$ uptime
/usr/local/bin/ksh: uptime: not found

CU,
    Sec
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