Re: echo vs. printf regression (darwin8)

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 08/16/2010 12:11 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 08/15/10 21:26, David Fang wrote:
> > I'm desperate enough to use sed to patch config.status after it's been
> > generated:
>
> If you're that desperate, you're desperate enough to use bash
> instead of the broken Darwin shell, no?
>
> To others:
>
> Would it be appropriate to patch Autoconf to generate a 'configure'
> that rejects that implementation of 'echo', if it discovers the bug?

Yes.  Or that rejects that shell.  I'd be wary of using a value of 
$as_echo that goes against POSIX.

Paolo