Re: Multi-line output variables appear incorrectly in config.log

[Daniel Richard G.]

On Mon, 2011 Aug 15 14:06-0600, Eric Blake wrote:
>
> To be expected - multiline output is being sorted literally, with no
> way to escape the newlines into something that keeps the ultimate
> assignment located within a single line within the config.log output.

I don't see a need to keep the value on a single line. The output could
just as reasonably be

        localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
        mandir='${datarootdir}/man'
        multiline_var='zero
         one
        !two
        "three'
        oldincludedir='/usr/include'
        pdfdir='${docdir}'

Sorting the list with the values already present appears to me to be the
problem; that makes an assumption that multi-line values break.


--Daniel


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