Re: bug#9257: configure errors after upgrade to libtool 2.4

[Julien ÉLIE]

Hi all,

Following an issue reported in:
  https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libtool/2011-08/msg00012.html

I found out that upgrading from libtool 2.2.6b to libtool 2.2.8 already
triggers the error off.
Would it be related to the $Xsed -> $SED switch?  Is there something that
should be taken care of in configure.ac owing to that change?


Here are log files from an attempt to configure INN (a news server):
    http://iulius.dinauz.org/libtool-inn/


You will see at the end of output.console:


checking for Unix domain sockets... yes
checking log facility for news... LOG_NEWS
configure: creating ./config.status
Usage: /bin/sed [OPTION]... {script-only-if-no-other-script} [input-file]...
[...]
./configure: line 20068: /bin/sed -e 1s/^X//: No such file or directory
./configure: line 20068: : command not found
./configure: line 20068: : command not found
./configure: line 20068: : command not found
./configure: line 20068: : command not found
./configure: line 20068: : command not found
./configure: line 20068: : command not found
./configure: line 20068: : command not found
./configure: line 20068: : command not found
./configure: line 20068: i686-pc-linux-gnu: command not found
./configure: line 20068: linux-gnu: command not found
./configure: line 20068: : command not found
./configure: line 20068: i686-pc-linux-gnu: command not found
./configure: line 20068: linux-gnu: command not found
Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
Try `grep --help' for more information.
./configure: line 20068: /bin/grep -E: No such file or directory
./configure: line 20068: : command not found
./configure: line 20068: : command not found
[...]



It seems to be related to:

SED='`$ECHO "$SED" | $SED "$delay_single_quote_subst"`'
Xsed='`$ECHO "$Xsed" | $SED "$delay_single_quote_subst"`'
macro_version='`$ECHO "$macro_version" | $SED "$delay_single_quote_subst"`'
macro_revision='`$ECHO "$macro_revision" | $SED "$delay_single_quote_subst"`'
[...]


Thanks beforehand for your help on that subject.

-- 
Julien ÉLIE

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