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From: Espen Wiborg <espenhw@grumblesmurf.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, kifer@cs.sunysb.edu
Subject: Re: make bootsrap problems
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 09:08:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87od6qucrg.fsf@grumblesmurf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0utzgjxmq7.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Tue, 27 May 2008 21:04:48 -0400")

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
> Glenn Morris wrote:
>> I think I see what's going on now. I'm guessing you have /bin/sh
>> pointing to zsh. zsh's echo behaves differently from bash's with
>> regards to these backslash escapes:
>>
>> bash> echo "ELCFILES = \\\\\\"   ->    ELCFILES = \\\
>> zsh>  echo "ELCFILES = \\\\\\"   ->    ELCFILES = \\

espenhw@demokritos:~/src/emacs$ ls -l /bin/sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2008-02-01 13:34 /bin/sh -> dash*
espenhw@demokritos:~/src/emacs$ dash
$ echo "ELCFILES = \\\\\\"
ELCFILES = \\

So yes, the shell difference is the problem. 

>
> The following ought to work for everyone. Blech.
>
> (Yes, I know I should be using printf rather than echo, but it isn't
> used anywhere else in the Emacs Makefiles, so I don't know if I'm
> allowed to.)

I can confirm that this works for me.

-- 
Espen Wiborg <espenhw@grumblesmurf.org>
Meus Navis Aerius est Plena Anguillarum




  reply	other threads:[~2008-05-28  7:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-27  9:56 make bootsrap problems Michael Kifer
2008-05-27 10:44 ` David Kastrup
2008-05-27 13:36   ` Espen Wiborg
2008-05-27 19:29     ` Glenn Morris
2008-05-28  0:44       ` Glenn Morris
2008-05-28  1:04         ` Glenn Morris
2008-05-28  7:08           ` Espen Wiborg [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-05-28  7:57 Angelo Graziosi
2008-05-28  8:02 ` Glenn Morris

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