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Subject: Re: VCSWITNESS = fail ** 2
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> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 19:36:20 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> Right, the problem was elsewhere.  This fixed it, AFAICS:
> 
> -       vcswitness='$$(srcdir)/../'$$dirstate;                          \
> +       vcswitness='$(srcdir)/../'$$dirstate;                           \

Actually, I take that back: the original code should work, and works
for me.

So let's please step back one notch: can you please tell what exactly
is wrong with the way vcswitness is computed and passed to the
sub-Make?