From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org>
Cc: 22556@debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#22556: 25.0.90; autogen.sh automatic parameter isn't working
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 21:32:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vc1t8rring.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56B395DA.5020108@porkrind.org> (David Caldwell's message of "Thu, 4 Feb 2016 10:18:02 -0800")
David Caldwell wrote:
> Commit aca31e3815b9bd9c696cf0c74cc4a80ad7e35ec9 seems to have broken
> './autogen.sh'. It's requiring me to invoke it with the 'autoconf'
> parameter. A quick peek at the source looks like it should be automatic,
> but I think there's a bug in the shell code. At least, I needed this
> change to make the 'autoconf' automatic under bash.
I don't see the issue with bash, but I do with eg dash.
> -for arg in ${*-autoconf}; do
> +for arg in ${*:-autoconf}; do
The autoconf manual says that this is portable to all shells that
support functions, so it should be fine, since autogen.sh uses
functions.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-05 2:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-04 18:18 bug#22556: 25.0.90; autogen.sh automatic parameter isn't working David Caldwell
2016-02-05 2:32 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2016-02-05 3:06 ` David Caldwell
2016-02-05 17:41 ` Glenn Morris
2016-02-05 18:06 ` bug#22556: HEAD; " David Caldwell
2016-02-05 22:18 ` bug#22556: 25.0.90; " Paul Eggert
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