Re: 01-as-require-shell-fn.patch

[Akim Demaille]

 >> I do not believe that the set of people/env running make check on
 >> Autoconf is related in anyway with the set of people/env running
 >> configure.

 > Libtool has contained (though not actually called on most env) a
 > shell function since 2002-10-30, spanning the release of
 > libtool-1.5... libtool re-execs itself with a shell that has an
 > echo that handles backslashes properly.  I have not had a single
 > complaint.  I think that it is true that there are no more env
 > without a function capable shell install(able) from the vendor
 > installation media, or at least if there are they are used with
 > their original tools, not to build and install a modern gnu
 > toolset.

I do not believe that the set of people/env running a package using
Libtool 1.5 is related in anyway with the set of people/env running
configure.


I am firmly opposed to the idea of releasing a version of Autoconf
using shfn without at least one generation of shfn-spy-enabled
configure.

And, yes, I too know the advantages of shfn.  It is just not the
point.