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Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions
From: |
David A. Wheeler |
Subject: |
Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions |
Date: |
Tue, 9 Mar 2021 22:33:01 -0500 |
> On Mar 9, 2021, at 5:08 PM, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:
> N.B. I changed Autoconf's "find us a better shell" logic in 2.70 to
> include checking for $(...) _specifically because of_ the change being
> debated here. Configure scripts themselves still use `...`
> nigh-exclusively.
This seems like the right approach: First find a useful shell with $(...), then
use that shell.
This localized the pain to the “find a shell” bootstrap.
I suspect many program-specific scripts use $(...),
so this will actually *increase* the portability of the final result.
--- David A. Wheeler
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, (continued)
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Paul Eggert, 2021/03/09
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Karl Berry, 2021/03/09
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Paul Eggert, 2021/03/09
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Warren Young, 2021/03/09
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Todd C. Miller, 2021/03/09
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Michael Orlitzky, 2021/03/09
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Warren Young, 2021/03/09
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Russ Allbery, 2021/03/09
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Tim Rice, 2021/03/09
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Zack Weinberg, 2021/03/09
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions,
David A. Wheeler <=
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Nick Bowler, 2021/03/09
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Karl Berry, 2021/03/10
- Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Paul Eggert, 2021/03/09
Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Bob Friesenhahn, 2021/03/08
Re: config.sub/config.guess using nonportable $(...) substitutions, Tim Rice, 2021/03/08