Re: libtool breaks if arg is explicit null string

[Robert Boehne]

John Reiser wrote:
> 
> ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4 (1.920 2001/04/24 23:26:18)
> 
> In --mode=execute, an explicit null string  ''  is not handled correctly
> when testing for a library name that must be massaged.
> The sed utility winds up reading stdin, which clearly is bogus.
> 
> Change
> -----ltmain.in:4241, 4547, 4714  [3 places]
>            (sed -e '4q' $file | egrep "^# Generated by .*$PACKAGE") 
> >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> -----becomes
>            (sed -e '4q' "$file" | egrep "^# Generated by .*$PACKAGE") 
> >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> -----
> Note the added double quotes.
> 

John:

Why are you trying to execute '' ?
If you're looking for somthing to fix in Libtool, I think somthing
could be found...  ;)  You could check the TODO file, or you could
fix libtool to use files with $ in their names.  Also, check the
web pages on contributing for the required content and format.
(Hope I didn't scare you off!)

Robert
 
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