On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > > 2000-10-12 Akim Demaille <akim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > * tests/mktests.sh: Backslash the quote in the heredocs to help > > syntax highlighting tools. > > * tests/atspecific.m4 (AT_CHECK_UPDATE): Give a better AT_SETUP > > title. > > >From inspecting the autoconf sources, the problem appears to be in > lib/autoconf/general.m4, not tests/mktests.sh, more precisely in the excerpt > below: > > if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then > m4_ifset([AC_PACKAGE_STRING], > [ case $ac_init_help in > short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of AC_PACKAGE_STRING:";; > esac]) > cat <<\_ACEOF > m4_divert_pop([HELP_ENABLE])dnl > m4_divert_push([HELP_END])dnl > m4_ifset([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], [ > Report bugs to <AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT>.]) > _ACEOF > fi > > I still do not understand why the quoting of _ACEOF is necessary. Could an > autoconf developer explain it to me, please? I'm not in that category. However from context it seems likely that the angle brackets were the feature of concern. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
