* Thomas Dickey <dickey@xxxxxxx> [2004-01-24 07:44]: > On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > > > 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. Why? The following works perfectly with ash, dash, or bash: $ cat <<EOF <foo> EOF -- Rafael
