"Loulou Pouchet" <loulou@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > ../config/mdate-sh:shift:90: shift count must be <= $# > ../config/mdate-sh:shift:90: shift count must be <= $# Thanks for tracking this down. This is due to an incompatibility of zsh with POSIX shells. I installed this patch into the Automake and Autoconf main branches. 2004-12-08 Paul Eggert <eggert@xxxxxxxxxxx> * lib/mdate-sh: Don't use "set - x`$ls_command /`", as zsh mishandles the spaces inside $ls_command. Problem reported by Loulou Pouchet in <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2004-12/msg00074.html>. Don't use "set - x"; plain "set x" is enough, and simplifies debugging. Index: mdate-sh =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/config/mdate-sh,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -p -u -r1.4 -r1.5 --- mdate-sh 27 Jan 2004 19:25:05 -0000 1.4 +++ mdate-sh 8 Dec 2004 20:34:37 -0000 1.5 @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ #!/bin/sh # Get modification time of a file or directory and pretty-print it. -scriptversion=2003-11-09.00 +scriptversion=2004-12-08.12 -# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, June 1995 # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fi # words should be skipped to get the date. # On HPUX /bin/sh, "set" interprets "-rw-r--r--" as options, so the "x" below. -set - x`$ls_command /` +set x`ls -l -d /` # Find which argument is the month. month= @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ do done # Get the extended ls output of the file or directory. -set - x`eval "$ls_command \"\$save_arg1\""` +set x`eval "$ls_command \"\$save_arg1\""` # Remove all preceding arguments eval $command _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
