Hi, > > I instead just ask `test ${#ac_delim} -gt 1000', which gives six > > iterations with the current set up. > > ${#<var>} isn't portable. I think this is: > _len=`expr "${ac_delim}" : ".*"` but this is ugly. Something like: for f in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6; do test $f = 6 && AC_MSG_ERROR(...) ... done shoule be the easiest solution. (I don't understand why my original proposal was so complicated; sorry for that.) Stepan _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf