Keith Marshall <keithmarshall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Nevertheless, it does seem that avoiding backquoted expressions within > double quotes where possible, can lead to more robust and portable > scripts. I disagree. Not quoting the output of a command substitution is a bug waiting to happen. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, schwab@xxxxxxx SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf