On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 07:18 -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Jules Colding on 3/26/2007 7:10 AM: > > if test "xSTRING1" = "xSTRING2"; then > > else > > fi > > > > Probably something entirely fundamental that I just forgot... > > Portability. Suppose STRING1 is '(' and STRING2 is ')'. Then 'test "x(" > = "x)"' is false, while 'test ( = )' is true. See also the manual: > http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Limitations-of-Builtins.html#Limitations-of-Builtins Ah, yes. Makes perfectly sense now. Thanks a lot, jules _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf