Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@xxxxxx> writes: Hello Ralf, > * Fabien Chêne wrote on Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 10:37:42PM CEST: >> >> cat > foo.jam << EOF >> echo $(FOO) ; dnl here is the problem >> EOF > > Try > echo 'echo $(FOO)' > foo.jam > > or: > > cat >foo.jam <<'EOF' > echo $(FOO) > EOF > > (minus the indentation). If the word after '<<' is quoted with single-, > double-quote, or a backslash, the here document is not expanded by > parameter expansion and command substitution. This is a purely shell > issue (which is rare with Autoconf, due to the common issues with M4 > quoting). > > Hope that helps. That helps a lot ! *HUGE* thanks for the solution and the explanation. -- Fab _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
