Hi Ralf, Ralf wrote: > Hi Harlan, > > * Harlan Stenn wrote on Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 05:23:41AM CEST: > > I wrote: > > > > > > PATH_NET_SNMP_CONFIG=whatever > > > AC_PATH_PROG([PATH_NET_SNMP_CONFIG], [$PATH_NET_SNMP_CONFIG]) > > > > > > and that doesn't work (with autoconf 2.59). > > What doesn't work with it? It seems to work fine in a test here (with > both 2.59 and current). Maybe there is some other code around it which > causes the problem (e.g., PATH_NET_SNMP_CONFIG is also a m4 defined > name, or these two lines are part of an underquoted expansion)? I went back and tried again and some interesting things happened (the shells for configure changed from /bin/sh to /bin/bash, and then I realized I also made another runtime change to help me prepare for n automated release cycle in 2 hours' time), so I'll take a harder look at this after I wake up tomorrow. > > Looks like: > > > > PATH_NET_SNMP_CONFIG=whatever > > AC_PATH_PROG([PATH_NET_SNMP_CONFIG], [$[]PATH_NET_SNMP_CONFIG]) > > > > is the ticket. > > FWIW, the only change this quoting gets me is inside of a comment. > Looking at the diff of the configure scripts may hint you at what > is different for you. Yeah, it didn't make sense to me either. And I typo'd the example I gave - it should have been: PROG_NET_SNMP_CONFIG=whatever AC_PATH_PROG([PATH_NET_SNMP_CONFIG], [$PROG_NET_SNMP_CONFIG]) and I've been hacking around this configure.ac so much tonight that there is an excellent chance the original problem I saw was a typo. I will revisit this if it still bites me in the morning. Thanks... H _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
