Eric Blake <ebb9@xxxxxxx> writes:
> According to Boggis, Antony on 10/23/2008 5:47 PM:
>> AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-purify,build with Purify [[default=no]]),
>
> This is underquoted. You need to get in the habit of properly quoting
> your arguments:
>
> AC_ARG_ENABLE([purify],
> [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-purify], [build with Purify [default=no]]),
The Autoconf manual explicitly recommends underquoting
AS_HELP_STRING (though not its arguments):
...The following example will make this clearer.
AC_DEFUN([TEST_MACRO],
[AC_ARG_WITH([foo],
AS_HELP_STRING([--with-foo],
[use foo (default is NO)]),
[ac_cv_use_foo=$withval], [ac_cv_use_foo=no])
AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether to use foo],
[ac_cv_use_foo], [ac_cv_use_foo=no])])
Please note that the call to `AS_HELP_STRING' is *unquoted*.
It doesn't say why (and I don't know why).
--
Ben Pfaff
http://benpfaff.org
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