* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 07:38:10AM CEST: > > But that isn't what you need here. There are situations in which you > cannot prove whether $1 is blank or not. In that case, we should add > both the ":\n" as well as $1. Actually, $1 can just expand to `#\n' (that is, comment sign plus newline) and the shell will still report a syntax error. If you want to disallow the user shooting himself in the foot, then `:\n' or `:;' is probably needed. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf