Re: caching variables

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According to Sam Steingold on 9/11/2009 2:54 PM:
> however, this way I will be testing variables which have never been set.
> is this OK?
> (I understand that unless I set -u, shell will not barf, but I was
> wondering if that was considered bad style in aitoconf).

Autoconf _expects_ to be run with set +u, and exploits uninitialized
variables.  It would be a _lot_ of work to support set -u.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9@xxxxxxx
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