Re: `missing' needs patch for Ultrix4.4

[Jim Meyering]

Tom Tromey <address@hidden> wrote:

| >>>>> "Jim" == Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
|
| Jim> * missing (--run): Use `eval' to run `"$@"'.  Otherwise, Ultrix4.4's
| Jim> /bin/sh fails and outputs garbage.
|
| Jim> -  "$@" && exit 0
| Jim> +  eval "$@" && exit 0
|
| I read through this thread but didn't see convergence on a solution.
| Do we know what to do?
| Won't this problem also affect `depcomp'?  And maybe other scripts?
| Or is it only an issue when $1 is "weird" (eg `:')?

Hi Tom,

It was only a problem when $@ was a shell built-in, like : or cd.