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RE: AC_PATH_PROG fails in 2.53?
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Stephen F. Booth |
Subject: |
RE: AC_PATH_PROG fails in 2.53? |
Date: |
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:16:37 -0500 |
> Well, it just happens that you have a problem with something which can
> be named a bug, but it turns out it is also bound to something which
> is a problem in Autoconf. This problem is that we should not use `:'
> in this argument. The reason is that on an architecture such as DOS,
> where the `:' is `;', then your
>
> AC_PATH_PROG(CGICC_CONFIG, cgicc-config, no, [$1/bin:$PATH])
>
> requires *two* different splits. So, would you consider it a shame to
> ask you to write
>
> AC_PATH_PROG(CGICC_CONFIG, cgicc-config, no, [$1/bin $PATH])
>
> instead? I will explain this in the documentation once I have also
> collected other opinions from this list.
I'll be happy to make that change. That's certainly something I would
not have caught. Thanks for your help!