Re: GNU Autoconf test version 2.59d available

[Eric Blake]

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According to Andreas Büning on 6/7/2006 3:09 PM:
> - The code that searches for the best shell (_AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL,
>   around line 234 in lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4) doesn't use 
> $ac_executable_extensions,
>   so for systems which use .exe extensions no shell can be found here.
>   Please, correct this. If you like I'll write the necessary one or two lines
>   to patch this.
> 
>   Btw, ac_executable_extension seems to be undocumented. If I don't set this
>   variable, no executables like grep or perl can be found at all. I wonder
>   whether this is also a problem on Windows or other systems having .exe
>   files. Would it be possible to document this or any similar variable, 
> please?

The shells for the various Windows ports recognize executable files
without requiring the .exe extension, which is why this issue has not come
up in the past.  OS/2 is particularly picky about requiring extensions.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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