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Re: AT_TESTED: make it work with full paths from AC_PATH_PROG
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Eric Blake |
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Re: AT_TESTED: make it work with full paths from AC_PATH_PROG |
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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:10:23 -0700 |
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According to Allan Clark on 11/17/2009 7:21 AM:
> Nice idea. However, it adds the potential for false positives. A
> better
> patch would be to check for an absolute name prior to starting the loop
> over PATH. I'll work up a patch along those lines.
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> Cool.
>
> What kind of false-positives? Are you concerned in matching a file
> /bzcat, or /awk in the root directory? Worried about straying off the
> beaten $PATH?
Yep - that's exactly the problem I'm worried about.
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Eric Blake address@hidden
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