Index: ChangeLog
from  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>

	* ltmain.sh: Don't quote the argument of case/esac and
	assignments.
	* libtool.m4: Likewise.

Index: libtool.m4
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/libtool/libtool.m4,v
retrieving revision 1.141
diff -u -r1.141 libtool.m4
--- libtool.m4 2000/12/22 23:40:11 1.141
+++ libtool.m4 2001/01/11 17:14:57
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 _LT_AC_PROG_ECHO_BACKSLASH
 # Only perform the check for file, if the check method requires it
-case "$deplibs_check_method" in
+case $deplibs_check_method in
 file_magic*)
   if test "$file_magic_cmd" = '$MAGIC_CMD'; then
     AC_PATH_MAGIC
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@
 
 # Some flags need to be propagated to the compiler or linker for good
 # libtool support.
-case "$host" in
+case $host in
 *-*-irix6*)
   # Find out which ABI we are using.
   echo '[#]line __oline__ "configure"' > conftest.$ac_ext
   if AC_TRY_EVAL(ac_compile); then
-    case "`/usr/bin/file conftest.$ac_objext`" in
+    case `/usr/bin/file conftest.$ac_objext` in
     *32-bit*)
       LD="${LD-ld} -32"
       ;;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
       DllMain (0, 0, 0);],
       [lt_cv_need_dllmain=no],[lt_cv_need_dllmain=yes])])
 
-  case "$host/$CC" in
+  case $host/$CC in
   *-*-cygwin*/gcc*-mno-cygwin*|*-*-mingw*)
     # old mingw systems require "-dll" to link a DLL, while more recent ones
     # require "-mdll"
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 lt_cv_global_symbol_to_cdecl="sed -n -e 's/^. .* \(.*\)$/extern char \1;/p'"
 
 # Define system-specific variables.
-case "$host_os" in
+case $host_os in
 aix*)
   [symcode='[BCDT]']
   ;;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 
 # Handle CRLF in mingw tool chain
 opt_cr=
-case "$host_os" in
+case $host_os in
 mingw*)
   opt_cr=`echo 'x\{0,1\}' | tr x '\015'` # option cr in regexp
   ;;
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@
 # find a string as large as possible, as long as the shell can cope with it
   for cmd in 'sed 50q "[$]0"' 'sed 20q "[$]0"' 'sed 10q "[$]0"' 'sed 2q "[$]0"' 'echo test'; do
     # expected sizes: less than 2Kb, 1Kb, 512 bytes, 16 bytes, ...
-    if (echo_test_string="`eval $cmd`") 2>/dev/null &&
-       echo_test_string="`eval $cmd`" &&
+    if (echo_test_string=`eval $cmd`) 2>/dev/null &&
+       echo_test_string=`eval $cmd` &&
        (test "X$echo_test_string" = "X$echo_test_string") 2>/dev/null
     then
       break
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
   lt_cv_dlopen=no
   lt_cv_dlopen_libs=
 
-  case "$host_os" in
+  case $host_os in
   beos*)
     lt_cv_dlopen="load_add_on"
     lt_cv_dlopen_libs=
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
     enable_dlopen=no
   fi
 
-  case "$lt_cv_dlopen" in
+  case $lt_cv_dlopen in
   dlopen)
     save_CPPFLAGS="$CPP_FLAGS"
     AC_REQUIRE([_LT_AC_CHECK_DLFCN])dnl
@@ -668,12 +668,12 @@
     ;;
   esac
 
-  case "$lt_cv_dlopen_self" in
+  case $lt_cv_dlopen_self in
   yes|no) enable_dlopen_self=$lt_cv_dlopen_self ;;
   *) enable_dlopen_self=unknown ;;
   esac
 
-  case "$lt_cv_dlopen_self_static" in
+  case $lt_cv_dlopen_self_static in
   yes|no) enable_dlopen_self_static=$lt_cv_dlopen_self_static ;;
   *) enable_dlopen_self_static=unknown ;;
   esac
@@ -734,12 +734,12 @@
 fi
 
 # Transform linux* to *-*-linux-gnu*, to support old configure scripts.
-case "$host_os" in
+case $host_os in
 linux-gnu*) ;;
 linux*) host=`echo $host | sed 's/^\(.*-.*-linux\)\(.*\)$/\1-gnu\2/'`
 esac
 
-case "$host_os" in
+case $host_os in
 aix3*)
   # AIX sometimes has problems with the GCC collect2 program.  For some
   # reason, if we set the COLLECT_NAMES environment variable, the problems
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@
     lt_cv_prog_cc_wl='-Wl,'
     lt_cv_prog_cc_static='-static'
 
-    case "$host_os" in
+    case $host_os in
     beos* | irix5* | irix6* | osf3* | osf4* | osf5*)
       # PIC is the default for these OSes.
       ;;
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@
     esac
   else
     # PORTME Check for PIC flags for the system compiler.
-    case "$host_os" in
+    case $host_os in
     aix3* | aix4*)
      # All AIX code is PIC.
       lt_cv_prog_cc_static='-bnso -bI:/lib/syscalls.exp'
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@
     save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $lt_cv_prog_cc_pic -DPIC"
     AC_TRY_COMPILE([], [], [dnl
-      case "$host_os" in
+      case $host_os in
       hpux9* | hpux10* | hpux11*)
 	# On HP-UX, both CC and GCC only warn that PIC is supported... then
 	# they create non-PIC objects.  So, if there were any warnings, we
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@
 # preloaded symbol tables.
 extract_expsyms_cmds=
 
-case "$host_os" in
+case $host_os in
 cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* )
   # FIXME: the MSVC++ port hasn't been tested in a loooong time
   # When not using gcc, we currently assume that we are using
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@
   wlarc='${wl}'
 
   # See if GNU ld supports shared libraries.
-  case "$host_os" in
+  case $host_os in
   aix3* | aix4*)
     # On AIX, the GNU linker is very broken
     ld_shlibs=no
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@
     # FIXME: what about values for MSVC?
     address@hidden
     address@hidden,address@hidden,address@hidden
-    case "$host_os" in
+    case $host_os in
     mingw*)
       # mingw values
       address@hidden
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@
   fi
 else
   # PORTME fill in a description of your system's linker (not GNU ld)
-  case "$host_os" in
+  case $host_os in
   aix3*)
     allow_undefined_flag=unsupported
     always_export_symbols=yes
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@
     allow_undefined_flag=' ${wl}-berok'
     archive_cmds="\$CC $shared_flag"' -o $output_objdir/$soname $libobjs $deplibs $compiler_flags ${wl}-bexpall ${wl}-bnoentry${allow_undefined_flag}'
     archive_expsym_cmds="\$CC $shared_flag"' -o $output_objdir/$soname $libobjs $deplibs $compiler_flags ${wl}-bE:$export_symbols ${wl}-bnoentry${allow_undefined_flag}'
-    case "$host_os" in [aix4.[01]|aix4.[01].*])
+    case $host_os in [aix4.[01]|aix4.[01].*])
       # According to Greg Wooledge, -bexpall is only supported from AIX 4.2 on
       always_export_symbols=yes ;;
     esac
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@
     ;;
 
   hpux9* | hpux10* | hpux11*)
-    case "$host_os" in
+    case $host_os in
     hpux9*) archive_cmds='$rm $output_objdir/$soname~$LD -b +b $install_libdir -o $output_objdir/$soname $libobjs $deplibs $linker_flags~test $output_objdir/$soname = $lib || mv $output_objdir/$soname $lib' ;;
     *) archive_cmds='$LD -b +h $soname +b $install_libdir -o $lib $libobjs $deplibs $linker_flags' ;;
     esac
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@
 		$LD -G${allow_undefined_flag} -M $lib.exp -h $soname -o $lib $libobjs $deplibs $linker_flags~$rm $lib.exp'
     hardcode_libdir_flag_spec='-R$libdir'
     hardcode_shlibpath_var=no
-    case "$host_os" in
+    case $host_os in
     [solaris2.[0-5] | solaris2.[0-5].*]) ;;
     *) # Supported since Solaris 2.6 (maybe 2.5.1?)
       whole_archive_flag_spec='-z allextract$convenience -z defaultextract' ;;
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@
 sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib"
 sys_lib_search_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
 
-case "$host_os" in
+case $host_os in
 aix3*)
   version_type=linux
   library_names_spec='${libname}${release}.so$versuffix $libname.a'
@@ -1821,7 +1821,7 @@
 freebsd*)
   objformat=`test -x /usr/bin/objformat && /usr/bin/objformat || echo aout`
   version_type=freebsd-$objformat
-  case "$version_type" in
+  case $version_type in
     freebsd-elf*)
       library_names_spec='${libname}${release}.so$versuffix ${libname}${release}.so $libname.so'
       need_version=no
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@
       ;;
   esac
   shlibpath_var=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-  case "$host_os" in
+  case $host_os in
   freebsd2*)
     shlibpath_overrides_runpath=yes
     ;;
@@ -1875,12 +1875,12 @@
   need_version=no
   soname_spec='${libname}${release}.so$major'
   library_names_spec='${libname}${release}.so$versuffix ${libname}${release}.so$major ${libname}${release}.so $libname.so'
-  case "$host_os" in
+  case $host_os in
   irix5*)
     libsuff= shlibsuff=
     ;;
   *)
-    case "$LD" in # libtool.m4 will add one of these switches to LD
+    case $LD in # libtool.m4 will add one of these switches to LD
     *-32|*"-32 ") libsuff= shlibsuff= libmagic=32-bit;;
     *-n32|*"-n32 ") libsuff=32 shlibsuff=N32 libmagic=N32;;
     *-64|*"-64 ") libsuff=64 shlibsuff=64 libmagic=64-bit;;
@@ -2012,7 +2012,7 @@
   library_names_spec='${libname}${release}.so$versuffix ${libname}${release}.so$major $libname.so'
   soname_spec='${libname}${release}.so$major'
   shlibpath_var=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-  case "$host_vendor" in
+  case $host_vendor in
     sni)
       shlibpath_overrides_runpath=no
       ;;
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@
 ## FIXME: this should be a separate macro
 ##
 if test "$enable_shared" = yes && test "$GCC" = yes; then
-  case "$archive_cmds" in
+  case $archive_cmds in
   *'~'*)
     # FIXME: we may have to deal with multi-command sequences.
     ;;
@@ -2170,7 +2170,7 @@
     sys_lib_search_path_spec sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec \
     compiler_c_o compiler_o_lo need_locks exclude_expsyms include_expsyms; do
 
-    case "$var" in
+    case $var in
     reload_cmds | old_archive_cmds | old_archive_from_new_cmds | \
     old_postinstall_cmds | old_postuninstall_cmds | \
     export_symbols_cmds | archive_cmds | archive_expsym_cmds | \
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@
 
 __EOF__
 
-  case "$host_os" in
+  case $host_os in
   aix3*)
     cat <<\EOF >> "${ofile}T"
 
@@ -2487,7 +2487,7 @@
     ;;
   esac
 
-  case "$host_os" in
+  case $host_os in
   cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | os2*)
     cat <<'EOF' >> "${ofile}T"
       # This is a source program that is used to create dlls on Windows
@@ -2699,7 +2699,7 @@
 <<  --enable-shared[=PKGS]  build shared libraries [default=>>AC_ENABLE_SHARED_DEFAULT],
 changequote([, ])dnl
 [p=${PACKAGE-default}
-case "$enableval" in
+case $enableval in
 yes) enable_shared=yes ;;
 no) enable_shared=no ;;
 *)
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@
 <<  --enable-static[=PKGS]  build static libraries [default=>>AC_ENABLE_STATIC_DEFAULT],
 changequote([, ])dnl
 [p=${PACKAGE-default}
-case "$enableval" in
+case $enableval in
 yes) enable_static=yes ;;
 no) enable_static=no ;;
 *)
@@ -2768,7 +2768,7 @@
 <<  --enable-fast-install[=PKGS]  optimize for fast installation [default=>>AC_ENABLE_FAST_INSTALL_DEFAULT],
 changequote([, ])dnl
 [p=${PACKAGE-default}
-case "$enableval" in
+case $enableval in
 yes) enable_fast_install=yes ;;
 no) enable_fast_install=no ;;
 *)
@@ -2804,7 +2804,7 @@
 AC_DEFUN([AC_PATH_TOOL_PREFIX],
 [AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $1])
 AC_CACHE_VAL(lt_cv_path_MAGIC_CMD,
-[case "$MAGIC_CMD" in
+[case $MAGIC_CMD in
   /*)
   lt_cv_path_MAGIC_CMD="$MAGIC_CMD" # Let the user override the test with a path.
   ;;
@@ -2823,7 +2823,7 @@
     if test -f $ac_dir/$1; then
       lt_cv_path_MAGIC_CMD="$ac_dir/$1"
       if test -n "$file_magic_test_file"; then
-	case "$deplibs_check_method" in
+	case $deplibs_check_method in
 	"file_magic "*)
 	  file_magic_regex="`expr \"$deplibs_check_method\" : \"file_magic \(.*\)\"`"
 	  MAGIC_CMD="$lt_cv_path_MAGIC_CMD"
@@ -2895,7 +2895,7 @@
   *)
     ac_prog=`($CC -print-prog-name=ld) 2>&5` ;;
   esac
-  case "$ac_prog" in
+  case $ac_prog in
     # Accept absolute paths.
     [[\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*)]
       [re_direlt='/[^/][^/]*/\.\./']
@@ -2991,7 +2991,7 @@
 # If you have `file' or equivalent on your system and you're not sure
 # whether `pass_all' will *always* work, you probably want this one.
 
-case "$host_os" in
+case $host_os in
 aix4*)
   lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all
   ;;
@@ -3019,7 +3019,7 @@
 
 freebsd*)
   if echo __ELF__ | $CC -E - | grep __ELF__ > /dev/null; then
-    case "$host_cpu" in
+    case $host_cpu in
     i*86 )
       # Not sure whether the presence of OpenBSD here was a mistake.
       # Let's accept both of them until this is cleared up.
@@ -3044,13 +3044,13 @@
   ;;
 
 irix5* | irix6*)
-  case "$host_os" in
+  case $host_os in
   irix5*)
     # this will be overridden with pass_all, but let us keep it just in case
     lt_cv_deplibs_check_method="file_magic ELF 32-bit MSB dynamic lib MIPS - version 1"
     ;;
   *)
-    case "$LD" in
+    case $LD in
     *-32|*"-32 ") libmagic=32-bit;;
     *-n32|*"-n32 ") libmagic=N32;;
     *-64|*"-64 ") libmagic=64-bit;;
@@ -3066,7 +3066,7 @@
 
 # This must be Linux ELF.
 linux-gnu*)
-  case "$host_cpu" in
+  case $host_cpu in
   alpha* | i*86 | powerpc* | sparc* | ia64* )
     lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all ;;
   *)
@@ -3109,7 +3109,7 @@
   ;;
 
 sysv4 | sysv4.2uw2* | sysv4.3* | sysv5*)
-  case "$host_vendor" in
+  case $host_vendor in
   motorola)
     [lt_cv_deplibs_check_method='file_magic ELF [0-9][0-9]*-bit [ML]SB (shared object|dynamic lib) M[0-9][0-9]* Version [0-9]']
     lt_cv_file_magic_test_file=`echo /usr/lib/libc.so*`
@@ -3175,7 +3175,7 @@
 AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_LIBM],
 [AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])dnl
 LIBM=
-case "$host" in
+case $host in
 *-*-beos* | *-*-cygwin* | *-*-pw32*)
   # These system don't have libm
   ;;
@@ -3201,7 +3201,7 @@
 # top_srcdir appropriately in the Makefiles.
 AC_DEFUN([AC_LIBLTDL_CONVENIENCE],
 [AC_BEFORE([$0],[AC_LIBTOOL_SETUP])dnl
-  case "$enable_ltdl_convenience" in
+  case $enable_ltdl_convenience in
   no) AC_MSG_ERROR([this package needs a convenience libltdl]) ;;
   "") enable_ltdl_convenience=yes
       ac_configure_args="$ac_configure_args --enable-ltdl-convenience" ;;
Index: ltmain.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/libtool/ltmain.in,v
retrieving revision 1.243
diff -u -r1.243 ltmain.in
--- ltmain.in 2000/12/20 22:40:59 1.243
+++ ltmain.in 2001/01/11 17:14:57
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@
   arg="$1"
   shift
 
-  case "$arg" in
+  case $arg in
   -*=*) optarg=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e 's/[-_a-zA-Z0-9]*=//'` ;;
   *) optarg= ;;
   esac
 
   # If the previous option needs an argument, assign it.
   if test -n "$prev"; then
-    case "$prev" in
+    case $prev in
     execute_dlfiles)
       execute_dlfiles="$execute_dlfiles $arg"
       ;;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
   fi
 
   # Have we seen a non-optional argument yet?
-  case "$arg" in
+  case $arg in
   --help)
     show_help=yes
     ;;
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@
 
   # Infer the operation mode.
   if test -z "$mode"; then
-    case "$nonopt" in
+    case $nonopt in
     *cc | *++ | gcc* | *-gcc*)
       mode=link
       for arg
       do
-	case "$arg" in
+	case $arg in
 	-c)
 	   mode=compile
 	   break
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
   help="Try \`$modename --help --mode=$mode' for more information."
 
   # These modes are in order of execution frequency so that they run quickly.
-  case "$mode" in
+  case $mode in
   # libtool compile mode
   compile)
     modename="$modename: compile"
@@ -269,14 +269,14 @@
     user_target=no
     for arg
     do
-      case "$prev" in
+      case $prev in
       "") ;;
       xcompiler)
 	# Aesthetically quote the previous argument.
 	prev=
 	lastarg=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e "$sed_quote_subst"`
 
-	case "$arg" in
+	case $arg in
 	# Double-quote args containing other shell metacharacters.
 	# Many Bourne shells cannot handle close brackets correctly
 	# in scan sets, so we specify it separately.
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
       esac
 
       # Accept any command-line options.
-      case "$arg" in
+      case $arg in
       -o)
 	if test "$user_target" != "no"; then
 	  $echo "$modename: you cannot specify \`-o' more than once" 1>&2
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 	  # Double-quote args containing other shell metacharacters.
 	  # Many Bourne shells cannot handle close brackets correctly
 	  # in scan sets, so we specify it separately.
-	  case "$arg" in
+	  case $arg in
 	    *[\[\~\#\^\&\*\(\)\{\}\|\;\<\>\?\'\ \	]*|*]*|"")
 	    arg="\"$arg\""
 	    ;;
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
 	;;
       esac
 
-      case "$user_target" in
+      case $user_target in
       next)
 	# The next one is the -o target name
 	user_target=yes
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
       # Double-quote args containing other shell metacharacters.
       # Many Bourne shells cannot handle close brackets correctly
       # in scan sets, so we specify it separately.
-      case "$lastarg" in
+      case $lastarg in
       *[\[\~\#\^\&\*\(\)\{\}\|\;\<\>\?\'\ \	]*|*]*|"")
 	lastarg="\"$lastarg\""
 	;;
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
       fi
     done
 
-    case "$user_target" in
+    case $user_target in
     set)
       ;;
     no)
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
     # Recognize several different file suffixes.
     # If the user specifies -o file.o, it is replaced with file.lo
     xform='[cCFSfmso]'
-    case "$libobj" in
+    case $libobj in
     *.ada) xform=ada ;;
     *.adb) xform=adb ;;
     *.ads) xform=ads ;;
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
 
     libobj=`$echo "X$libobj" | $Xsed -e "s/\.$xform$/.lo/"`
 
-    case "$libobj" in
+    case $libobj in
     *.lo) obj=`$echo "X$libobj" | $Xsed -e "$lo2o"` ;;
     *)
       $echo "$modename: cannot determine name of library object from \`$libobj'" 1>&2
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
     trap "$run $rm $removelist; exit 1" 1 2 15
 
     # On Cygwin there's no "real" PIC flag so we must build both object types
-    case "$host_os" in
+    case $host_os in
     cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | os2*)
       pic_mode=default
       ;;
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@
   # libtool link mode
   link | relink)
     modename="$modename: link"
-    case "$host" in
+    case $host in
     *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2*)
       # It is impossible to link a dll without this setting, and
       # we shouldn't force the makefile maintainer to figure out
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@
     # We need to know -static, to get the right output filenames.
     for arg
     do
-      case "$arg" in
+      case $arg in
       -all-static | -static)
 	if test "X$arg" = "X-all-static"; then
 	  if test "$build_libtool_libs" = yes && test -z "$link_static_flag"; then
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@
     while test $# -gt 0; do
       arg="$1"
       shift
-      case "$arg" in
+      case $arg in
       *[\[\~\#\^\&\*\(\)\{\}\|\;\<\>\?\'\ \	]*|*]*|"")
 	qarg=\"`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e "$sed_quote_subst"`\" ### testsuite: skip nested quoting test
 	;;
@@ -812,14 +812,14 @@
 
       # If the previous option needs an argument, assign it.
       if test -n "$prev"; then
-	case "$prev" in
+	case $prev in
 	output)
 	  compile_command="$compile_command @OUTPUT@"
 	  finalize_command="$finalize_command @OUTPUT@"
 	  ;;
 	esac
 
-	case "$prev" in
+	case $prev in
 	dlfiles|dlprefiles)
 	  if test "$preload" = no; then
 	    # Add the symbol object into the linking commands.
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@
 	    finalize_command="$finalize_command @SYMFILE@"
 	    preload=yes
 	  fi
-	  case "$arg" in
+	  case $arg in
 	  *.la | *.lo) ;;  # We handle these cases below.
 	  force)
 	    if test "$dlself" = no; then
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@
 	  ;;
 	rpath | xrpath)
 	  # We need an absolute path.
-	  case "$arg" in
+	  case $arg in
 	  [\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) ;;
 	  *)
 	    $echo "$modename: only absolute run-paths are allowed" 1>&2
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@
 
       prevarg="$arg"
 
-      case "$arg" in
+      case $arg in
       -all-static)
 	if test -n "$link_static_flag"; then
 	  compile_command="$compile_command $link_static_flag"
@@ -986,11 +986,11 @@
 	esac
 	continue
 	;;
-       
+
       -L*)
 	dir=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e 's/^-L//'`
 	# We need an absolute path.
-	case "$dir" in
+	case $dir in
 	[\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) ;;
 	*)
 	  absdir=`cd "$dir" && pwd`
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@
 	  lib_search_path="$lib_search_path $dir"
 	  ;;
 	esac
-	case "$host" in
+	case $host in
 	*-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2*)
 	  case ":$dllsearchpath:" in
 	  *":$dir:"*) ;;
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@
 
       -l*)
 	if test "$arg" = "-lc"; then
-	  case "$host" in
+	  case $host in
 	  *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-*-beos*)
 	    # These systems don't actually have c library (as such)
 	    continue
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@
 	    ;;
 	  esac
 	elif test "$arg" = "-lm"; then
-	  case "$host" in
+	  case $host in
 	  *-*-cygwin* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-beos*)
 	    # These systems don't actually have math library (as such)
 	    continue
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@
 	;;
 
       -no-install)
-	case "$host" in
+	case $host in
 	*-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2*)
 	  # The PATH hackery in wrapper scripts is required on Windows
 	  # in order for the loader to find any dlls it needs.
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@
       -R*)
 	dir=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e 's/^-R//'`
 	# We need an absolute path.
-	case "$dir" in
+	case $dir in
 	[\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) ;;
 	*)
 	  $echo "$modename: only absolute run-paths are allowed" 1>&2
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@
 	IFS="${IFS= 	}"; save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS=','
 	for flag in $args; do
 	  IFS="$save_ifs"
-	  case "$flag" in
+	  case $flag in
 	    *[\[\~\#\^\&\*\(\)\{\}\|\;\<\>\?\'\ \	]*|*]*|"")
 	    flag="\"$flag\""
 	    ;;
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@
 	IFS="${IFS= 	}"; save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS=','
 	for flag in $args; do
 	  IFS="$save_ifs"
-	  case "$flag" in
+	  case $flag in
 	    *[\[\~\#\^\&\*\(\)\{\}\|\;\<\>\?\'\ \	]*|*]*|"")
 	    flag="\"$flag\""
 	    ;;
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@
 	# Unknown arguments in both finalize_command and compile_command need
 	# to be aesthetically quoted because they are evaled later.
 	arg=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e "$sed_quote_subst"`
-	case "$arg" in
+	case $arg in
 	*[\[\~\#\^\&\*\(\)\{\}\|\;\<\>\?\'\ \	]*|*]*|"")
 	  arg="\"$arg\""
 	  ;;
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@
 	# Unknown arguments in both finalize_command and compile_command need
 	# to be aesthetically quoted because they are evaled later.
 	arg=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e "$sed_quote_subst"`
-	case "$arg" in
+	case $arg in
 	*[\[\~\#\^\&\*\(\)\{\}\|\;\<\>\?\'\ \	]*|*]*|"")
 	  arg="\"$arg\""
 	  ;;
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@
     fi
 
     # Determine the type of output
-    case "$output" in
+    case $output in
     "")
       $echo "$modename: you must specify an output file" 1>&2
       $echo "$help" 1>&2
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@
     lib)
 	passes="conv link"
 	for file in $dlfiles $dlprefiles; do
-	  case "$file" in
+	  case $file in
 	  *.la) ;;
 	  *)
 	    $echo "$modename: libraries can \`-dlopen' only libtool libraries: $file" 1>&2
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@
       for deplib in $libs; do
 	lib=
 	found=no
-	case "$deplib" in
+	case $deplib in
 	-l*)
 	  if test $linkmode != lib && test $linkmode != prog; then
 	    $echo "$modename: warning: \`-l' is ignored for archives/objects" 1>&2
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@
 	installed=yes
 
 	# Read the .la file
-	case "$lib" in
+	case $lib in
 	*/* | *\\*) . $lib ;;
 	*) . ./$lib ;;
 	esac
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@
 	fi
 
 	# We need an absolute path.
-	case "$ladir" in
+	case $ladir in
 	[\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) abs_ladir="$ladir" ;;
 	*)
 	  abs_ladir=`cd "$ladir" && pwd`
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@
 
 	  tmp_libs=
 	  for deplib in $dependency_libs; do
-	    case "$deplib" in
+	    case $deplib in
 	    -L*) newlib_search_path="$newlib_search_path "`$echo "X$deplib" | $Xsed -e 's/^-L//'`;; ### testsuite: skip nested quoting test
 	    esac
 	    # Need to link against all dependency_libs?
@@ -1823,12 +1823,12 @@
 	    add_dir=
 	    add=
 	    lib_linked=yes
-	    case "$hardcode_action" in
+	    case $hardcode_action in
 	    immediate | unsupported)
 	      if test "$hardcode_direct" = no; then
 		add="$dir/$linklib"
 	      elif test "$hardcode_minus_L" = no; then
-		case "$host" in
+		case $host in
 		*-*-sunos*) add_shlibpath="$dir" ;;
 		esac
 		add_dir="-L$dir"
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@
 	    # Extract -R from dependency_libs
 	    temp_deplibs=
 	    for libdir in $dependency_libs; do
-	      case "$libdir" in
+	      case $libdir in
 	      -R*) temp_xrpath=`$echo "X$libdir" | $Xsed -e 's/^-R//'`
 		   case " $xrpath " in
 		   *" $temp_xrpath "*) ;;
@@ -1981,13 +1981,13 @@
 	  if test $link_all_deplibs != no; then
 	    # Add the search paths of all dependency libraries
 	    for deplib in $dependency_libs; do
-	      case "$deplib" in
+	      case $deplib in
 	      -L*) path="$deplib" ;;
 	      *.la)
 		dir=`$echo "X$deplib" | $Xsed -e 's%/[^/]*$%%'`
 		test "X$dir" = "X$deplib" && dir="."
 		# We need an absolute path.
-		case "$dir" in
+		case $dir in
 		[\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) absdir="$dir" ;;
 		*)
 		  absdir=`cd "$dir" && pwd`
@@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@
 	  eval tmp_libs=\"\$$var\"
 	  new_libs=
 	  for deplib in $tmp_libs; do
-	    case "$deplib" in
+	    case $deplib in
 	    -L*) new_libs="$deplib $new_libs" ;;
 	    *)
 	      case " $specialdeplibs " in
@@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@
 	  done
 	  tmp_libs=
 	  for deplib in $new_libs; do
-	    case "$deplib" in
+	    case $deplib in
 	    -L*)
 	      case " $tmp_libs " in
 	      *" $deplib "*) ;;
@@ -2126,7 +2126,7 @@
 
     lib)
       # Make sure we only generate libraries of the form `libNAME.la'.
-      case "$outputname" in
+      case $outputname in
       lib*)
 	name=`$echo "X$outputname" | $Xsed -e 's/\.la$//' -e 's/^lib//'`
 	eval libname=\"$libname_spec\"
@@ -2204,7 +2204,7 @@
 	age="$4"
 
 	# Check that each of the things are valid numbers.
-	case "$current" in
+	case $current in
 	0 | [1-9] | [1-9][0-9]*) ;;
 	*)
 	  $echo "$modename: CURRENT \`$current' is not a nonnegative integer" 1>&2
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@
 	  ;;
 	esac
 
-	case "$revision" in
+	case $revision in
 	0 | [1-9] | [1-9][0-9]*) ;;
 	*)
 	  $echo "$modename: REVISION \`$revision' is not a nonnegative integer" 1>&2
@@ -2222,7 +2222,7 @@
 	  ;;
 	esac
 
-	case "$age" in
+	case $age in
 	0 | [1-9] | [1-9][0-9]*) ;;
 	*)
 	  $echo "$modename: AGE \`$age' is not a nonnegative integer" 1>&2
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@
 	major=
 	versuffix=
 	verstring=
-	case "$version_type" in
+	case $version_type in
 	none) ;;
 
 	irix)
@@ -2401,7 +2401,7 @@
 
       if test "$build_libtool_libs" = yes; then
 	if test -n "$rpath"; then
-	  case "$host" in
+	  case $host in
 	  *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-*-beos*)
 	    # these systems don't actually have a c library (as such)!
 	    ;;
@@ -2428,7 +2428,7 @@
 	major=""
 	newdeplibs=
 	droppeddeps=no
-	case "$deplibs_check_method" in
+	case $deplibs_check_method in
 	pass_all)
 	  # Don't check for shared/static.  Everything works.
 	  # This might be a little naive.  We might want to check
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@
 	  if test $? -eq 0 ; then
 	    ldd_output=`ldd conftest`
 	    for i in $deplibs; do
-	      name="`expr $i : '-l\(.*\)'`"
+	      name=`expr $i : '-l\(.*\)'`
 	      # If $name is empty we are operating on a -L argument.
 	      if test "$name" != "" -a "$name" != "0"; then
 		libname=`eval \\$echo \"$libname_spec\"`
@@ -2476,7 +2476,7 @@
 	    # Error occured in the first compile.  Let's try to salvage the situation:
 	    # Compile a seperate program for each library.
 	    for i in $deplibs; do
-	      name="`expr $i : '-l\(.*\)'`"
+	      name=`expr $i : '-l\(.*\)'`
 	     # If $name is empty we are operating on a -L argument.
 	      if test "$name" != "" -a "$name" != "0"; then
 		$rm conftest
@@ -2516,7 +2516,7 @@
 	  set dummy $deplibs_check_method
 	  file_magic_regex=`expr "$deplibs_check_method" : "$2 \(.*\)"`
 	  for a_deplib in $deplibs; do
-	    name="`expr $a_deplib : '-l\(.*\)'`"
+	    name=`expr $a_deplib : '-l\(.*\)'`
 	    # If $name is empty we are operating on a -L argument.
 	    if test "$name" != "" -a "$name" != "0"; then
 	      libname=`eval \\$echo \"$libname_spec\"`
@@ -2536,7 +2536,7 @@
 		      potlib="$potent_lib"
 		      while test -h "$potlib" 2>/dev/null; do
 			potliblink=`ls -ld $potlib | sed 's/.* -> //'`
-			case "$potliblink" in
+			case $potliblink in
 			[\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) potlib="$potliblink";;
 			*) potlib=`$echo "X$potlib" | $Xsed -e 's,[^/]*$,,'`"$potliblink";;
 			esac
@@ -2637,7 +2637,7 @@
 		  hardcode_libdirs="$libdir"
 		else
 		  # Just accumulate the unique libdirs.
-		  case "$hardcode_libdir_separator$hardcode_libdirs$hardcode_libdir_separator" in
+		  case $hardcode_libdir_separator$hardcode_libdirs$hardcode_libdir_separator in
 		  *"$hardcode_libdir_separator$libdir$hardcode_libdir_separator"*)
 		    ;;
 		  *)
@@ -2761,7 +2761,7 @@
 
 	    for xlib in $convenience; do
 	      # Extract the objects.
-	      case "$xlib" in
+	      case $xlib in
 	      [\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) xabs="$xlib" ;;
 	      *) xabs=`pwd`"/$xlib" ;;
 	      esac
@@ -2855,7 +2855,7 @@
 	$echo "$modename: warning: \`-release' is ignored for objects" 1>&2
       fi
 
-      case "$output" in
+      case $output in
       *.lo)
 	if test -n "$objs$old_deplibs"; then
 	  $echo "$modename: cannot build library object \`$output' from non-libtool objects" 1>&2
@@ -2900,7 +2900,7 @@
 
 	  for xlib in $convenience; do
 	    # Extract the objects.
-	    case "$xlib" in
+	    case $xlib in
 	    [\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) xabs="$xlib" ;;
 	    *) xabs=`pwd`"/$xlib" ;;
 	    esac
@@ -3035,7 +3035,7 @@
 	      hardcode_libdirs="$libdir"
 	    else
 	      # Just accumulate the unique libdirs.
-	      case "$hardcode_libdir_separator$hardcode_libdirs$hardcode_libdir_separator" in
+	      case $hardcode_libdir_separator$hardcode_libdirs$hardcode_libdir_separator in
 	      *"$hardcode_libdir_separator$libdir$hardcode_libdir_separator"*)
 		;;
 	      *)
@@ -3053,7 +3053,7 @@
 	  *) perm_rpath="$perm_rpath $libdir" ;;
 	  esac
 	fi
-	case "$host" in
+	case $host in
 	*-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2*)
 	  case ":$dllsearchpath:" in
 	  *":$libdir:"*) ;;
@@ -3079,7 +3079,7 @@
 	      hardcode_libdirs="$libdir"
 	    else
 	      # Just accumulate the unique libdirs.
-	      case "$hardcode_libdir_separator$hardcode_libdirs$hardcode_libdir_separator" in
+	      case $hardcode_libdir_separator$hardcode_libdirs$hardcode_libdir_separator in
 	      *"$hardcode_libdir_separator$libdir$hardcode_libdir_separator"*)
 		;;
 	      *)
@@ -3122,7 +3122,7 @@
       fi
 
       if test -n "$dlsyms"; then
-	case "$dlsyms" in
+	case $dlsyms in
 	"") ;;
 	*.c)
 	  # Discover the nlist of each of the dlfiles.
@@ -3253,7 +3253,7 @@
 	  fi
 
 	  pic_flag_for_symtable=
-	  case "$host" in
+	  case $host in
 	  # compiling the symbol table file with pic_flag works around
 	  # a FreeBSD bug that causes programs to crash when -lm is
 	  # linked before any other PIC object.  But we must not use
@@ -3321,7 +3321,7 @@
 	# We should set the shlibpath_var
 	rpath=
 	for dir in $temp_rpath; do
-	  case "$dir" in
+	  case $dir in
 	  [\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*)
 	    # Absolute path.
 	    rpath="$rpath$dir:"
@@ -3429,7 +3429,7 @@
 
       # Quote $echo for shipping.
       if test "X$echo" = "X$SHELL $0 --fallback-echo"; then
-	case "$0" in
+	case $0 in
 	[\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) qecho="$SHELL $0 --fallback-echo";;
 	*) qecho="$SHELL `pwd`/$0 --fallback-echo";;
 	esac
@@ -3668,7 +3668,7 @@
 	# Add in members from convenience archives.
 	for xlib in $addlibs; do
 	  # Extract the objects.
-	  case "$xlib" in
+	  case $xlib in
 	  [\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) xabs="$xlib" ;;
 	  *) xabs=`pwd`"/$xlib" ;;
 	  esac
@@ -3729,7 +3729,7 @@
     fi
 
     # Now create the libtool archive.
-    case "$output" in
+    case $output in
     *.la)
       old_library=
       test "$build_old_libs" = yes && old_library="$libname.$libext"
@@ -3761,7 +3761,7 @@
 	    # Replace all uninstalled libtool libraries with the installed ones
 	    newdependency_libs=
 	    for deplib in $dependency_libs; do
-	      case "$deplib" in
+	      case $deplib in
 	      *.la)
 		name=`$echo "X$deplib" | $Xsed -e 's%^.*/%%'`
 		eval libdir=`sed -n -e 's/^libdir=\(.*\)$/\1/p' $deplib`
@@ -3859,7 +3859,7 @@
        $echo "X$nonopt" | $Xsed | grep shtool > /dev/null; then
       # Aesthetically quote it.
       arg=`$echo "X$nonopt" | $Xsed -e "$sed_quote_subst"`
-      case "$arg" in
+      case $arg in
       *[\[\~\#\^\&\*\(\)\{\}\|\;\<\>\?\'\ \	]*|*]*)
 	arg="\"$arg\""
 	;;
@@ -3875,7 +3875,7 @@
     # The real first argument should be the name of the installation program.
     # Aesthetically quote it.
     arg=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e "$sed_quote_subst"`
-    case "$arg" in
+    case $arg in
     *[\[\~\#\^\&\*\(\)\{\}\|\;\<\>\?\'\ \	]*|*]*)
       arg="\"$arg\""
       ;;
@@ -3898,7 +3898,7 @@
 	continue
       fi
 
-      case "$arg" in
+      case $arg in
       -d) isdir=yes ;;
       -f) prev="-f" ;;
       -g) prev="-g" ;;
@@ -3923,7 +3923,7 @@
 
       # Aesthetically quote the argument.
       arg=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e "$sed_quote_subst"`
-      case "$arg" in
+      case $arg in
       *[\[\~\#\^\&\*\(\)\{\}\|\;\<\>\?\'\ \	]*|*]*)
 	arg="\"$arg\""
 	;;
@@ -3974,11 +3974,11 @@
 	exit 1
       fi
     fi
-    case "$destdir" in
+    case $destdir in
     [\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*) ;;
     *)
       for file in $files; do
-	case "$file" in
+	case $file in
 	*.lo) ;;
 	*)
 	  $echo "$modename: \`$destdir' must be an absolute directory name" 1>&2
@@ -4000,7 +4000,7 @@
     for file in $files; do
 
       # Do each installation.
-      case "$file" in
+      case $file in
       *.$libext)
 	# Do the static libraries later.
 	staticlibs="$staticlibs $file"
@@ -4019,7 +4019,7 @@
 	old_library=
 	relink_command=
 	# If there is no directory component, then add one.
-	case "$file" in
+	case $file in
 	*/* | *\\*) . $file ;;
 	*) . ./$file ;;
 	esac
@@ -4115,7 +4115,7 @@
 	fi
 
 	# Deduce the name of the destination old-style object file.
-	case "$destfile" in
+	case $destfile in
 	*.lo)
 	  staticdest=`$echo "X$destfile" | $Xsed -e "$lo2o"`
 	  ;;
@@ -4162,7 +4162,7 @@
 	  relink_command=
 
 	  # If there is no directory component, then add one.
-	  case "$file" in
+	  case $file in
 	  */* | *\\*) . $file ;;
 	  *) . ./$file ;;
 	  esac
@@ -4179,7 +4179,7 @@
 	    libdir=
 	    if test -f "$lib"; then
 	      # If there is no directory component, then add one.
-	      case "$lib" in
+	      case $lib in
 	      */* | *\\*) . $lib ;;
 	      *) . ./$lib ;;
 	      esac
@@ -4193,7 +4193,7 @@
 
 	  relink_command=
 	  # If there is no directory component, then add one.
-	  case "$file" in
+	  case $file in
 	  */* | *\\*) . $file ;;
 	  *) . ./$file ;;
 	  esac
@@ -4372,7 +4372,7 @@
       fi
 
       dir=
-      case "$file" in
+      case $file in
       *.la)
 	# Check to see that this really is a libtool archive.
 	if (sed -e '2q' $file | egrep "^# Generated by .*$PACKAGE") >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
@@ -4387,7 +4387,7 @@
 	library_names=
 
 	# If there is no directory component, then add one.
-	case "$file" in
+	case $file in
 	*/* | *\\*) . $file ;;
 	*) . ./$file ;;
 	esac
@@ -4442,13 +4442,13 @@
     args=
     for file
     do
-      case "$file" in
+      case $file in
       -*) ;;
       *)
 	# Do a test to see if this is really a libtool program.
 	if (sed -e '4q' $file | egrep "^# Generated by .*$PACKAGE") >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	  # If there is no directory component, then add one.
-	  case "$file" in
+	  case $file in
 	  */* | *\\*) . $file ;;
 	  *) . ./$file ;;
 	  esac
@@ -4505,7 +4505,7 @@
 
     for arg
     do
-      case "$arg" in
+      case $arg in
       -*) rm="$rm $arg" ;;
       *) files="$files $arg" ;;
       esac
@@ -4530,7 +4530,7 @@
 
       rmfiles="$file"
 
-      case "$name" in
+      case $name in
       *.la)
 	# Possibly a libtool archive, so verify it.
 	if (sed -e '2q' $file | egrep "^# Generated by .*$PACKAGE") >/dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -4612,7 +4612,7 @@
 fi # test -z "$show_help"
 
 # We need to display help for each of the modes.
-case "$mode" in
+case $mode in
 "") $echo \
 "Usage: $modename [OPTION]... [MODE-ARG]...