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[Bob Friesenhahn]

> From tests/defs:

func_get_config ()
{
  my_varname_list="$1"
  my_src="$2"
  my_failp="false";  test -z "$3" || my_failp=:
  my_regex="$4"

  my_exitp=false
  for my_varname in $my_varname_list; do
    test -z "$4" && my_regex="^${my_varname}="

    eval $my_varname=NONE
    eval `eval $my_src | eval $GREP \"$my_regex\"`

    if eval test x\"\$$my_varname\" = xNONE; then
      func_error "$my_varname not set in \`$my_src'"
      $my_failp && my_exitp=:
    fi
  done

  $my_exitp && exit $EXIT_FAILURE
}

And while running tests under Solaris:
.
.
.
+ test -z : fatal 
my_failp=:
my_regex=
my_exitp=false
+ test -z 
my_regex=^objext=
+ eval objext=NONE 
objext=NONE
+ eval /usr/local/bin/grep "^objext=" 
+ /usr/local/bin/grep ^objext= 
+ eval ../libtool --config 
+ ../libtool --config 
: : cannot open
+ eval 
+ eval test x"$objext" = xNONE 
+ test xNONE = xNONE 
+ func_error objext not set in `../libtool --config' 
+ echo link.test: objext not set in `../libtool --config' 
link.test: objext not set in `../libtool --config'
+ : 
my_exitp=:
+ : 
+ exit 1 
FAIL: link.test

With latest released Autoconf & Automake this causes *all* tests to 
fail.  It seems that an assumption was wrong.  What to do?

Bob
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