Re: FYI: Set IFS in libtool for ash

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Gary,

* Gary V. Vaughan wrote on Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 02:27:54PM CET:
> Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > @@ -517,6 +517,12 @@
> >  _LT_LIBTOOL_TAG_VARS
> >  # ### END LIBTOOL CONFIG
> >  
> > +# IFS
> > +# We need space, tab and new line, in precisely that order.
> > +as_nl='
> > +'
> > +IFS="      $as_nl"
> > +
> >  # The HP-UX ksh and POSIX shell print the target directory to stdout
> >  # if CDPATH is set.
> >  (unset CDPATH) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset CDPATH
> 
> Also, I believe the as_ prefix is reserved for shell variables instantiated
> by m4sh.m4 in autoconf.   We should use lt_ according to section 4 of 
> HACKING...

Oh, well.  I copied that part directly from m4sh.m4.  Can we do just as
well without an intermediate variable?  Or do I have to fear other
developers' $EDITOR to kill trailing white space?

Cheers,
Ralf