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Re: Word splitting with zsh fix



    Hi Ralf :)

 * Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@xxxxxx> dixit:
> * DervishD wrote on Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 01:22:26PM CET:
> >     I've spotted a problem with libtool that has to do with the word
> > splitting that Zsh does in the expression '${1+"$@"}' (which, in
> > turn, is a workaround to fix the "$@" expansion problem when the
> > variable is empty in old shells). GNU autoconf has already corrected
> > this problem, and I'm using a similar fix for libtool. The patch is
> > gzipped and attached to this message.
> 
> Thanks for noticing this.

    Well, I didn't noticed it, David Gómez Espinosa
<david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> did.

> In fact, for CVS Libtool, we just call AS_SHELL_SANITIZE to get
> Autoconf's initialization blurb (and its fixes).

    Oh, good idea :))

> There is an open (unrelated) issue about that code being discussed
> over at autoconf-patches at the moment; I'll backport it to
> branch-1-5 as soon as that has settled.

    OK, I'll take a look as soon as it is released :)
 
> Thanks again!

    Don't even mention it ;)

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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