Akim Demaille wrote:
>
> >>>>> "David" == David Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> David> The problem is the expr replacement and the sed on ac_dir.
>
> David> The expr parts returns '.' on stdout (correct) and 1 - which
> David> seems wrong.
>
> So to summarize, the problem is that if you run this:
>
> AC_INIT
> echo AC_SHELL_DIRNAME(foo)
>
> you get `. . .' instead of just `.', right?
>
> The first `.' is coming from `expr', which is right, but seems to be
> failing anyway.
>
> And then you say that sed is responsible for the two other dots,
> right? This is weird. Where is it coming from? Ouch. In fact I can
> reproduce this extra dot too.
>
> /tmp % echo "Xfoo" | nostromo 12:08
> pipe> sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{ s//\1/p; q; }
> pipe quote> /^X\(\/\/\)[^/].*/{ s//\1/p; q; }
> pipe quote> /^X\(\/\/\)$/{ s//\1/p; q; }
> pipe quote> /^X\(\/\).*/{ s//\1/p; q; }
> pipe quote> s/.*/./p; q'
> .
> .
>
> Arg! -n is missing, so since there is a `p', it's printed twice.
>
> Paul, what do you prefer? I chose not to add `-n' but to remove the
> `p', if you think there is a difference and you prefer the other
> solution, I'll adjust the code.
>
> David, could you run this script?
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> configureName: configure
> Type: Plain Text (text/plain)
Ok,
The script results are:
.
1
====
.
0
Which is what I had seen.
At least it's not just me for the sed problem :)
So what next for this one?
Regards
David
