Hi all,
By accident, I just typed in this (autoconf/CVS):
# autoconf --add-missing
autoconf: option `--add-missing' requires an argument
This urged me to play with autoconf's options:
# autoconf --add=missing
/usr/bin/m4: Cannot open missing/autoconf.m4f: No such file or
directory
# autoconf --long-live=rock-n-roll
[no error message]
# autoconf --hope and pray
[help text displayed]
AFAIS, apparent cause are the --?* clauses in autoconf.sh:
> --autoconf-dir | --a* | -A )
> test $# = 1 && eval "$exit_missing_arg"
> shift
Autoconf, autoreconf and friends are scattered with constructs like
the one above.
Another example:
# autoconf --add-missing --help
/usr/bin/m4: Cannot open --help/autoconf.m4f: No such file or
directory
This indicates that autoconf's option parsing doesn't evaluate the
'--'es correctly, rsp. attempts to accept --* as valid path/file
names.
Ralf
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Ralf Corsepius
Forschungsinstitut fuer Anwendungsorientierte Wissensverarbeitung
(FAW)
Helmholtzstr. 16, 89081 Ulm, Germany Tel: +49/731/501-8690
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FAX: +49/731/501-999
http://www.faw.uni-ulm.de
