"Tim Van Holder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Note that the ';' still isn't needed:
>
> PATH="foo:bar" conftest
>
> behaves exactly like
>
> PATH="foo:bar"; conftest
>
> except that the former does not affect PATH after the command is run.
I agree, but I think it is wrong to assume all the shells will have
the intelligence of honoring PATH immediately.
> We probably don't care for the purpose of our test, as the command
> is run in a subshell. However, the first version might still be safer,
> as the use of a subshell is probably an implementation detail of
> AC_RUN_LOG.
I agree too the first one is safer in a sane environment, but there
are really funny things out there.
