Just checked: this works, though I'm not sure how portable it is:
# expand $ac_aux_dir to an absolute path am_aux_dir=`CDPATH=:; cd $ac_aux_dir &> /dev/null && pwd` --kd > > AM_AUX_DIR_EXPAND inserts this shell fragment: > > am_aux_dir=`CDPATH=:; cd $ac_aux_dir && pwd` > > which does not work properly on MacOS X 10.1. It improperly inserts a > newline at the end of the value. This trickles down to config.status, > where it results in a newline appearing in the sed script fragment for > symbols like ACLOCAL and AM_TAR, which breaks sed. > > 1) for autoconf 2.52, is there any work-around in configure.in that will > allow you to override this value? > 2) for future versions, what's the best replacement shell fragment? > > --kd > > >
