-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Ralf Wildenhues on 10/24/2008 12:39 AM: >> AC_CHECK_PROGS(PURIFY,purify purify2002) >> >> if test -z $PURIFY; then > > This however does need quoting: if $PURIFY can ever be empty, then the > shell will complain about a missing argument to 'test -z'. So use > if test -z "$PURIFY"; ...
Actually, if $PURIFY is empty, the test will still return exit status 0, since "-z" is a lone, non-empty argument. Silent misbehavior is even worse than a shell complaint (you want exit status 1 if $PURIFY is empty). - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkBrqUACgkQ84KuGfSFAYCvAACgz0sOa3dnCbxeS8P+ZApdgFZX fiQAnR9tBotmecDCsTAwDTHowq8/QQ5t =/whq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
