Re: `missing' needs patch for Ultrix4.4

[Jim Meyering]

Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

| >>>>> "Jim" == Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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| > | Ok, I re-read your message.  Why do we ever run `missing --run :'?
| > | That seems weird.
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| Jim> I didn't know off hand either, but found this in
| Jim> automake/m4/missing.m4:
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| Jim>   if eval "$MISSING --run :"; then
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| What if we just change this to "$MISSING --run true"?
| Is true a builtin on Ultrix?  I.E., will it cause the problem?

Hmm... I just tried it and it works fine.
Good idea.