Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
> 
> the test will be rewritten as:
> 
>         if test -z  ; then
> 
> if GNUM4 is not set or is set to empty var.
> 
> imho the best way to solve is the x$GNUM != xyes trick, since that
> requires the least of the test features.

Don't use "yes", since GNUM4 is either emtpy, or contains the GNUM4 program name
("m4", "gm4", etc.).

So better is, probably,

    if test x$GNUM4 = x ; then

Rob.

PS: I didn't know these problems with test and empty variables.
Thanks for pointing this out to me!

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