[sr #108262] Correct quoting for a parameter in the documentation

Follow-up Comment #7, sr #108262 (project autoconf): Thanks for your clarification. Should it appear also in any section of the Autoconf documentation? Do you know any function which can be reused for the suggested safe quoting of paths and file names? __

[sr #108262] Correct quoting for a parameter in the documentation

Follow-up Comment #6, sr #108262 (project autoconf): Autoconf does not escape ' in variables stored for make. While it is possible to write code for GNU make that can escape ' in an arbitrary make variable, it is up to you to write your Makefile.in to request this treatment. Automake does not do

[sr #108262] Correct quoting for a parameter in the documentation

Follow-up Comment #5, sr #108262 (project autoconf): I miss still a bit of information. Are paths stored in variables like "srcdir" in a way that "special" characters (like a single quote) are escaped by the Autoconf software? I imagine that another

[sr #108262] Correct quoting for a parameter in the documentation

Follow-up Comment #4, sr #108262 (project autoconf): A variable like "srcdir" belongs to the set of preset output variables . Does the tool "make" provide a function for the application

[sr #108262] Correct quoting for a parameter in the documentation

Follow-up Comment #3, sr #108262 (project autoconf): Yes, that's right, 'make' doesn't care about shell quoting; it interpolates regardless of what the shell thinks the quotes are. ___ Reply to this item at:

[sr #108262] Correct quoting for a parameter in the documentation

Follow-up Comment #2, sr #108262 (project autoconf): Thanks for your adjustment. I had a different understanding for the handling of single quotes here. Is expansion of make variables also performed inside single-quoted strings before the affected command is passed from a recipe to an executing s

[sr #108262] Correct quoting for a parameter in the documentation

Update of sr #108262 (project autoconf): Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Reply to this item at: ___

[sr #108262] Correct quoting for a parameter in the documentation

Update of sr #108262 (project autoconf): Status:None => Done ___ Follow-up Comment #1: Thanks, I pushed the attached documentation patch to explain things better. (file #27578)

[sr #108262] Correct quoting for a parameter in the documentation

URL: Summary: Correct quoting for a parameter in the documentation Project: Autoconf Submitted by: elfring Submitted on: Fr 08 Mär 2013 14:01:27 CET Category: None