Hi,
I proposed to the following change to a autoconf/tests/Makefile.am[1]:
atconfig: $(top_builddir)/config.status
- cd $(top_builddir) && ./config.status $(subdir)/$@
+ cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status $(subdir)/$@
On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 12:59:28PM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Shouldn't we fix Automake to match Autoconf, and not the reverse?
> The Autoconf manual always says to run ./config.status, without any
> shell.
The question: Why does Automake add "$(SHELL)" to the command?
The config.status contains some m4sh initilization at the beginning, so it
should be capable to be run as ./config.status.
A note, which is in fact a second question:
[1] No, that rule cannot be generated by Automake, as "tests/atconfig" is
registered via AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS. Using AC_CONFIG_FILES would mean that
people have to add a copy of atconfig.in to their tests subdirectory.
But it's quite possible that I'm missing something.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Stepan
