Hello Niels, * Niels Lohmann wrote on Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 09:14:22AM CET: > > But say, why don't you just use simple shell variables instead? > > > > tests/package.m4.in: > > WGET='@WGET@' > > > > That would strike me as a more natural approach. > > that is, of course, a much better idea. I used "m4_define" in the > first place, because of this example in Autoconf's manual [1]. When I > use shell variables, there is still a problem for PACKAGE_BUGREPORT, > because the "@" inside the address seems to make problems.
The @ inside the address should not cause any problems. Please check again and provide us with something reproducible, or at least cut and pasted commands+output that show that this is problematic. Thanks, Ralf