bug#14196: Problem with invoking "missing" in directory with "(" in name (Automake 1.11.6, Autoconf 2.68)

[Jeff Johnston]

I am using automake 1.11.6 and autoconf 2.68 on Fedora 17 and cannot configure a simple hello world program if it is placed into a directory with "(" and ")".

To reproduce:

1. Create a directory: mkdir test\(1\)

2. Take the attached tar file and untar it:
   cd test\(1\)
   tar -xzvf helloworld.tar.gz

3. autoreconf -i

4. now try and configure the project using ./configure or absolutely
   using sh -c '~/test\(1\)/configure'



bash $ ./configure
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
./configure: eval: line 2084: syntax error near unexpected token `('



-- Jeff J.

In either case, you will get a failure trying to invoke "missing" due to the unexpected '(' token in the directory name. ./configure: eval: line 2084: `${SHELL} /home/cygnus/jjohnstn/test(1)/missing --run true'

helloworld.tar.gz
Description: Unix tar archive