On Fri, 2 Dec 2022 13:13:17 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <i...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> I have removed the path checking from the top level configure script but >> changes are still required in the `configure` wrapper to correctly pass a >> potentially bad path for the real configure script. I considered adding the >> path checking to `basic.m4` in `BASIC_SETUP_PATHS` but could not understand >> why `UTIL_FIXUP_PATH(TOPDIR)` doesn't already reject the bad path like it >> promises. (I was also reminded just how loathsome autoconf is as a >> language–all the worst parts of shell with even more cruft and weirdness). > > @bondolo Do you want me to take over this bug, add you as a contributor, and > get it committed? Otherwise I think if you incorporate my patch above, you're > good to go. @magicus I am fine with your solution, please proceed. Thank you for helping get this change over the line and I apologize for the slow followup. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/10477
