Angus Leeming wrote:
> The moral of the story is that this works:
>
> CONFIGURE="../configure --prefix=/usr/local ${EXTRAINC}
> --enable-maintainer-mode --with-version-suffix
> --with-included-gettext"
>
> echo ${CONFIGURE} "--with-frontend=${FRONTEND}"
> cd ${BUILDDIR}
> ${CONFIGURE} "--with-frontend=${FRONTEND}"
>
> But putting the '--with-frontend=...' in the string does not.
And here's the elegant solution...
$ cat conftest.sh
#! /bin/sh
CONFIGURE="./configure --with-frontend='xforms qt gtk'"
echo "${CONFIGURE}"
eval "${CONFIGURE}"
$ cat configure
#! /bin/sh
for arg in "$@"
do
echo "arg is \"$arg\""
done
--
Angus
