Måns Rullgård wrote:
> If IFS is not set, the shell shall behave as if the value of IFS is
> <space>, <tab>, and <newline>
>
> If you make that IFS=${local_ifs:-$(printf ' \t\n')} it should be safe.
> Likewise if you set the value first.
Remove the colon. The above will wrongly change empty IFS, which
is not the same as unset IFS.
That said, nobody should expect ./configure to work if IFS has an
unusual value anyway. Probably .configure should just set it to the
standard value at the start.
-- Jamie
