Re: [patch] Compile fix for 64-bit HPUX

Randolph Chung
2006-03-30T09:53:09Z

> The autoconf manual says:
>
> `${VAR:-VALUE}'
> Old BSD shells, including the Ultrix `sh', don't accept the colon
> for any shell substitution, and complain and die.
>
> Thus in fact, omitting the colon is more portable.

Thanks for all the good in depth explanation; I have to confess that I
just copied that construct from another part of the autoconf script :-P

randolph