Re: obtaining configure args from config.status

Tom Tromey
2009-09-08T18:38:31Z

>>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> writes:

>> eval $(SHELL) $${rootsrc}/testsuite/configure "$$configargs" \
>> --srcdir=\$${rootsrc}/testsuite \
>> Other parts of Makefile.in already cannot cope with spaces in $srcdir.

Ralf> True. The quoting also avoids globbing, though, so I've become used to
Ralf> using it consistently, also because many other packages do cope with
Ralf> spaces in the absolute directory name, as long as $srcdir is relative
Ralf> and doesn't contain any spaces. But hey, if it's desired, I'll gladly
Ralf> change the patch as above.

If it doesn't hurt anything (other than readability), it is ok to leave
it as you have it.

Tom