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Re: `configure' slightly broken in texinfo tree
- To: Nix <nix at esperi dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: `configure' slightly broken in texinfo tree
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 00:11:26 -0600
- cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <13851.43149.627477.232235@loki.wkstn.nix>you write:
> # We do this for the sake of a more helpful warning in doc/Makefile.
> TEXMF='$(datadir)/texmf'
>
> Am I being thoroughly thick, or will this execute the command named
> `datadir', substitute its output into the command line, and stick a
> `/texmf' on the end?
I don't see how that would run a command. That's just a typical shell
assginment.
You might try running the appropriate configure script with the -x option
to see what's happening.
jeff