libiberty for $build

Alexandre Oliva aoliva@redhat.com
Tue Jul 10 15:11:00 GMT 2001


On Jul 10, 2001, DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> wrote:

>> Some shells don't like it when a command results in a non-zero exit
>> status.  Use `test "x$build" = "x$host" || echo "/$build"` instead.

> We really need a list of what we're allowed to use and what we're not
> allowed to use.

Have a look at the shell portability guide in autoconf 2.50's manual.
I'm not sure it covers this particular issue, since it applies mostly
to Makefiles, but it's still good read every now and then, for one who
has to write portable shell code.

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