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libtool-2.4.3 caused autoconf test failure

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: "Gary V. Vaughan" <gary <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18916 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-autoconf <at> gnu.org, bruce.dubbs <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#18916: libtool-2.4.3 caused autoconf test failure
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 07:22:23 +0100

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On 11/02/2014 07:51 PM, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:

>>> 501: Libtool                                  FAILED (foreign.at:61)

> 
> The failure is because latest libtool (and libtoolize et. al) are following
> the rest of GNU in eschewing `backtick opening quotes' in favour of 'regular
> single quotes at both ends' style.

Thanks for the analysis.

> 
> The sed expression in foreign.at at line 60 should accept either format to
> be compatible with new and old libtoolize output.  E.g.:
> 
>   AT_CHECK([sed -n ["s,^[^']*[\`']\\(/[^']*\\)'.*,\\1,p"] stdout], [0], [stdout])

Obvious patch pushed to autoconf.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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