Subject: Re: bug#20733: coreutils build problem

From: Eric Blake <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:43:31 -0600

On 06/04/2015 01:35 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Paul Eggert <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
>> --- a/Makefile.am
>> +++ b/Makefile.am
>> @@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ check-git-hook-script-sync:
>>  # the selected tools when installing.
>>  install-exec-hook:
>>  	$(AM_V_at)ctrans=$$(printf coreutils | sed -e "$(transform)");	\
>> -	for p in $(single_binary_progs); do				\
>> +	for p in x $(single_binary_progs); do				\
>> +	  test $$p = x && continue;					\
> 
> A better way to solve that is to use a shell variable:
> 
>         progs='$(single_binary_progs)'; \
>         for p in $$progs; do

You can also use something that expands into a no-op shell word:

for p in `` $(single_binary_progs); do

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