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25.0.90; autogen.sh automatic parameter isn't working

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: David Caldwell <david <at> porkrind.org>
Cc: 22556 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#22556: 25.0.90; autogen.sh automatic parameter isn't working
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:41:03 -0500

David Caldwell wrote:

>> The autoconf manual says that this is portable to all shells that
>> support functions, so it should be fine, since autogen.sh uses
>> functions.
>
> Sorry, were you referring to "${*-autoconf}" or "${*:-autoconf}" being
> portable?

I meant that your patch should be fine to apply.
But AFAICS at the next merge from emacs-25 the relevant code will all
disappear anyway. Or there will be a merge conflict.

(BTW, please try to put the right version number in the subject.
I thought this report was about the emacs-25 branch, but it seems it
wasn't.)

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