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[Configure] Bug with check for PERL when path has spaces (i.e. Windows)

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Message #43 received at 62896 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Zack Weinberg" <zack <at> owlfolio.org>
To: "Mike Frysinger" <vapier <at> gentoo.org>, "Karl Berry" <karl <at> freefriends.org>, 
 "Paul Eggert" <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 62896 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62896: [Configure] Bug with check for PERL when path has
 spaces (i.e. Windows)
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 22:29:55 -0500

On Sat, Dec 2, 2023, at 9:08 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On 02 Dec 2023 15:53, Karl Berry wrote:
>> Exit status yes, but at least historically, grep -q has been
>> considered non-portable, in favor of grep ... >/dev/null.
>
> i get that `grep -q` is something historically we've avoided, but i
> think it's one of those bad habits we should just get out of.

Hmm, `grep -q` *is* in POSIX, but I seem to recall tripping over a
system that didn't have it (probably either a Solaris successor, or AIX)
during the run-up to Autoconf 2.71. I'm cc:ing Paul Eggert for comment
as I believe he's the person who most recently revised the grep section
of
https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.71/html_node/Limitations-of-Usual-Tools.html
.

zw

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