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

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To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62896: closed ([Configure] Bug with check for PERL when path
 has spaces (i.e. Windows))
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2023 05:57:02 +0000

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Your message dated Sat, 2 Dec 2023 21:55:52 -0800
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From: Dan Rosser <danoli3 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: [Configure] Bug with check for PERL when path has spaces (i.e.
 Windows)
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:57:30 +1000

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VER=1.16.4

Building "automake"

checking whether make supports nested variables... no
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-mingw64
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-mingw64
checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./lib/install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /c/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking whether ln -s works... no, using cp -pR
checking for perl... /c/Program Files/Git/usr/bin/perl
./configure: line 3475: /c/Program: No such file or directory
configure: error: perl 5.6 or better is required; perl 5.8.2 or better
is recommended.  If you have several perl versions
installed, select the one Automake should use using
  ./configure PERL=/path/to/perl

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Zack Weinberg <zack <at> owlfolio.org>, Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org>,
 Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>
Cc: 62896-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62896: [Configure] Bug with check for PERL when path has
 spaces (i.e. Windows)
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2023 21:55:52 -0800

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On 2023-12-02 19:29, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> `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.

Solaris 10 /usr/bin/grep does not support -e, -E, -f, -F, -q, or -x.

Solaris 10 is supported by its supplier through January 2025; that's the 
usual guideline we use for how long to support a sorta-POSIX OS.

However, the script shouldn't use 'grep'. Instead, it should just use 
the shell's builtin pattern matching. That's faster and more portable. I 
installed the attached into Automake.

The original bug was fixed before I got to this, so I'm boldly closing 
the bug report.

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