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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 21:46:19 -0500
From: Andy Helten <andy DOT helten AT dot21rts DOT com>
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To: Andrew Markebo <flognat AT flognat DOT myip DOT org>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Shell's "eval" doesn't behave when running a non-cygwin compiler
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The (eval echo \"$ac_link\") just displays the compiler command that
will subsequently be executed by (eval $ac_link).  This line of shell
code was taken from a 'configure' script created by autoconf.

Andy

Andrew Markebo wrote:

> / Andy Helten <andy DOT helten AT dot21rts DOT com> wrote:
> | [...]
> |
> | if { (eval echo \"$ac_link\"); (eval $ac_link); } then
>
> Ehm.. you are doing something like
>
> eval echo "ls"
>
> ?? This results in
>
> "ls" at my place.. if I do eval ls I get the listing of the dir.. Or
> have I missed something?
>
>         /Andy
>
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