Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2001 20:42:32 +0300
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Subject: Re: Bash 2.05 beta of 28-Aug-2001 query
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> From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 19:25:17 +0200
> 
> > ! gcc_version_trigger = /dev/c/dj204/gnu/gcc-2.953/gcc/version.c
> > --- 22 ----
> > ! gcc_version_trigger = /dj204/gnu/gcc-2.953/gcc/version.c
> 
> The only difference here is that somehow the path was made
> completely absolute (maybe an extra pwd call somewhere); this may
> be an internal bash change.  In any case, it's probably harmless.

I'm not sure: this path will stop working if something during the
build switches to another drive.  For that reason, it is IMHO unsafe
for Bash to remove the drive letter, because it cannot possibly know
what purposes would that path serve.

> > ! ac_cv_path_install=${ac_cv_path_install='ginstall -c'}
> > --- 115 ----
> > ! ac_cv_path_install=${ac_cv_path_install=$'ginstall -c'}
> 
> This is probably a bash quirk as well ($'foo' is bash shorthand for
> "the localized version of the string 'foo'", I think).

??? You mean $foo can stand for something other than the value of
variable foo?