Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 18:00:31 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] DJGPP port of GNU Autoconf 2.13 update 2
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On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Mark E. wrote:

> In the part of the code in question, IFS is saved, then changed so the PATH
> variable can be word split, and the saved value of IFS restored. If IFS=":'
> and PATH_SEPARATOR=";" and IFS isn't changed to PATH_SEPARATOR, the PATH
> will be split incorrectly.

But you were intending to make the separator be : by default, and all 
ported packages that need this already set PATH_SEPARATOR=:.  It seems to 
me that this solves the problem reliably enough to not bother the official
GNU distribution with DJGPP-specific changes.

Only my opinion, of course.