Re: [PATCH 3/7] autoconf: remove some redundant shell indirections

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 19, 2012, 00:29 UTC
Message-ID: <7v394owq3l.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <4392b87d8e6c73cfa06459a24b1721b8a8e13a81.1342649928.git.stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>

Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> writes:

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> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index 789926f..9472f6b 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -29,13 +29,12 @@ AC_DEFUN([GIT_ARG_SET_PATH],
>  # --without-PROGRAM is used.
>  AC_DEFUN([GIT_CONF_APPEND_PATH],
>      [m4_pushdef([GIT_UC_PROGRAM], m4_toupper([$1]))dnl
>      if test "$withval" = "no"; then
>  	if test -n "$2"; then
>  		GIT_UC_PROGRAM[]_PATH=$withval
> +		AC_MSG_NOTICE([Disabling use of GIT_UC_PROGRAM])
> +		GIT_CONF_SUBST([NO_]GIT_UC_PROGRAM, [YesPlease])
> +		GIT_CONF_SUBST(GIT_UC_PROGRAM[_PATH], [])

Nice.

The inconsistency between the existing one that does not quote the string that is not substituted, i.e.

	GIT_UC_PROGRAM[]_PATH=$withval

and the new one that quotes _PATH, i.e.

	GIT_CONF_SUBST(GIT_UC_PROGRAM[_PATH], [])

looks somewhat strange, though.