* config/general.m4sh: unconditionally set IFS, and set it

to the one true right sequence: space, tab, newline.
* m4/libtool.m4: remove IFS setting and as_* namespace infringement.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d7b2ab91efa00ad2e5471f41bf0868bdab347409..e12beb8bedea31a5037ad20b2dd85a76f361a484 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2005-03-16  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 
+       * config/general.m4sh: unconditionally set IFS, and set it
+       to the one true right sequence: space, tab, newline.
+       * m4/libtool.m4: remove IFS setting and as_* namespace infringement.
+
        * m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_CONFIG): Reset IFS to fix failure with ash.
 
        * configure.ac, libltdl/configure.ac: s/##/dnl/ for comments

diff --git a/config/general.m4sh b/config/general.m4sh
index 8a43ee779b3de363f4f256ec1abec00c535c8797..534d7b474ab8460b7d322f65395012f1f87fb124 100644 (file)
--- a/config/general.m4sh
+++ b/config/general.m4sh
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ EXIT_SKIP=77    # $? = 77 is used to indicate a skipped test to automake.
 exit_status=$EXIT_SUCCESS
 
 # Make sure IFS has a sensible default
-: ${IFS="
-       "}
+lt_nl='
+'
+IFS="  $lt_nl"
 
 dirname="s,/[[^/]]*$,,"
 basename="s,^.*/,,"

diff --git a/m4/libtool.m4 b/m4/libtool.m4
index 357ad58fd293a15833bf09b9defa0f5090494bdc..157f4dc3dd89d7e3b0a599a8ac5f24eef4fd5fea 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/libtool.m4
+++ b/m4/libtool.m4
@@ -518,12 +518,6 @@ _LT_LIBTOOL_CONFIG_VARS
 _LT_LIBTOOL_TAG_VARS
 # ### END LIBTOOL CONFIG
 
-# IFS
-# We need space, tab and new line, in precisely that order.
-as_nl='
-'
-IFS="  $as_nl"
-
 # The HP-UX ksh and POSIX shell print the target directory to stdout
 # if CDPATH is set.
 (unset CDPATH) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset CDPATH