* lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am (version.m4): Another bash bug workaround.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b4320a3926db443c3968cc79b2414e1f4f7b7678..1bbac09c2a19b9fab1916096a7b3e72fe43014b9 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2007-11-04  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 
+       * lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am (version.m4): Another bash bug workaround.
+
        * build-aux/.gitignore: Ignore mkinstalldirs.
 
        * doc/autoconf.texi (autoreconf Invocation): Fix an underfull line.

diff --git a/lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am b/lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am
index c983286003d11a5f6ec6ea9f4d1ff05874647c1e..de329076b235e1193309f84fd0b60c659357eb81 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/m4sugar/Makefile.am
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ CLEANFILES = $(nodist_m4sugarlib_DATA)
 ## version.m4.  ##
 ## ------------ ##
 
+# The `:;' works around a redirected compound command bash exit status bug.
 version.m4: $(top_srcdir)/configure.ac
+       :; \
        {                                       \
          echo '# This file is part of -*- Autoconf -*-.'; \
          echo '# Version of Autoconf.'; \