Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] auctex 11.85 configure hangs

[Ralf Angeli]

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* Rodney Sparapani (2008-06-11) writes:

> Well, I'm using XPG4 standard Bourne shell and sed, so I think I'm all
> right.  But, that code looks to me like an infinite loop.  I added echos and
> it really is an infinite loop which would explain what I'm seeing here. 
>
> What do you get if you do this:
> 2701...
> echo  "1. $tmpdir" >&6;
>
> #while :; do
> case "$tmpdir" in *\$*) __ac_tmp__='s/[\`"-"]/\\&/g'
> eval "tmpdir=`sed ${__ac_tmp__} <<EOF
> $tmpdir
> EOF
> `";; *) break ;; esac;
> #done
>
> echo  "2. $tmpdir" >&6;
>
> exit
>
> I get:
> 1. ${localstatedir}/auctex
> 2. \$\{\l\o

I get, somewhat surprising, this:

1. ${localstatedir}/auctex
2. ${prefix}/var/auctex

-- 
Ralf