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Re: zsh breaks configure scripts

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From: Alexandre Duret-Lutz <duret_g@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: zsh breaks configure scripts
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 16:42:14 +0100
Cc: Eric Norum <eric.norum@xxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <5CD7CBD8-2F7F-11D6-9666-00039366A118@xxxxxxxx> (Eric Norum's message of "Mon, 4 Mar 2002 08:51:51 -0600")
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>>> "Eric" == Eric Norum <eric.norum@xxxxxxxx> writes:

 Eric> Apple uses zsh as /bin/sh on Mac OS X.  Unfortunately zsh has a
 Eric> `feature' that breaks many autoconf configure scripts.  The scripts
 Eric> contain lines like:
 Eric> if test "`CDPATH=:; cd $srcdir && pwd`" != "`pwd`" && .......

Aside: Recent Autoconfs (2.52 I think) and Automake (>=1.5a)
have workarounds to support Zsh in this area.  Basically they
now use `CDPATH=${ZSH_VERSION+.}:' when needed.

[...]

-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz

References:
- zsh breaks configure scripts
  - From: Eric Norum

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