Re: Bug#375349: autoconf: puts |#_!!_#| in output files

[Ralf Wildenhues]

[ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375349 ]

Hi Steinar,

Thanks much for reporting this.

* Steinar H. Gunderson wrote on Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 02:31:21PM CEST:
> Package: autoconf
> Version: 2.59.cvs.2006.05.13-1
> Severity: important
> 
> Newer autoconf versions seem to use |#_!!_#| as an internal separator
> during the AC_OUTPUT phase; this is supposed to be sedded away again at
> the very end, but for some reason it doesn't; see for instance #373953,
> where it's creeping into PREFIX and whatnot.
> 
> I've verified that this doesn't happen in 2.59a-9; it surfaced in the
> first CVS version in the archive (2.59.cvs.2006.05.13-1).

Confirmed with 2.59.cvs.2006.05.13-1.  I'll follow up on #373953.
Have you seen this or a similar issue with any other packages?

Cheers,
Ralf