bug#8718: error when using nested conditionals

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Ralf,

> More danger ahead:
> 
> if $foo; then result=ok; else result=bad; fi
> AM_CONDITIONAL([COND1], [test $result = ok])
> if $bar; then result=ok; else result=bad; fi
> AM_CONDITIONAL([COND2], [test $result = ok])
> 
> I've seen such code in third party projects, it will break if you delay
> the AM_CONDITIONAL evaluation.

Thanks for the heads-up. The code I posted does not delay the evaluation of
the condition; it only delays the invocation of AM_CONDITIONAL. So it will
work fine in this situation.

Bruno
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