Re: whitespace and macros from the command line

[Stefano Lattarini]

[dropping autoconf-patches]

Hello Ralf.

On Sunday 23 January 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Another patch set to document make limitations in autoconf.texi, and fix
> the respective test failures in Automake.  I have a separate patch for
> Automake maint I'd like to apply, since this is such a long-standing
> failure.
> 
> I'm not actually sure if Posix mandates the stripping of leading
> whitespace from variables set on the make command line.  I think
> it does (which is why I chose that particular formulation), given
> that leading whitespace is stripped after the equals sign in a
> Makefile as well.
> 
> Any issues with this?
> 
FWIW, the automake patches look good to me.

Thanks for fixing this,
   Stefano