Re: carriage return line endings vs. literal ^M in status.m4

[Elbert Pol]

Hoi Ralf,

Thankz for the patch.
But when i use the patch and use make i get this:

cd . && ash.exe U:/coreutils-6.10/build-aux/missing --run aclocal-1.10a 
-I m4
aclocal-1.10a: No such file or directory
WARNING: `aclocal-1.10a' is missing on your system.  You should only 
need it if
         you modified `acinclude.m4' or `configure.ac'.  You might want
         to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.  Grab them from
         any GNU archive site.
 cd . && ash.exe U:/coreutils-6.10/build-aux/missing --run 
automake-1.10a --gnu
automake-1.10a: No such file or directory
WARNING: `automake-1.10a' is missing on your system.  You should only 
need it if
         you modified `Makefile.am', `acinclude.m4' or `configure.ac'.
         You might want to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.
         Grab them from any GNU archive site.
cd . && ash.exe U:/coreutils-6.10/build-aux/missing --run autoconf
make: *** [configure] Error 1

And if i don't use the patch i runs like before and sop with the fpurge 
error

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.patches/5475/focus=5501>
>
> Hello Elbert, Jim,
>
> thanks for the feedback.
>
> * Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 11:39:15PM CEST:
> > Elbert replied privately:
> >
> >     Think you made it working for os/2
>
> >     I send logs also...
>
> The logs show a few minor issues:
>
> First, your site file u:/moztools/config.site-gcc335b4 seems to have a
> few portability issues:
>
> | type: No such file or directory
> | type: No such file or directory
> | type: No such file or directory
> | type: No such file or directory
> | function: No such file or directory
> | builtin: No such file or directory
>
> Then, your hostname program looks broken:
>
> | hostname: memory exhausted
>
> Then, the gnulib macro gl_DOUBLE_SLASH_ROOT lacks a bit of quoting:
>
> | checking whether // is distinct from /... ls: //: No such file or directory
> | test: =: argument expected
> | yes
>
> The patch below, against gnulib, should fix this.  OK to apply?
>
> Finally, the code to set $MAN in coreutils/configure.ac leaves CR
> instances in the variable:
>
> |  MAN='uname.1^M chroot.1^M hostid.1^M nice.1^M who.1^M ...'
>
> Not sure whether that may be a problem later, probably not.
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf
>
> 2008-04-06  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>
>
>         * m4/double-slash-root.m4 (gl_DOUBLE_SLASH_ROOT): Fix quoting,
>         hide error from 'ls', needed on OS/2.
>         Report by Elbert Pol <address@hidden>.
>
> diff --git a/m4/double-slash-root.m4 b/m4/double-slash-root.m4
> index 69d60d0..23bf5b0 100644
> --- a/m4/double-slash-root.m4
> +++ b/m4/double-slash-root.m4
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> -# double-slash-root.m4 serial 2   -*- Autoconf -*-
> -dnl Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +# double-slash-root.m4 serial 3   -*- Autoconf -*-
> +dnl Copyright (C) 2006, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>  dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
>  dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
>  dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
> @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_DOUBLE_SLASH_ROOT],
>             gl_cv_double_slash_root='unknown, assuming no' ;;
>         esac
>        else
> -       set x `ls -di / //`
> -       if test $[2] = $[4] && wc //dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> +       set x `ls -di / // 2>/dev/null`
> +       if test "$[2]" = "$[4]" && wc //dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then
>           gl_cv_double_slash_root=no
>         else
>           gl_cv_double_slash_root=yes