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24.0.50; ./configure: line 17305: test: =: unary operator expected

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From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.0.50; ./configure: line 17305: test: =: unary operator expected 
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:02:02 +0200

Updated a few hours ago (revno: 104605). Reason is that  
gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink on this line 17305

    if test $gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink = no; then

is empty.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 8878 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8878: 24.0.50;
	./configure: line 17305: test: =: unary operator expected
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:45:07 -0400

This looks like a gnulib bug (in lstat.m4) to me.

s/gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink/ac_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink

Message #13 received at 8878-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 8878-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Bug-gnulib <bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#8878: 24.0.50;
	./configure: line 17305: test: =: unary operator expected
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:11:39 -0700

On 06/16/11 14:45, Glenn Morris wrote:

> This looks like a gnulib bug (in lstat.m4) to me.

Thanks, fixed in gnulib as follows, with the fix propagated
to the Emacs trunk as bzr 104611.

 ChangeLog   |    7 +++++++
 m4/lstat.m4 |    4 ++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5f04b84..f2c6ec6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-06-16  Paul Eggert  <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
+
+	* m4/lstat.m4 (gl_FUNC_LSTAT): Fix typo in prerequisite.
+	After the 2011-05-21 change, this macro requires
+	gl_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK, not
+	AC_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK.
+
 2011-06-16  Bruno Haible  <bruno <at> clisp.org>
 
 	fprintftime: Move AC_LIBOBJ invocations to module description.
diff --git a/m4/lstat.m4 b/m4/lstat.m4
index 72c76c6..fe161d4 100644
--- a/m4/lstat.m4
+++ b/m4/lstat.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# serial 22
+# serial 23
 
 # Copyright (C) 1997-2001, 2003-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_LSTAT],
   dnl "#define lstat stat", and lstat.c is a no-op.
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([lstat])
   if test $ac_cv_func_lstat = yes; then
-    AC_REQUIRE([AC_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK])
+    AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK])
     if test $gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink = no; then
       REPLACE_LSTAT=1
     fi
-- 
1.7.4.4

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