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From: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>
To: Takanori Saneto <sanewo@ba2.so-net.or.jp>
Cc: xemacs-beta@xemacs.org
Subject: Re: b3 configure failure on FreeBSD-3.0 fix
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Reply-To: Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM>

>>>>> "Taka" == Takanori Saneto <sanewo@ba2.so-net.or.jp> writes:

Taka> In article <199706051107.EAA09523@xemacs.eng.sun.com>,
Taka> 	Martin Buchholz <mrb@Eng.Sun.COM> writes:
>> Fixed in beta 4 by abandoning echo as a mechanism.  Yes, I'm far too
>> much into esthetics, and I don't want my compile commands and
>> Makefiles to have random multiple blanks in them.  Programs are an art 
>> form, and should be beautiful.

Taka> Oh, yes, I understand that.

Taka> Instead of abondoning echo's, how about:

Taka> 	`echo $var' --> 'echo '' $var | sed -e 's/^ *//'`

Taka> This echo+sed construct is already used at several places in
Taka> configure. Is there any reason not using everywhere?

Taka> It makes the processing of configure slower. But, who cares? ;-)

I care.  I'm the guy responsible for making configure slower.  But
only if it's necessary.

I think my XE_SPACE m4 macro in beta 4's configure.in is a better solution.

Martin

