Re: The top-level configure uses $() variables

[Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>]

On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 04:16:03PM -0800, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 09:34:31PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> >  In short: $() variable references cause problems with sh and as a result
> > such invocations as:
> 
> Let's hear the long explanation instead.
> 
> Each place you've changed is supposed to already be quoted so that sh
> does nothing but pass the whole construct through to make.  So () vs {}
> shouldn't matter.

Speaking as something with absolutely zero authority over binutils:

Even if they don't, I hope this patch would be accepted.  $() and ${} are
the same thing under make, but have completely different meanings under sh.
For wrapping variables, only {} means the same for both programs.  We should
be using {} in shell scripts just for continuity, if for no other reason.

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