Set PATH_SEPARATOR the same way autoconf does.

* build-aux/relocatable.sh.in (func_find_curr_installdir): Determine
the value of PATH_SEPARATOR the same way autoconf-generated configure
scripts do.
* m4/lib-ld.m4 (AC_LIB_PROG_LD): Likewise.
* m4/progtest.m4 (AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST): Likewise.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c3fdec484901773699b8fb19e57216540270a9d0..3f55b0b0deb71e5de8a0f91f56c07eb006c4d689 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2010-09-04  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+       Set PATH_SEPARATOR the same way autoconf does.
+       * build-aux/relocatable.sh.in (func_find_curr_installdir): Determine
+       the value of PATH_SEPARATOR the same way autoconf-generated configure
+       scripts do.
+       * m4/lib-ld.m4 (AC_LIB_PROG_LD): Likewise.
+       * m4/progtest.m4 (AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST): Likewise.
+
 2010-09-04  Stefano Lattarini  <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>  (tiny change)
 
        Set PATH_SEPARATOR the same way autoconf does.

diff --git a/build-aux/relocatable.sh.in b/build-aux/relocatable.sh.in
index 16f98e6a87cbd738c7ae97efb93195158473f10b..ecfc2ccacafd24543c5c30da4d2be265916148bf 100644 (file)
--- a/build-aux/relocatable.sh.in
+++ b/build-aux/relocatable.sh.in
@@ -62,15 +62,14 @@ func_find_curr_installdir ()
     */* | *\\*) ;;
     *) # Need to look in the PATH.
       if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
-        func_tmpdir
-        { echo "#! /bin/sh"; echo "exit 0"; } > "$tmp"/conf.sh
-        chmod +x "$tmp"/conf.sh
-        if (PATH="/nonexistent;$tmp"; conf.sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
-        else
-          PATH_SEPARATOR=:
-        fi
-        rm -rf "$tmp"
+        # Determine PATH_SEPARATOR by trying to find /bin/sh in a PATH which
+        # contains only /bin. Note that ksh looks also at the FPATH variable,
+        # so we have to set that as well for the test.
+        PATH_SEPARATOR=:
+        (PATH='/bin;/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+          && { (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+                 || PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
+             }
       fi
       save_IFS="$IFS"; IFS="$PATH_SEPARATOR"
       for dir in $PATH; do

diff --git a/m4/lib-ld.m4 b/m4/lib-ld.m4
index ebb30528bd5abfdfcc2126175cbe1de99d902457..294db72e13d1f91e59faa00122d93da2d0d6159e 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/lib-ld.m4
+++ b/m4/lib-ld.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# lib-ld.m4 serial 4 (gettext-0.18)
+# lib-ld.m4 serial 5 (gettext-0.18.2)
 dnl Copyright (C) 1996-2003, 2009-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -31,15 +31,14 @@ AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])dnl
 # Prepare PATH_SEPARATOR.
 # The user is always right.
 if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
-  echo "#! /bin/sh" >conf$$.sh
-  echo  "exit 0"   >>conf$$.sh
-  chmod +x conf$$.sh
-  if (PATH="/nonexistent;."; conf$$.sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
-  else
-    PATH_SEPARATOR=:
-  fi
-  rm -f conf$$.sh
+  # Determine PATH_SEPARATOR by trying to find /bin/sh in a PATH which
+  # contains only /bin. Note that ksh looks also at the FPATH variable,
+  # so we have to set that as well for the test.
+  PATH_SEPARATOR=:
+  (PATH='/bin;/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+    && { (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+           || PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
+       }
 fi
 ac_prog=ld
 if test "$GCC" = yes; then

diff --git a/m4/progtest.m4 b/m4/progtest.m4
index 2d804ac99d7087a595be309ce76de5c98f89ce92..9ffa5c0202ccbde432409c50e5d3ff3c9e7ccb1b 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/progtest.m4
+++ b/m4/progtest.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# progtest.m4 serial 6 (gettext-0.18)
+# progtest.m4 serial 7 (gettext-0.18.2)
 dnl Copyright (C) 1996-2003, 2005, 2008-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -27,15 +27,14 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST],
 # Prepare PATH_SEPARATOR.
 # The user is always right.
 if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
-  echo "#! /bin/sh" >conf$$.sh
-  echo  "exit 0"   >>conf$$.sh
-  chmod +x conf$$.sh
-  if (PATH="/nonexistent;."; conf$$.sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
-  else
-    PATH_SEPARATOR=:
-  fi
-  rm -f conf$$.sh
+  # Determine PATH_SEPARATOR by trying to find /bin/sh in a PATH which
+  # contains only /bin. Note that ksh looks also at the FPATH variable,
+  # so we have to set that as well for the test.
+  PATH_SEPARATOR=:
+  (PATH='/bin;/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+    && { (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+           || PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
+       }
 fi
 
 # Find out how to test for executable files. Don't use a zero-byte file,