[sr #111321] config.status generation by configure in dash 0.5.13 fails with ERROR

Bruno Haible <[email protected]> Fri, 3 Oct 2025 20:12:09 -0400 (EDT)

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Follow-up Comment #1, sr #111321 (group autoconf):


> bash and previous dash releases work okay.

That suggests that it is a bug in dash 0.5.13, no?

> This appears to be generated by lib/autoconf/status.m4 about line 650 where
> ac_sed_extra definition is added to config.status without a terminating '"'

Quoting POSIX
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799.2024edition/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_19_07_04
:
« However, the double-quote character ('"') shall not be treated specially
within a here-document, except when the double-quote appears within "$()",
"``", or "${}". »
So, why would you expect the lone double-quotes in status.m4 lines 652 and 674
to be a problem?


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