Re: trap commands in auxiliary scripts

On Saturday 2026-05-30 00:29, Bruno Haible via Discussion list for automake...:

>'trap' commands in shell scripts present a dilemma:
>
>      trap "rmdir '$lockdir'; exit 1" 1 2 15
>    we get undefined behaviour if $lockdir contains a single-quote,

Also worth noting is that $lockdir is/was evaluated at the time of
the trap setup, and your patch changes the evaluation of $lockdir to
the time of trap execution.