Re: trap commands in auxiliary scripts

Jacob Bachmeyer <[email protected]> Fri, 5 Jun 2026 23:31:57 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.automake.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 6/5/26 14:25, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Jacob Bachmeyer wrote:
>> Maybe packages using automake should refuse to build in
>> directories with absolute full names containing quote marks?
> They already do:
>
> cd /tmp/hello-2.12/build\'s
> $ ../configure
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... configure: error: unsafe absolute working directory name
>
> cd /tmp/hello-2.12/build\"d
> $ ../configure
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... configure: error: unsafe absolute working directory name

Then this entire issue is a red herring because $lockdir will never 
contain quote marks, will it?


-- Jacob