[BUG] Quotes problem in calling rsh from script

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running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by configure, which was
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  $ ./configure --prefix=/opt/amos-ext/crosstool/crosstool-0.44-dbtest/result/dejagnu

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## Platform. ##
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hostname = REDQUEEN
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 2.6.15-51-amd64-generic
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 12 16:56:43 UTC 2008

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PATH: /opt/testtool/gcc-4.2.2-glibc-2.7/arm-unknown-linux-gnu/bin
PATH: /opt/amos-ext/crosstool/crosstool-0.44-dbtest/result/dejagnu/bin
PATH: /usr/local/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/bin/X11
PATH: /usr/games


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## Core tests. ##
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configure:1281: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:1335: result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:1346: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:1389: result: yes
configure:1422: checking for gawk
configure:1438: found /usr/bin/gawk
configure:1448: result: gawk
configure:1458: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
configure:1478: result: yes
configure:1642: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles
configure:1651: result: no
configure:1666: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
configure:1686: result: yes
configure:1742: checking for gcc
configure:1758: found /usr/bin/gcc
configure:1768: result: gcc
configure:2012: checking for C compiler version
configure:2015: gcc --version </dev/null >&5
gcc (GCC) 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

configure:2018: $? = 0
configure:2020: gcc -v </dev/null >&5
Using built-in specs.
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,java,f95,objc,ada,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.0 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-java-awt=gtk-default --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-4.0-1.4.2.0/jre --enable-mpfr --disable-werror --enable-checking=release x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)
configure:2023: $? = 0
configure:2025: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: '-V' option must have argument
configure:2028: $? = 1
configure:2052: checking for C compiler default output
configure:2055: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
configure:2058: $? = 0
configure:2104: result: a.out
configure:2109: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:2115: ./a.out
configure:2118: $? = 0
configure:2135: result: yes
configure:2142: checking whether we are cross compiling
configure:2144: result: no
configure:2147: checking for suffix of executables
configure:2149: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  >&5
configure:2152: $? = 0
configure:2177: result: 
configure:2183: checking for suffix of object files
configure:2205: gcc -c   conftest.c >&5
configure:2208: $? = 0
configure:2230: result: o
configure:2234: checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler
configure:2259: gcc -c   conftest.c >&5
configure:2262: $? = 0
configure:2265: test -s conftest.o
configure:2268: $? = 0
configure:2281: result: yes
configure:2287: checking whether gcc accepts -g
configure:2309: gcc -c -g  conftest.c >&5
configure:2312: $? = 0
configure:2315: test -s conftest.o
configure:2318: $? = 0
configure:2329: result: yes
configure:2346: checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C
configure:2407: gcc  -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
configure:2410: $? = 0
configure:2413: test -s conftest.o
configure:2416: $? = 0
configure:2434: result: none needed
configure:2452: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
conftest.c:2: error: syntax error before 'me'
configure:2455: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| #ifndef __cplusplus
|   choke me
| #endif
configure:2575: checking for style of include used by make
configure:2603: result: GNU
configure:2631: checking dependency style of gcc
configure:2714: result: gcc3
configure:2784: checking for g++
configure:2800: found /usr/bin/g++
configure:2810: result: g++
configure:2826: checking for C++ compiler version
configure:2829: g++ --version </dev/null >&5
g++ (GCC) 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

configure:2832: $? = 0
configure:2834: g++ -v </dev/null >&5
Using built-in specs.
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,java,f95,objc,ada,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.0 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-java-awt=gtk-default --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-gcj-4.0-1.4.2.0/jre --enable-mpfr --disable-werror --enable-checking=release x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)
configure:2837: $? = 0
configure:2839: g++ -V </dev/null >&5
g++: '-V' option must have argument
configure:2842: $? = 1
configure:2845: checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler
configure:2870: g++ -c   conftest.cc >&5
configure:2873: $? = 0
configure:2876: test -s conftest.o
configure:2879: $? = 0
configure:2892: result: yes
configure:2898: checking whether g++ accepts -g
configure:2920: g++ -c -g  conftest.cc >&5
configure:2923: $? = 0
configure:2926: test -s conftest.o
configure:2929: $? = 0
configure:2940: result: yes
configure:2984: g++ -c -g -O2  conftest.cc >&5
configure:2987: $? = 0
configure:2990: test -s conftest.o
configure:2993: $? = 0
configure:3020: g++ -c -g -O2  conftest.cc >&5
configure: In function 'int main()':
configure:3017: error: 'exit' was not declared in this scope
configure:3023: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| #line 3003 "configure"
| /* confdefs.h.  */
| 
| #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
| #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
| #define PACKAGE "dejagnu"
| #define VERSION "1.4.4"
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
| 
| int
| main ()
| {
| exit (42);
|   ;
|   return 0;
| }
configure:2984: g++ -c -g -O2  conftest.cc >&5
configure:2987: $? = 0
configure:2990: test -s conftest.o
configure:2993: $? = 0
configure:3020: g++ -c -g -O2  conftest.cc >&5
configure:3023: $? = 0
configure:3026: test -s conftest.o
configure:3029: $? = 0
configure:3054: checking dependency style of g++
configure:3137: result: gcc3
configure:3166: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:3220: result: /usr/bin/install -c
configure:3237: checking for bison
configure:3253: found /usr/bin/bison
configure:3263: result: bison -y
configure:3277: checking for docbook tools
configure:3311: result: none
configure:3327: checking for the tclsh program
configure:3371: result: none
configure:3375: checking for tclsh
configure:3408: result: no
configure:3585: creating ./config.status

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config.status:662: creating Makefile
config.status:662: creating doc/Makefile
config.status:662: creating testsuite/Makefile
config.status:662: creating example/Makefile
config.status:662: creating testsuite/libdejagnu/Makefile
config.status:787: executing depfiles commands
configure:4593: configuring in example/calc
configure:4677: running /bin/sh './configure' --prefix=/opt/amos-ext/crosstool/crosstool-0.44-dbtest/result/dejagnu  '--prefix=/opt/amos-ext/crosstool/crosstool-0.44-dbtest/result/dejagnu' --cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.
configure:4593: configuring in example/hello
configure:4677: running /bin/sh './configure' --prefix=/opt/amos-ext/crosstool/crosstool-0.44-dbtest/result/dejagnu  '--prefix=/opt/amos-ext/crosstool/crosstool-0.44-dbtest/result/dejagnu' --cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.

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## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

#define PACKAGE "dejagnu"
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
#define PACKAGE_NAME ""
#define PACKAGE_STRING ""
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
#define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
#define VERSION "1.4.4"
#endif
#ifdef __cplusplus
#include <stdlib.h>

configure: exit 0

diff -u5rN dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/remote.exp dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/remote.exp
--- dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/remote.exp	2003-10-11 12:12:46.000000000 +0530
+++ dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/remote.exp	2008-04-01 20:43:22.000000000 +0530
@@ -730,11 +730,11 @@
 	    # Allow multiple files to be deleted at once.
 	    foreach x $args {
 		append file " $x"
 	    }
 	    verbose "remote_file deleting $file"
-	    set status [remote_exec $dest "rm -f $file"]
+	    set status [remote_exec $dest rm "$file"]
 	    return [lindex $status 0]
 	}
     }
 }
 
diff -u5rN dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/rsh.exp dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/rsh.exp
--- dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/rsh.exp	2003-10-11 12:12:46.000000000 +0530
+++ dejagnu-1.4.4/lib/rsh.exp	2008-04-01 20:43:13.000000000 +0530
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@
 
     if [board_info $desthost exists hostname] {
 	set desthost [board_info $desthost hostname]
     }
 
-    set status [catch "exec $RSH $rsh_useropts $desthost rm -f $destfile |& cat" output]
+    set status [catch "exec $RSH $rsh_useropts $desthost \"rm -f\" $destfile |& cat" output]
     set status [catch "exec $RCP $srcfile $rcp_user$desthost:$destfile |& cat" output]
     if { $status == 0 } {
 	verbose "Copied $srcfile to $desthost:$destfile" 2
 	return $destfile
     } else {
@@ -275,11 +275,11 @@
     # no output but the exit code is non-zero.
     if { $inp == "" } {
 	set inp "/dev/null"
     }
 
-    set status [catch "exec cat $inp | $RSH $rsh_useropts $hostname sh -c '$cmd $pargs \\; echo XYZ\\\${?}ZYX' |& cat" output]
+    set status [catch "exec cat $inp | $RSH $rsh_useropts $hostname \"sh -c\" '$cmd $pargs \\; echo XYZ\\\${?}ZYX' |& cat" output]
     verbose "$RSH output is $output"
     # `status' doesn't mean much here other than rsh worked ok.
     # What we want is whether $cmd ran ok.
     if { $status != 0 } {
 	regsub "XYZ(\[0-9\]*)ZYX\n?" $output "" output