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sr #110395: Makefile generated from Makefile.in unqoute *FLAGS variable twice while ./configure script only once

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Mon 07 Dec 2020 06:30:09 PM UTC
   
 
Priority:  * 2 - Eventually Severity:  3 - Normal
Status:  Need Info Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  Open Operating System:  None
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Fri 08 Dec 2023 03:41:01 PM UTC, comment #1: 

I am inclined to say that *FLAGS should be unquoted only once. However, it is not obvious to me whether this means the bug needs to be addressed in Automake, or whether this means config.status needs to put back some quoting so that Automake's existing code does the right thing.

Postponing until someone has time to have a conversation with the automake people and decide what is the best approach.

Zack Weinberg <zackw>
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Mon 07 Dec 2020 06:30:09 PM UTC, original submission:  

For the following scenario it's impossible to provide correct CFLAGS with attached configure.ac, Makefile.am, and main.c files.

You must use +CFLAGS='-DSTRING="string"'+ to pass +AC_COMPILE_IFELSE+ test from configure.ac, but to provide same macro value to main.c you should use +CFLAGS='-DSTRING=\"string\"'+.

As result we have the current situation:

> ./configure CFLAGS='-DSTRING="string"' && make # Fails on compilation
> ./configure CFLAGS='-DSTRING=\"string\"' && make # Fails on configuration

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file #50418:  configure.ac added by None (309B - application/octet-stream)
file #50419:  Makefile.am added by None (44B - application/octet-stream)
file #50420:  main.c added by None (56B - text/x-csrc)

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2023-12-08 zackw StatusNone Need Info
    2023-12-08 zackw Priority5 - Unprioritized 2 - Eventually
    2020-12-07 None Attached File- Added configure.ac, #50418
        Attached File- Added Makefile.am, #50419
        Attached File- Added main.c, #50420

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