[libvirt] [PATCHv3] build: fix shell detection bug

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Tue Oct 26 20:15:38 UTC 2010


A missing shell was noisy, and the use of command to decipher a
shell's absolute path requires "" rather than ''.

* configure.ac (lv_cv_wrapper_shell): Fix logic errors if candidate
shell is not available.  Define a C string literal, not raw tokens.
Reported by Matthias Bolte.
---

Fixed in v3: the AC_DEFINE needs to output a string literal
rather than raw text.

Fixed in v2: don't call command -v on an empty substitution

Actually tested by myself this time rather than relying on others, by
manually overriding my /bin/sh with a broken dash, and double-checking
the resulting config.h.

 configure.ac |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 86a864b..d942d3c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -616,13 +616,13 @@ if test "$with_qemu" = yes; then
         test $lv_cv_wrapper_shell = none &&
           AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find decent shell])
         echo a > conftest.a
-        $lv_cv_wrapper_shell -c ': 1<>conftest.a'
+        ($lv_cv_wrapper_shell -c ': 1<>conftest.a') 2>/dev/null &&
         case `cat conftest.a`.$lv_cv_wrapper_shell in
           a./*) break;; dnl /bin/sh is good enough
           a.*) dnl bash, ksh, and zsh all understand 'command', use that
                dnl to determine the absolute path of the shell
             lv_cv_wrapper_shell=`$lv_cv_wrapper_shell -c \
-              'command -v $lv_cv_wrapper_shell'`
+              "command -v $lv_cv_wrapper_shell"`
             case $lv_cv_wrapper_shell in
               /*) break;;
             esac
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ if test "$with_qemu" = yes; then
     lv_wrapper_shell=$lv_cv_wrapper_shell
   fi
   if test "x$lv_wrapper_shell" != x; then
-    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([VIR_WRAPPER_SHELL], [$lv_wrapper_shell],
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([VIR_WRAPPER_SHELL], ["$lv_wrapper_shell"],
       [Define to the absolute path of a shell that does not truncate on
        <> redirection, if /bin/sh does not fit the bill])
   fi
-- 
1.7.2.3




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