quote ' inside '...' and make sure shell isn't eating \ by using perl here.

[ira/wip.git] / source4 / build / m4 / public.m4

diff --git a/source4/build/m4/public.m4 b/source4/build/m4/public.m4
index e51a8ac1464c71e5ce3a381c70a571abcb5357e8..eca7e8fcb7829f0d8a54038f573f297c7b216ab8 100644 (file)
--- a/source4/build/m4/public.m4
+++ b/source4/build/m4/public.m4
@@ -201,8 +201,9 @@ CEOF
 
 for ac_var in $ac_subst_vars
 do
-    eval ac_val=\$$ac_var
-       echo "$ac_var => '$ac_val'," >> $1
+       eval ac_val=\$$ac_var
+       # quote ' (\x27) inside '...' and make sure \ isn't eaten by shells, so use perl:
+       perl -e '$myval="$ENV{ac_val}"; $myval =~ s/\x27/\\\x27/g ; print $ENV{ac_var}." => \x27$myval\x27,\n"' >> $1
 done
 
 cat >>$1<<CEOF