* Akim Demaille wrote on Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 05:35:31PM CEST:
> >
> >| if test -n "$required"
> >| then
> >[...]
> >| if ( bison --version ); then :; else exit 77; fi
> >
> >instead of
> >| ( bison --version ) || exit 77
> >
> >because of the OpenBSD /bin/sh bug with `set -e' [...]
> Gee! That's a new one :( I know that
>
> false && echo
>
> is not safe with -e (and actually, it does seem fair), but I did not
> know
>
> false || echo
>
> could be a problem.
Oops. You are right, and I was wrong. Sorry about this error of mine.
I retract any claim that
false || echo
could be a problem.
> BTW, the example in the Autoconf doc would
> be much clearer (IMHO) with true and false instead of test.
Probably.
Cheers,
Ralf
