Bug#563586: Provide a switch to prevent autoconf from changing shell

2010-01-03 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Mark, * markhob...@yahoo.co.uk wrote on Sun, Jan 03, 2010 at 11:16:19PM CET: > If the autoconf tool is run under a particular shell, the autoconf tool > may switch shell during build (via m4sh _AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL). > > This causes a problem with package testing, because a test or develo

Bug#563586: Provide a switch to prevent autoconf from changing shell

2010-01-03 Thread markhobley
Package: autoconf Severity: wishlist If the autoconf tool is run under a particular shell, the autoconf tool may switch shell during build (via m4sh _AS_DETECT_BETTER_SHELL). This causes a problem with package testing, because a test or development machine may incidentally have an additional shel