Re: Patch: fix shell lossage in BFD_HAVE_SYS_PROCFS_TYPE_MEMBER

[Jim Blandy <jimb at cygnus dot com>]

>    > 2000-02-09  Jim Blandy  <jimb@redhat.com>
>    > 
>    > 	* acinclude.m4 (BFD_HAVE_SYS_PROCFS_TYPE_MEMBER): Don't forget to
>    > 	put quotes around the cache variable referenc when passing it to
>    > 	`test', so it'll always expand into an argument.
> 
> This patch does no harm, so it is OK with me, but I don't understand
> why it is necessary.  If this patch is necessary, there are a number
> of other places where a cache variable is tested without using quotes.
> The autoconf macros should always arrange for a cache variable to have
> a non-empty value; why is that not happening for you?

I don't know.  I'll figure it out, and get back to you.