Re: configure fails when CDPATH is set (ITS#551)

[oliva@lsd.ic.unicamp.br]

On Jun  5, 2000, Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> wrote:

> | >! if test "`cd $srcdir >/dev/null && pwd`" != "`pwd`"

> Alexandre once told me this is not portable, but I don't recall why.

Some really obscure system would fail to process this command.
Unfortunately, I don't remember the details any more :-(

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