>Number:         4851
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sh has problems with IFS not separating correctly
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan 20 12:50:01 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Benjamin Lorenz
>Organization:
Fachbereich Programmiersysteme, Uni des Saarlandes
>Release:        1.3
>Environment:
System: NetBSD talo 1.3 NetBSD 1.3 (BENNI) #0: Mon Jan 19 03:03:53 CET 1998 \
 lorenz@talo:/opt/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/BENNI i386


>Description:
        GNU autoconf (v2.12) creates a `configure' shell script to be
        executed by sh.  However, with NetBSD's sh, this created script fails
        with an error.
>How-To-Repeat:
	What follows is an extract of the created script:

           #!/bin/sh
           srcdir=.
           IFS="${IFS=     }"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
           for ac_dir in .:$srcdir; do
             test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
             if test -f $ac_dir/XX; then
               ac_cv_path_XX="$ac_dir/XX"
               break
             fi
           done
           IFS="$ac_save_ifs"

           echo ${ac_cv_path_XX}
>Fix:
        If you replace the 'for...' line with the following, it works:

           for ac_dir in `echo .:$srcdir`; do

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: