[Java-gnome-developer] fix for "unexpected end of file" bug

[Andrew C. <an...@op...>]

Remember that problem everyone has been having along the lines of

	./configure: line 2420: syntax error: unexpected end of file

When we went to run autogen? I ran into this again today as I've been in
the process of writing Gentoo ebuilds for java-gnome 2.8

So I started digging. 

And digging more

And then madly debugging even more than that.

I found the bastard. You're not going to believe this.

THERE IS A TRAILING TAB CHARACTER IN THE ONE PLACE THAT THERE CANNOT BE:
THE "END OF HERE DOCUMENT" MARKER

Specifically, libgtk-java/macros/am_path_gcj.m4, line 106 says

	EOF<TAB>

but of course the here document <<EOF is looking for EOF not EOF<TAB>,
so it doesn't match. Delete the trailing \t and you're all set.

[Not to mention, watch all kinds of other configure output start
appearing that you never saw before because it was getting trapped in
what was effectively a several hundred line overflowing string]

Patch attached. Needs to be applied to 2.8 and to 2.9.

Assuming this is correct, then it really needs to be pushed out as
2.8.2.1 ASAP - so if others could test this I'd appreciate it. We've
been fighting this for months now.

AfC
Sydney

/me hates autoconf.

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