[tcljava-user] Bug in configure script

[Kristoffer L. <se...@fi...>]

I tracked the configuration problem I was having and there seems to  
be a bug in how file tests are managed in the configure script. The  
issue is that it cannot handle being compiled within a directory with  
spaces. Here is a diff that should be of the change I made to get  
that part to work:

diff configure oldconf
1711,1714c1711,1715
<     if [ "x$TCLJAVA" = "x" ]; then
<         if [ -d "$srcdir/src/tclblend" ] && [ -d "$srcdir/src/ 
jacl" ]; then
<           echo configuring for both jacl and tclblend >&5
<           echo configuring for both jacl and tclblend
---
 >     if test "x$TCLJAVA" = "x"; then
 >         if test -d $srcdir/src/tclblend && test -d $srcdir/src/ 
jacl ; then
 >
 >     echo configuring for both jacl and tclblend >&5
 >     echo configuring for both jacl and tclblend
1717c1718
<         elif [ -d "$srcdir/src/tclblend" ]; then
---
 >         elif test -d $srcdir/src/tclblend ; then
1719c1720
<         elif [ -d "$srcdir/src/jacl" ]; then
---
 >         elif  test -d $srcdir/src/jacl ; then
1723,1724c1724,1725
<                   echo "$as_me: error: Cannot find jacl or tclblend  
sources" >&2;}
<               { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
---
 > echo "$as_me: error: Cannot find jacl or tclblend sources" >&2;}
 >    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
1762c1763
<         if [ -d "$srcdir/../tcl8.4.1/unix" ]; then
---
 >         if test -d $srcdir/../tcl8.4.1/unix ; then

Additionally there seems to be no direct way of telling the configure  
script where to find Java include files such as jni.h. It does a  
small job of looking them up in various locations, none of which are  
valid on OS X. I have a bit of a dislike for configure files (seeing  
as they haven't generally made my job any easier than it was before)  
and I'm not sure how hairy it would be to go and tweak that.

PS. Does anybody actually respond to problems on this list?

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