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Cherrypick from master 2003-09-17 20:03:04 UTC Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> '	* configure.in (TOPLEVEL_CONFIGURE_ARGUMENTS, baseargs): Fix':
    ChangeLog
    configure
    configure.in

3 files changed, 65 insertions, 65 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6e239e1..58acd87 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-09-17  Daniel Jacobowitz  <drow@mvista.com>
+
+	* configure.in (TOPLEVEL_CONFIGURE_ARGUMENTS, baseargs): Fix
+	quoting.
+	* configure: Regenerated.
+
 2003-09-12  Michael Chastain  <mec@shout.net>
 
 	Fix PR gdb/857.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b204110..a06c8ce 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -795,19 +795,13 @@ progname=$0
 if test -n "$PWD" ; then PWD=`${PWDCMD-pwd}`; fi
 
 # Export original configure arguments for use by sub-configures.  These
-# will be expanded once by make, and once by the shell, so they need to
-# have '$' quoted for make, and then each argument quoted for the shell.
-# What's more, the 'echo' below might expand backslashes.
-cat <<\EOF_SED > conftestsed
-s,\\,\\\\,g; s,\$,$$,g
+# will be expanded by make, so quote '$'.
+tmp="$progname $@"
+sed -e 's,\$,$$,g' <<EOF_SED > conftestsed.out
+$tmp
 EOF_SED
-tmp="'$progname'"
-for ac_arg
-do
-  tmp="$tmp '"`echo "$ac_arg" | sed -f conftestsed`
-done
-rm -f conftestsed
-TOPLEVEL_CONFIGURE_ARGUMENTS="$tmp"
+TOPLEVEL_CONFIGURE_ARGUMENTS=`cat conftestsed.out`
+rm -f conftestsed.out
 
 
 moveifchange=${srcdir}/move-if-change
@@ -2516,7 +2510,7 @@ serialization_dependencies=serdep.tmp
 
 # Base args.  Strip norecursion, cache-file, srcdir, host, build,
 # target and nonopt.  These are the ones we might not want to pass
-# down to subconfigures.
+# down to subconfigures.  These will be expanded by make, so quote '$'.
 cat <<\EOF_SED > conftestsed
 s/ --no[^ ]* / /
 s/ --c[a-z-]*[= ][^ ]* / /
@@ -2531,10 +2525,13 @@ s/ -build[= ][^ ]* / /
 s/ -target[= ][^ ]* / /
 s/ [^' -][^ ]* / /
 s/^ *//;s/ *$//
-s,\\,\\\\,g; s,\$,$$,g
+s,\$,$$,g
+EOF_SED
+sed -f conftestsed <<EOF_SED > conftestsed.out
+ ${ac_configure_args} 
 EOF_SED
-baseargs=`echo " ${ac_configure_args} " | sed -f conftestsed`
-rm -f conftestsed
+baseargs=`cat conftestsed.out`
+rm -f conftestsed conftestsed.out
 
 # For the build-side libraries, we just need to pretend we're native,
 # and not use the same cache file.  Multilibs are neither needed nor
@@ -2785,7 +2782,7 @@ test -n "$target_alias" && ncn_target_tool_prefix=$target_alias-
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_tool_prefix}ar", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_tool_prefix}ar; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2789: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:2786: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_AR'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -2818,7 +2815,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_AR" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "ar", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ar; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2822: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:2819: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_AR'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -2857,7 +2854,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_tool_prefix}as", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_tool_prefix}as; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2861: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:2858: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_AS'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -2890,7 +2887,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_AS" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "as", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy as; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2894: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:2891: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_AS'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -2929,7 +2926,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_tool_prefix}dlltool", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_tool_prefix}dlltool; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2933: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:2930: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_DLLTOOL'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -2962,7 +2959,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_DLLTOOL" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "dlltool", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy dlltool; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2966: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:2963: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_DLLTOOL'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3001,7 +2998,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_tool_prefix}ld", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_tool_prefix}ld; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3005: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3002: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_LD'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3034,7 +3031,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_LD" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "ld", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ld; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3038: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3035: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_LD'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3073,7 +3070,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_tool_prefix}nm", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_tool_prefix}nm; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3077: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3074: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_NM'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3106,7 +3103,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_NM" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "nm", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy nm; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3110: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3107: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_NM'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3145,7 +3142,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_tool_prefix}ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_tool_prefix}ranlib; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3149: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3146: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_RANLIB'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3178,7 +3175,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ranlib; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3182: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3179: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_RANLIB'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3217,7 +3214,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_tool_prefix}windres", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_tool_prefix}windres; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3221: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3218: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_WINDRES'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3250,7 +3247,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_WINDRES" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "windres", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy windres; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3254: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3251: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_WINDRES'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3289,7 +3286,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_tool_prefix}objcopy", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_tool_prefix}objcopy; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3293: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3290: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3322,7 +3319,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_OBJCOPY" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "objcopy", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy objcopy; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3326: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3323: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_OBJCOPY'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3361,7 +3358,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_tool_prefix}objdump", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_tool_prefix}objdump; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3365: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3362: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_OBJDUMP'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3394,7 +3391,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_OBJDUMP" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "objdump", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy objdump; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3398: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3395: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_OBJDUMP'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3442,7 +3439,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_target_tool_prefix}ar", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_target_tool_prefix}ar; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3446: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3443: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_AR_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3475,7 +3472,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_AR_FOR_TARGET" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "ar", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ar; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3479: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3476: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_AR_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3514,7 +3511,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_target_tool_prefix}as", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_target_tool_prefix}as; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3518: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3515: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_AS_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3547,7 +3544,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_AS_FOR_TARGET" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "as", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy as; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3551: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3548: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_AS_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3586,7 +3583,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_target_tool_prefix}dlltool", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_target_tool_prefix}dlltool; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3590: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3587: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_DLLTOOL_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3619,7 +3616,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_DLLTOOL_FOR_TARGET" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "dlltool", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy dlltool; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3623: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3620: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_DLLTOOL_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3658,7 +3655,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_target_tool_prefix}ld", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_target_tool_prefix}ld; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3662: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3659: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_LD_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3691,7 +3688,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_LD_FOR_TARGET" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "ld", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ld; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3695: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3692: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_LD_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3730,7 +3727,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_target_tool_prefix}nm", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_target_tool_prefix}nm; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3734: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3731: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_NM_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3763,7 +3760,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_NM_FOR_TARGET" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "nm", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy nm; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3767: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3764: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_NM_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3802,7 +3799,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_target_tool_prefix}ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_target_tool_prefix}ranlib; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3806: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3803: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_RANLIB_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3835,7 +3832,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB_FOR_TARGET" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ranlib; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3839: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3836: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_RANLIB_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3874,7 +3871,7 @@ fi
   # Extract the first word of "${ncn_target_tool_prefix}windres", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ${ncn_target_tool_prefix}windres; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3878: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3875: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_WINDRES_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3907,7 +3904,7 @@ if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_WINDRES_FOR_TARGET" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "windres", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy windres; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3911: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:3908: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_ncn_cv_WINDRES_FOR_TARGET'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -3974,7 +3971,7 @@ RANLIB_FOR_TARGET=${RANLIB_FOR_TARGET}${extra_ranlibflags_for_target}
 NM_FOR_TARGET=${NM_FOR_TARGET}${extra_nmflags_for_target}
 
 echo $ac_n "checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3978: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles" >&5
+echo "configure:3975: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles" >&5
 # Check whether --enable-maintainer-mode or --disable-maintainer-mode was given.
 if test "${enable_maintainer_mode+set}" = set; then
   enableval="$enable_maintainer_mode"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ae3ff2a..74ea0e1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -67,19 +67,13 @@ progname=$0
 if test -n "$PWD" ; then PWD=`${PWDCMD-pwd}`; fi
 
 # Export original configure arguments for use by sub-configures.  These
-# will be expanded once by make, and once by the shell, so they need to
-# have '$' quoted for make, and then each argument quoted for the shell.
-# What's more, the 'echo' below might expand backslashes.
-cat <<\EOF_SED > conftestsed
-s,\\,\\\\,g; s,\$,$$,g
+# will be expanded by make, so quote '$'.
+tmp="$progname $@"
+sed -e 's,\$,$$,g' <<EOF_SED > conftestsed.out
+$tmp
 EOF_SED
-tmp="'$progname'"
-for ac_arg
-do
-  tmp="$tmp '"`echo "$ac_arg" | sed -f conftestsed`
-done
-rm -f conftestsed
-TOPLEVEL_CONFIGURE_ARGUMENTS="$tmp"
+TOPLEVEL_CONFIGURE_ARGUMENTS=`cat conftestsed.out`
+rm -f conftestsed.out
 AC_SUBST(TOPLEVEL_CONFIGURE_ARGUMENTS)
 
 moveifchange=${srcdir}/move-if-change
@@ -1766,7 +1760,7 @@ AC_SUBST_FILE(serialization_dependencies)
 
 # Base args.  Strip norecursion, cache-file, srcdir, host, build,
 # target and nonopt.  These are the ones we might not want to pass
-# down to subconfigures.
+# down to subconfigures.  These will be expanded by make, so quote '$'.
 cat <<\EOF_SED > conftestsed
 s/ --no[[^ ]]* / /
 s/ --c[[a-z-]]*[[= ]][[^ ]]* / /
@@ -1781,10 +1775,13 @@ s/ -build[[= ]][[^ ]]* / /
 s/ -target[[= ]][[^ ]]* / /
 s/ [[^' -][^ ]*] / /
 s/^ *//;s/ *$//
-s,\\,\\\\,g; s,\$,$$,g
+s,\$,$$,g
+EOF_SED
+sed -f conftestsed <<EOF_SED > conftestsed.out
+ ${ac_configure_args} 
 EOF_SED
-baseargs=`echo " ${ac_configure_args} " | sed -f conftestsed`
-rm -f conftestsed
+baseargs=`cat conftestsed.out`
+rm -f conftestsed conftestsed.out
 
 # For the build-side libraries, we just need to pretend we're native,
 # and not use the same cache file.  Multilibs are neither needed nor