[Xapian-tickets] [Xapian] #509: syntax error in configure.ac (cygwin python detection)

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#509: syntax error in configure.ac (cygwin python detection)
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 Reporter:  jilles           |       Owner:  olly  
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new   
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:        
Component:  Xapian-bindings  |     Version:  1.0.18
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:        
Blockedby:                   |    Platform:  All   
 Blocking:                   |  
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 The cygwin python detection added in r11804 contains a syntax error: the
 closing parenthesis should be inside the single-quotes, not outside. This
 means it can never have fulfilled the intended purpose.

 (However, the build may have worked with ash variants as sh, because most
 of these have a bug that causes the extraneous parenthesis to be silently
 ignored. Python will then report a syntax error but this is not checked
 and {{{PYTHON_LIBS}}} ends up empty as if r11804 weren't there.)

 I plan to fix the ash bug (in FreeBSD sh in particular), which causes the
 shell to abort when it encounters the error, even if the cygwin case is
 not executed. This is also how I found this {{{configure.ac}}} bug.

 After fixing the syntax error, {{{PYTHON_LIBS}}} appears to be set to
 sensible values for python 2.6 and 3.1. I do not have Windows so I cannot
 check if the cygwin build now works.

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