8231594: Configure fails on some Linux systems

Reviewed-by: tbell, ihse
This commit is contained in:
Erik Joelsson 2019-10-01 08:11:02 -07:00
parent 17c057bd76
commit 5e8690c247

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@ -213,8 +213,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([BASIC_ABSOLUTE_PATH],
if test "x[$]$1" != x; then
new_path="[$]$1"
if [ [[ "$new_path" = ~* ]] ]; then
# Use eval to expand a potential ~
# Use eval to expand a potential ~. This technique does not work if there
# are spaces in the path (which is valid at this point on Windows), so only
# try to apply it if there is an actual ~ first in the path.
if [ [[ "$new_path" = "~"* ]] ]; then
eval new_path="$new_path"
if test ! -f "$new_path" && test ! -d "$new_path"; then
AC_MSG_ERROR([The new_path of $1, which resolves as "$new_path", is not found.])