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authorivan <ivan>2003-07-15 13:16:32 +0000
committerivan <ivan>2003-07-15 13:16:32 +0000
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+dnl
+dnl @synopsis RT_EXPAND_VAR(baz, $fraz)
+dnl
+dnl Iteratively expands the second parameter, until successive iterations
+dnl yield no change. The result is then assigned to the first parameter.
+dnl
+dnl This code is heavily borrowed from the Apache 2 codebase.
+dnl
+
+AC_DEFUN([RT_EXPAND_VAR],[
+ ap_last=''
+ ap_cur='$2'
+ while test "x${ap_cur}" != "x${ap_last}"; do
+ ap_last="${ap_cur}"
+ ap_cur=`eval "echo ${ap_cur}"`
+ done
+ $1="${ap_cur}"
+])