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authorivan <ivan>2003-07-15 13:16:32 +0000
committerivan <ivan>2003-07-15 13:16:32 +0000
commit945721f48f74d5cfffef7c7cf3a3d6bc2521f5dd (patch)
treec874aeac27d37fce2e41d64c3347c99527f6e66d /rt/m4/rt_expand_var.m4
parent160be29a0dc62e79a4fb95d2ab8c0c7e5996760e (diff)
import of rt 3.0.4
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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}"
+])