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Bug 1420301 - libtool --mode=execute breaks on multi-line parameters
Summary: libtool --mode=execute breaks on multi-line parameters
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Status: ASSIGNED
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: libtool
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Patrik Novotný
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: TRACKER-bugs-affecting-libguestfs
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Reported: 2017-02-08 11:57 UTC by Richard W.M. Jones
Modified: 2022-07-01 14:14 UTC (History)
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Description Richard W.M. Jones 2017-02-08 11:57:43 UTC 
Description of problem:

Normal commands work fine with multi-line parameters, eg:

$ echo "hello
> world"
hello
world

but libtool --mode=execute breaks them:

$ libtool --mode=execute echo "hello
world"
/usr/bin/libtool: line 2062: world: command not found
hello

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

libtool (GNU libtool) 2.4.6
libtool-2.4.6-13.fc25.x86_64

How reproducible:

100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. See above.
Comment 1 Pavel Raiskup 2017-02-08 13:06:33 UTC 
Richard, thanks for the report.

This must be fixed upstream first, and note the comment upstream:
https://github.com/gnulib-modules/bootstrap/blob/master/tests/test-funclib-quote.sh#L143
IOW, libtool uses 'func_quote*' and 'func_append_quoted' which is not working
with newlines correctly.

This is unfortunately very unlikely to get 100% fixed (no portable way),
but there is one non-portable upstream fix-in-progress with bash's
'printf %q' which is going to be in new libtool release.  The point is
that --mode=execute is not covered yet.  So good to know, thanks again.
Comment 2 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2021-07-01 15:31:25 UTC 
This package has changed maintainer in Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.
Comment 3 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2022-07-01 14:14:54 UTC 
This package has changed maintainer in Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.
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