[CrackMonkey] Marcus Brinkmann roxx like spoxx!

[Aaron Lehmann]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 08:52:20AM +0100, Sean Neakums wrote:
> What's all that about?  If you use a ~-style path for the prefix, the
> shell will expand it before configure sees it.

Not always.

It's being specified as --prefix=...

bash$ echo --option=~
--option=~

zsh$ echo --option=~ 
--option=/home/aaronl

AFAIK at least for bash ~ only is expanded after whitespace.

Sorry for delving into intriguing political issues.