FVWM: fvwm 1.24r on Linux segfaults on the following

From: Steve Hsieh <steveh_at_eecs.umich.edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 15:09:25 -0500 (EST)

Below is a fragment of a .fvwmrc file which works fine on SunOS/Solaris
fvwm 1.24r. But when run it on Linux fvwm 1.24r, I get an error.
It's the backquotes that is the problem. Maybe someone knows the problem
or can offer a solution?

<---- fragment of .fvwmrc ----->
# Personal items
Popup "My Utilities"
        Title "My Utilities"
        Exec "Xterm" exec xterm -n "`hostname|cut -f1 -d.`" -T "`hostname`" -e tcsh &
EndPopup
<------------------------------>

On debian linux this results in the message
    "NONE:0: m4: ERROR: EOF in string"
and then a fvwm segmentation fault.

Is there a problem with linux fvwm and what is being passed to m4, or does
the problem lie solely with linux's gnu m4?

Thanks for any pointers.
 


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Received on Thu Apr 03 1997 - 14:10:50 BST

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