* automake.in (check_directory): Quote $dir in regexp.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e4b05b489..ba9328a43 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-07-21  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>  (tiny change)
+
+	* automake.in (check_directory): Quote $dir in regexp.
+
 2004-07-17  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 
 	* configure.ac, NEWS: Bump version to 1.8e.
diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index 95bc7a38a..3f3f15d93 100755
--- a/automake.in
+++ b/automake.in
@@ -3604,7 +3604,7 @@ sub check_directory ($$)
   # since it's tempting to use it as an AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR.
   msg ('portability', $where,
        "name `$dir' is reserved on W32 and DOS platforms")
-    if grep (/^$dir$/i, qw/aux lpt1 lpt2 lpt3 com1 com2 com3 com4 con prn/);
+    if grep (/^\Q$dir\E$/i, qw/aux lpt1 lpt2 lpt3 com1 com2 com3 com4 con prn/);
 }
 
 # check_directories_in_var ($VARIABLE)