This is done so that arguments to -z can contain spaces and thus we can pass out optflags to the build system. Please note that we use util-linux specific feature here. Lubomir Kundrak --- xml-xalan/c/runConfigure.escaping 2005-08-17 01:48:26.000000000 +0200 +++ xml-xalan/c/runConfigure 2007-11-19 17:06:39.000000000 +0100 @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ # Get the command line parameters if test -x /bin/getopt -o -x /usr/bin/getopt; then - set -- `getopt C:p:P:c:x:dm:n:t:m:M:r:b:l:z:h $*` + eval set -- `getopt -o C:p:P:c:x:dm:n:t:m:M:r:b:l:z:h -- "$@"` if [ $? != 0 ] then