[tlbuild] Build failure in libs/icu/

[Peter Breitenlohner]

On Sun, 11 Oct 2009, Vladimir Volovich wrote:

> i see changes such as:
>
> -       echo "${srcdir}/configure" | sed 's,icu/dummy/,icu/icu-xetex/,' >$@
> +       d=$(srcdir); test "x$$d" = x. && d=../../icu/dummy; \
> +       echo "$$d/configure" | sed 's,icu/dummy/,icu/icu-xetex/,' >$@
>
> but it seems better to use $(abs_srcdir) in such cases? it is being set
> in Makefile.

Hi Vladimir,

why would that be so? Or in other words: what exactly would be your
replacement?

Regards
Peter