On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 10:13:31PM +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
> Can we solve this problem without adding more special cases to build.sh
> by just adding backslashes in appropriate places, so it doesn't matter
> whether or not the shell does brace expansion?

Doesn't this mean this shell is broken from a posix point of view and
with your change build.sh should fail on a strictly confirming shell?

IIUC in this case the rules for double quotes apply:

  The backslash shall retain its special meaning as an escape character [..]
  only when followed by one of the following characters when considered
  special:

       $   `   "   \   <newline>


Martin