X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/8f1f23e8b15dc90b39e5be39711437f27f72b526..c6f5816709fd060d06981ce18c7569805a56bf50:/configure.gnu

diff --git a/configure.gnu b/configure.gnu
index 2ef8331..46cc494 100755
--- a/configure.gnu
+++ b/configure.gnu
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # GNU configure-like front end to metaconfig's Configure.
 #
-# Written by Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
+# Written by Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>
 # and Matthew Green <mrg@mame.mu.oz.au>.
 #
 # Reformatted and modified for inclusion in the dist-3.0 package by
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ EOM
 		opts="$opts $arg"
 		shift
 		;;
+	--prefix)
+		shift
+		arg="-Dprefix=$1"
+		opts="$opts $arg"
+		shift
+		;;
  	--cache-file=*)
  		shift		# Just ignore it.
  		;;
@@ -86,7 +92,7 @@ EOM
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	*)
-		opts="$opts $1"
+		opts="$opts '$1'"
 		shift
 		;;
 	esac
@@ -126,7 +132,7 @@ case "$verbose" in
 *) copt="$copt -d";;
 esac
 
-set X sh Configure $copt $create $opts
+eval "set X sh Configure $copt $create $opts"
 shift
 echo "$@"
 exec "$@"