*** 8.4.18 TAGGED FOR RELEASE ***core_8_4_18

        * README:               Bump version number to 8.4.18
        * generic/tcl.h:
        * tools/tcl.wse.in:
        * unix/configure.in:
        * unix/tcl.spec:
        * win/README.binary:
        * win/configure.in:

        * unix/configure:       autoconf-2.13
        * win/configure:

        * changes:              updates for 8.4.18 release.

3 files changed, 33 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/unix/configure b/unix/configure
index be556d9..3b068af 100755
--- a/unix/configure
+++ b/unix/configure
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ fi
 TCL_VERSION=8.4
 TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=8
 TCL_MINOR_VERSION=4
-TCL_PATCH_LEVEL=".17"
+TCL_PATCH_LEVEL=".18"
 VERSION=${TCL_VERSION}
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -9442,15 +9442,34 @@ trap 'rm -f $CONFIG_STATUS conftest*; exit 1' 1 2 15
 # Transform confdefs.h into DEFS.
 # Protect against shell expansion while executing Makefile rules.
 # Protect against Makefile macro expansion.
-cat > conftest.defs <<\EOF
-s%#define \([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\) *\(.*\)%-D\1=\2%g
-s%[ 	`~#$^&*(){}\\|;'"<>?]%\\&%g
-s%\[%\\&%g
-s%\]%\\&%g
-s%\$%$$%g
-EOF
-DEFS=`sed -f conftest.defs confdefs.h | tr '\012' ' '`
-rm -f conftest.defs
+#
+# If the first sed substitution is executed (which looks for macros that
+# take arguments), then we branch to the quote section.  Otherwise,
+# look for a macro that doesn't take arguments.
+cat >confdef2opt.sed <<\_ACEOF
+t clear
+: clear
+s,^[ 	]*#[ 	]*define[ 	][ 	]*\([^ 	(][^ 	(]*([^)]*)\)[ 	]*\(.*\),-D\1=\2,g
+t quote
+s,^[ 	]*#[ 	]*define[ 	][ 	]*\([^ 	][^ 	]*\)[ 	]*\(.*\),-D\1=\2,g
+t quote
+d
+: quote
+s,[ 	`~#$^&*(){}\\|;'"<>?],\\&,g
+s,\[,\\&,g
+s,\],\\&,g
+s,\$,$$,g
+p
+_ACEOF
+# We use echo to avoid assuming a particular line-breaking character.
+# The extra dot is to prevent the shell from consuming trailing
+# line-breaks from the sub-command output.  A line-break within
+# single-quotes doesn't work because, if this script is created in a
+# platform that uses two characters for line-breaks (e.g., DOS), tr
+# would break.
+ac_LF_and_DOT=`echo; echo .`
+DEFS=`sed -n -f confdef2opt.sed confdefs.h | tr "$ac_LF_and_DOT" ' .'`
+rm -f confdef2opt.sed
 
 
 # Without the "./", some shells look in PATH for config.status.
diff --git a/unix/configure.in b/unix/configure.in
index d32c59a..64521af 100644
--- a/unix/configure.in
+++ b/unix/configure.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl	This file is an input file used by the GNU "autoconf" program to
 dnl	generate the file "configure", which is run during Tcl installation
 dnl	to configure the system for the local environment.
 #
-# RCS: @(#) $Id: configure.in,v 1.106.2.41 2008/02/02 23:59:10 das Exp $
+# RCS: @(#) $Id: configure.in,v 1.106.2.42 2008/02/06 15:25:27 dgp Exp $
 
 AC_INIT(../generic/tcl.h)
 AC_PREREQ(2.13)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.13)
 TCL_VERSION=8.4
 TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=8
 TCL_MINOR_VERSION=4
-TCL_PATCH_LEVEL=".17"
+TCL_PATCH_LEVEL=".18"
 VERSION=${TCL_VERSION}
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/unix/tcl.spec b/unix/tcl.spec
index eea23c7..134731e 100644
--- a/unix/tcl.spec
+++ b/unix/tcl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# $Id: tcl.spec,v 1.16.2.17 2007/10/02 17:46:53 dgp Exp $
+# $Id: tcl.spec,v 1.16.2.18 2008/02/06 15:25:27 dgp Exp $
 # This file is the basis for a binary Tcl RPM for Linux.
 
-%define version 8.4.17
+%define version 8.4.18
 %define directory /usr/local
 
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