[MacPorts] #17182: Variables aren't expanded in path:-style dependencies

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#17182: Variables aren't expanded in path:-style dependencies
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  Reporter:  ryandesign at macports.org  |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
      Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
  Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:  MacPorts base bugs                   
 Component:  base                     |     Version:  1.6.0                                
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Changes (by ryandesign at macports.org):

 * cc: jmr at macports.org (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:ticket:16830:21 jmr at ...]:
 > The problem with upgrading autoconf is actually that depspecs are auto-
 escaped, so variable substitution is not done, so it ends up looking for
 /opt/local/\${prefix}/bin/perl (because the prefix is prepended to any
 path that doesn't start with a slash.)
 Joshua, could you tell me where in the source this is? I'm having a hard
 time finding it.

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