Don't use "set - x`$ls_command /`", as zsh mishandles

the spaces inside $ls_command.  Problem reported by Loulou Pouchet in
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2004-12/msg00074.html>.
Don't use "set - x"; plain "set x" is enough, and simplifies debugging.

diff --git a/lib/mdate-sh b/lib/mdate-sh
index 05e828b081a70f081030b96889d67947e1e9d566..881782eb55e450d170a16422ca9d50fb09afbe7a 100755 (executable)
--- a/lib/mdate-sh
+++ b/lib/mdate-sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Get modification time of a file or directory and pretty-print it.
 
-scriptversion=2003-11-09.00
+scriptversion=2004-12-08.12
 
-# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, June 1995
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fi
 # words should be skipped to get the date.
 
 # On HPUX /bin/sh, "set" interprets "-rw-r--r--" as options, so the "x" below.
-set - x`$ls_command /`
+set x`ls -l -d /`
 
 # Find which argument is the month.
 month=
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ do
 done
 
 # Get the extended ls output of the file or directory.
-set - x`eval "$ls_command \"\$save_arg1\""`
+set x`eval "$ls_command \"\$save_arg1\""`
 
 # Remove all preceding arguments
 eval $command