libdir_expanded="${PREFIX}/lib"
else
# very non-general variable expansion
- libdir_expanded=$(echo "$LIBDIR" | sed "s|\\${prefix}|${PREFIX}|g; s|\\$prefix/|${PREFIX}/|; s|//*|/|g")
+ libdir_expanded=$(printf %s "$LIBDIR" | sed "s|\${prefix}|${PREFIX}|; s|\$prefix\>|${PREFIX}|; s|//*|/|g")
fi
cat <<EOF