--- frysk-0.4/common/Makefile.gen.sh.orig	2008-06-09 14:03:07.000000000 -0400
+++ frysk-0.4/common/Makefile.gen.sh	2009-02-09 07:56:30.000000000 -0500
@@ -191,8 +191,14 @@
 	fi
     else
 	local variable=variable_${name}_set
-	eval $variable=\'$name $op "$*"\'
-	echo "$name" = "$@"
+	# bash 4 gets an error when "$*" is empty
+	if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
+	    eval $variable=\'$name $op\'
+	    echo "$name" =
+	else
+	    eval $variable=\'$name $op "$*"\'
+	    echo "$name" = "$@"
+	fi
     fi
 }