Switching to `` requires one more \ to escape $Config in new_config=`...`

diff --git a/make_patchnum.sh b/make_patchnum.sh
index 2caebb0..a00e121 100644 (file)
--- a/make_patchnum.sh
+++ b/make_patchnum.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ new_config=`cat <<EOFDATA
 # WARNING: lib/Config_git.pl is generated by make_patchnum.sh   #
 #          DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY - edit make_patchnum.sh instead #
 #################################################################
-\$Config::Git_Data=<<'ENDOFGIT';
+\\$Config::Git_Data=<<'ENDOFGIT';
 git_commit_id='$commit_id'
 git_describe='$describe'
 git_branch='$branch'