tl-update-auto

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@56893 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

10 files changed, 557 insertions, 556 deletions

diff --git a/Build/source/build-aux/config.guess b/Build/source/build-aux/config.guess
index 12dd5b4245c..0fc11edb2d1 100755
--- a/Build/source/build-aux/config.guess
+++ b/Build/source/build-aux/config.guess
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Attempt to guess a canonical system name.
 #   Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2020-10-22'
+timestamp='2020-11-07'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ timestamp='2020-10-22'
 # Please send patches to <config-patches@gnu.org>.
 
 
-me=`echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`
+me=$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,')
 
 usage="\
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ set_cc_for_build() {
     test "$tmp" && return 0
     : "${TMPDIR=/tmp}"
     # shellcheck disable=SC2039
-    { tmp=`(umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/cgXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null` && test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp" ; } ||
+    { tmp=$( (umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/cgXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null) && test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp" ; } ||
 	{ test -n "$RANDOM" && tmp=$TMPDIR/cg$$-$RANDOM && (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp" 2>/dev/null) ; } ||
 	{ tmp=$TMPDIR/cg-$$ && (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp" 2>/dev/null) && echo "Warning: creating insecure temp directory" >&2 ; } ||
 	{ echo "$me: cannot create a temporary directory in $TMPDIR" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ if test -f /.attbin/uname ; then
 	PATH=$PATH:/.attbin ; export PATH
 fi
 
-UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -m) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
-UNAME_RELEASE=`(uname -r) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
-UNAME_SYSTEM=`(uname -s) 2>/dev/null`  || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
-UNAME_VERSION=`(uname -v) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_VERSION=unknown
+UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -m) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
+UNAME_RELEASE=$( (uname -r) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
+UNAME_SYSTEM=$( (uname -s) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
+UNAME_VERSION=$( (uname -v) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_VERSION=unknown
 
 case "$UNAME_SYSTEM" in
 Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
 	#endif
 	#endif
 	EOF
-	eval "`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g'`"
+	eval "$($CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g')"
 	;;
 esac
 
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	# Note: NetBSD doesn't particularly care about the vendor
 	# portion of the name.  We always set it to "unknown".
 	sysctl="sysctl -n hw.machine_arch"
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`(uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$( (uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
 	    "/sbin/$sysctl" 2>/dev/null || \
 	    "/usr/sbin/$sysctl" 2>/dev/null || \
-	    echo unknown)`
+	    echo unknown))
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" in
 	    aarch64eb) machine=aarch64_be-unknown ;;
 	    armeb) machine=armeb-unknown ;;
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	    sh3eb) machine=sh-unknown ;;
 	    sh5el) machine=sh5le-unknown ;;
 	    earmv*)
-		arch=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e 's,^e\(armv[0-9]\).*$,\1,'`
-		endian=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -ne 's,^.*\(eb\)$,\1,p'`
+		arch=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e 's,^e\(armv[0-9]\).*$,\1,')
+		endian=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -ne 's,^.*\(eb\)$,\1,p')
 		machine="${arch}${endian}"-unknown
 		;;
 	    *) machine="$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown ;;
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" in
 	    earm*)
 		expr='s/^earmv[0-9]/-eabi/;s/eb$//'
-		abi=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e "$expr"`
+		abi=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e "$expr")
 		;;
 	esac
 	# The OS release
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 		release='-gnu'
 		;;
 	    *)
-		release=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-_].*//' | cut -d. -f1,2`
+		release=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-_].*//' | cut -d. -f1,2)
 		;;
 	esac
 	# Since CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OPERATING_SYSTEM:
@@ -243,15 +243,15 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	echo "$machine-${os}${release}${abi-}"
 	exit ;;
     *:Bitrig:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/Bitrig.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/Bitrig.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-bitrig"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:OpenBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/OpenBSD.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/OpenBSD.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-openbsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:LibertyBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/^.*BSD\.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/^.*BSD\.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-libertybsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:MidnightBSD:*:*)
@@ -287,17 +287,17 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
     alpha:OSF1:*:*)
 	case $UNAME_RELEASE in
 	*4.0)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $3}'`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $3}')
 		;;
 	*5.*)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $4}'`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $4}')
 		;;
 	esac
 	# According to Compaq, /usr/sbin/psrinfo has been available on
 	# OSF/1 and Tru64 systems produced since 1995.  I hope that
 	# covers most systems running today.  This code pipes the CPU
 	# types through head -n 1, so we only detect the type of CPU 0.
-	ALPHA_CPU_TYPE=`/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v | sed -n -e 's/^  The alpha \(.*\) processor.*$/\1/p' | head -n 1`
+	ALPHA_CPU_TYPE=$(/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v | sed -n -e 's/^  The alpha \(.*\) processor.*$/\1/p' | head -n 1)
 	case "$ALPHA_CPU_TYPE" in
 	    "EV4 (21064)")
 		UNAME_MACHINE=alpha ;;
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	# A Tn.n version is a released field test version.
 	# A Xn.n version is an unreleased experimental baselevel.
 	# 1.2 uses "1.2" for uname -r.
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-dec-osf"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/^[PVTX]//' | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-dec-osf"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/^[PVTX]//' | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)"
 	# Reset EXIT trap before exiting to avoid spurious non-zero exit code.
 	exitcode=$?
 	trap '' 0
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	exit ;;
     Pyramid*:OSx*:*:* | MIS*:OSx*:*:* | MIS*:SMP_DC-OSx*:*:*)
 	# akee@wpdis03.wpafb.af.mil (Earle F. Ake) contributed MIS and NILE.
-	if test "`(/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null`" = att ; then
+	if test "$( (/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null)" = att ; then
 		echo pyramid-pyramid-sysv3
 	else
 		echo pyramid-pyramid-bsd
@@ -382,17 +382,17 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	echo sparc-icl-nx6
 	exit ;;
     DRS?6000:UNIX_SV:4.2*:7* | DRS?6000:isis:4.2*:7*)
-	case `/usr/bin/uname -p` in
+	case $(/usr/bin/uname -p) in
 	    sparc) echo sparc-icl-nx7; exit ;;
 	esac ;;
     s390x:SunOS:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4H:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo sparc-hal-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-hal-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:5.*:* | tadpole*:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo sparc-sun-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     i86pc:AuroraUX:5.*:* | i86xen:AuroraUX:5.*:*)
 	echo i386-pc-auroraux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
@@ -411,30 +411,30 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 		SUN_ARCH=x86_64
 	    fi
 	fi
-	echo "$SUN_ARCH"-pc-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo "$SUN_ARCH"-pc-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:6*:*)
 	# According to config.sub, this is the proper way to canonicalize
 	# SunOS6.  Hard to guess exactly what SunOS6 will be like, but
 	# it's likely to be more like Solaris than SunOS4.
-	echo sparc-sun-solaris3"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-solaris3"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:*:*)
-	case "`/usr/bin/arch -k`" in
+	case "$(/usr/bin/arch -k)" in
 	    Series*|S4*)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`uname -v`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(uname -v)
 		;;
 	esac
 	# Japanese Language versions have a version number like `4.1.3-JL'.
-	echo sparc-sun-sunos"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-sunos"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/')"
 	exit ;;
     sun3*:SunOS:*:*)
 	echo m68k-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     sun*:*:4.2BSD:*)
-	UNAME_RELEASE=`(sed 1q /etc/motd | awk '{print substr($5,1,3)}') 2>/dev/null`
+	UNAME_RELEASE=$( (sed 1q /etc/motd | awk '{print substr($5,1,3)}') 2>/dev/null)
 	test "x$UNAME_RELEASE" = x && UNAME_RELEASE=3
-	case "`/bin/arch`" in
+	case "$(/bin/arch)" in
 	    sun3)
 		echo m68k-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 		;;
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	}
 EOF
 	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" &&
-	  dummyarg=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -n 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p'` &&
-	  SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy" "$dummyarg"` &&
+	  dummyarg=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -n 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') &&
+	  SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy" "$dummyarg") &&
 	    { echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 	echo mips-mips-riscos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     AViiON:dgux:*:*)
 	# DG/UX returns AViiON for all architectures
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(/usr/bin/uname -p)
 	if test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = mc88100 || test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = mc88110
 	then
 	    if test "$TARGET_BINARY_INTERFACE"x = m88kdguxelfx || \
@@ -570,17 +570,17 @@ EOF
 	echo m68k-tektronix-bsd
 	exit ;;
     *:IRIX*:*:*)
-	echo mips-sgi-irix"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/g'`"
+	echo mips-sgi-irix"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/g')"
 	exit ;;
     ????????:AIX?:[12].1:2)   # AIX 2.2.1 or AIX 2.1.1 is RT/PC AIX.
 	echo romp-ibm-aix     # uname -m gives an 8 hex-code CPU id
-	exit ;;               # Note that: echo "'`uname -s`'" gives 'AIX '
+	exit ;;               # Note that: echo "'$(uname -s)'" gives 'AIX '
     i*86:AIX:*:*)
 	echo i386-ibm-aix
 	exit ;;
     ia64:AIX:*:*)
 	if test -x /usr/bin/oslevel ; then
-		IBM_REV=`/usr/bin/oslevel`
+		IBM_REV=$(/usr/bin/oslevel)
 	else
 		IBM_REV="$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	fi
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ EOF
 			exit(0);
 			}
 EOF
-		if $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"`
+		if $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy")
 		then
 			echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"
 		else
@@ -613,15 +613,15 @@ EOF
 	fi
 	exit ;;
     *:AIX:*:[4567])
-	IBM_CPU_ID=`/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c processor -S available | sed 1q | awk '{ print $1 }'`
+	IBM_CPU_ID=$(/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c processor -S available | sed 1q | awk '{ print $1 }')
 	if /usr/sbin/lsattr -El "$IBM_CPU_ID" | grep ' POWER' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		IBM_ARCH=rs6000
 	else
 		IBM_ARCH=powerpc
 	fi
 	if test -x /usr/bin/lslpp ; then
-		IBM_REV=`/usr/bin/lslpp -Lqc bos.rte.libc |
-			   awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | sed s/[0-9]*$/0/`
+		IBM_REV=$(/usr/bin/lslpp -Lqc bos.rte.libc |
+			   awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | sed s/[0-9]*$/0/)
 	else
 		IBM_REV="$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	fi
@@ -649,14 +649,14 @@ EOF
 	echo m68k-hp-bsd4.4
 	exit ;;
     9000/[34678]??:HP-UX:*:*)
-	HPUX_REV=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//'`
+	HPUX_REV=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//')
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE" in
 	    9000/31?)            HP_ARCH=m68000 ;;
 	    9000/[34]??)         HP_ARCH=m68k ;;
 	    9000/[678][0-9][0-9])
 		if test -x /usr/bin/getconf; then
-		    sc_cpu_version=`/usr/bin/getconf SC_CPU_VERSION 2>/dev/null`
-		    sc_kernel_bits=`/usr/bin/getconf SC_KERNEL_BITS 2>/dev/null`
+		    sc_cpu_version=$(/usr/bin/getconf SC_CPU_VERSION 2>/dev/null)
+		    sc_kernel_bits=$(/usr/bin/getconf SC_KERNEL_BITS 2>/dev/null)
 		    case "$sc_cpu_version" in
 		      523) HP_ARCH=hppa1.0 ;; # CPU_PA_RISC1_0
 		      528) HP_ARCH=hppa1.1 ;; # CPU_PA_RISC1_1
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ EOF
 		    exit (0);
 		}
 EOF
-		    (CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null) && HP_ARCH=`"$dummy"`
+		    (CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null) && HP_ARCH=$("$dummy")
 		    test -z "$HP_ARCH" && HP_ARCH=hppa
 		fi ;;
 	esac
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$HP_ARCH"-hp-hpux"$HPUX_REV"
 	exit ;;
     ia64:HP-UX:*:*)
-	HPUX_REV=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//'`
+	HPUX_REV=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//')
 	echo ia64-hp-hpux"$HPUX_REV"
 	exit ;;
     3050*:HI-UX:*:*)
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ EOF
 	  exit (0);
 	}
 EOF
-	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"` &&
+	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy") &&
 		{ echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 	echo unknown-hitachi-hiuxwe2
 	exit ;;
@@ -830,14 +830,14 @@ EOF
 	echo craynv-cray-unicosmp"$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'
 	exit ;;
     F30[01]:UNIX_System_V:*:* | F700:UNIX_System_V:*:*)
-	FUJITSU_PROC=`uname -m | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`
-	FUJITSU_SYS=`uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///'`
-	FUJITSU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ /_/'`
+	FUJITSU_PROC=$(uname -m | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)
+	FUJITSU_SYS=$(uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///')
+	FUJITSU_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ /_/')
 	echo "${FUJITSU_PROC}-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}"
 	exit ;;
     5000:UNIX_System_V:4.*:*)
-	FUJITSU_SYS=`uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///'`
-	FUJITSU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/ /_/'`
+	FUJITSU_SYS=$(uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///')
+	FUJITSU_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/ /_/')
 	echo "sparc-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}"
 	exit ;;
     i*86:BSD/386:*:* | i*86:BSD/OS:*:* | *:Ascend\ Embedded/OS:*:*)
@@ -850,25 +850,25 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-bsdi"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     arm:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	set_cc_for_build
 	if echo __ARM_PCS_VFP | $CC_FOR_BUILD -E - 2>/dev/null \
 	    | grep -q __ARM_PCS_VFP
 	then
-	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"-gnueabi
+	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"-gnueabi
 	else
-	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"-gnueabihf
+	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"-gnueabihf
 	fi
 	exit ;;
     *:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(/usr/bin/uname -p)
 	case "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" in
 	    amd64)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=x86_64 ;;
 	    i386)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=i586 ;;
 	esac
-	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-unknown-freebsd"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"
 	exit ;;
     i*:CYGWIN*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-cygwin
@@ -904,15 +904,15 @@ EOF
 	echo x86_64-pc-cygwin
 	exit ;;
     prep*:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo powerpcle-unknown-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo powerpcle-unknown-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     *:GNU:*:*)
 	# the GNU system
-	echo "`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"|sed -e 's,[-/].*$,,'`-unknown-$LIBC`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's,/.*$,,'`"
+	echo "$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"|sed -e 's,[-/].*$,,')-unknown-$LIBC$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's,/.*$,,')"
 	exit ;;
     *:GNU/*:*:*)
 	# other systems with GNU libc and userland
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-`echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | sed 's,^[^/]*/,,' | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"``echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`-$LIBC"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-$(echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | sed 's,^[^/]*/,,' | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')-$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
     *:Minix:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-minix
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
     alpha:Linux:*:*)
-	case `sed -n '/^cpu model/s/^.*: \(.*\)/\1/p' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null` in
+	case $(sed -n '/^cpu model/s/^.*: \(.*\)/\1/p' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null) in
 	  EV5)   UNAME_MACHINE=alphaev5 ;;
 	  EV56)  UNAME_MACHINE=alphaev56 ;;
 	  PCA56) UNAME_MACHINE=alphapca56 ;;
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ EOF
 	#endif
 	#endif
 EOF
-	eval "`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU\|^MIPS_ENDIAN\|^LIBCABI'`"
+	eval "$($CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU\|^MIPS_ENDIAN\|^LIBCABI')"
 	test "x$CPU" != x && { echo "$CPU${MIPS_ENDIAN}-unknown-linux-$LIBCABI"; exit; }
 	;;
     mips64el:Linux:*:*)
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     parisc:Linux:*:* | hppa:Linux:*:*)
 	# Look for CPU level
-	case `grep '^cpu[^a-z]*:' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f2` in
+	case $(grep '^cpu[^a-z]*:' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f2) in
 	  PA7*) echo hppa1.1-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
 	  PA8*) echo hppa2.0-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
 	  *)    echo hppa-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-msdosdjgpp
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:4.*:*)
-	UNAME_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed 's/\/MP$//'`
+	UNAME_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed 's/\/MP$//')
 	if grep Novell /usr/include/link.h >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-univel-sysv"$UNAME_REL"
 	else
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:5:[678]*)
 	# UnixWare 7.x, OpenUNIX and OpenServer 6.
-	case `/bin/uname -X | grep "^Machine"` in
+	case $(/bin/uname -X | grep "^Machine") in
 	    *486*)	     UNAME_MACHINE=i486 ;;
 	    *Pentium)	     UNAME_MACHINE=i586 ;;
 	    *Pent*|*Celeron) UNAME_MACHINE=i686 ;;
@@ -1162,10 +1162,10 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:3.2:*)
 	if test -f /usr/options/cb.name; then
-		UNAME_REL=`sed -n 's/.*Version //p' </usr/options/cb.name`
+		UNAME_REL=$(sed -n 's/.*Version //p' </usr/options/cb.name)
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-isc"$UNAME_REL"
 	elif /bin/uname -X 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ; then
-		UNAME_REL=`(/bin/uname -X|grep Release|sed -e 's/.*= //')`
+		UNAME_REL=$( (/bin/uname -X|grep Release|sed -e 's/.*= //'))
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep i80486 >/dev/null) && UNAME_MACHINE=i486
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep '^Machine.*Pentium' >/dev/null) \
 			&& UNAME_MACHINE=i586
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ EOF
     3[345]??:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??A:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??,*:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??/*:*:4.0:3.0 | 4400:*:4.0:3.0 | 4850:*:4.0:3.0 | SKA40:*:4.0:3.0 | SDS2:*:4.0:3.0 | SHG2:*:4.0:3.0 | S7501*:*:4.0:3.0)
 	OS_REL=''
 	test -r /etc/.relid \
-	&& OS_REL=.`sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid`
+	&& OS_REL=.$(sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid)
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | grep 86 >/dev/null \
 	  && { echo i486-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; }
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep entium >/dev/null \
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ EOF
     NCR*:*:4.2:* | MPRAS*:*:4.2:*)
 	OS_REL='.3'
 	test -r /etc/.relid \
-	    && OS_REL=.`sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid`
+	    && OS_REL=.$(sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid)
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | grep 86 >/dev/null \
 	    && { echo i486-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; }
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep entium >/dev/null \
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     *:SINIX-*:*:*)
 	if uname -p 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ; then
-		UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
+		UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-sni-sysv4
 	else
 		echo ns32k-sni-sysv
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ EOF
 	echo aarch64-apple-darwin"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:Darwin:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	case $UNAME_PROCESSOR in
 	    unknown) UNAME_PROCESSOR=powerpc ;;
 	esac
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-apple-darwin"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:procnto*:*:* | *:QNX:[0123456789]*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	if test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = x86; then
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=i386
 		UNAME_MACHINE=pc
@@ -1450,10 +1450,10 @@ EOF
 	echo mips-sei-seiux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:DragonFly:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-dragonfly"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-dragonfly"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"
 	exit ;;
     *:*VMS:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
+	UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE" in
 	    A*) echo alpha-dec-vms ; exit ;;
 	    I*) echo ia64-dec-vms ; exit ;;
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ EOF
 	echo i386-pc-xenix
 	exit ;;
     i*86:skyos:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-skyos"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ .*$//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-skyos"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ .*$//')"
 	exit ;;
     i*86:rdos:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-rdos
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ main ()
 #define __ARCHITECTURE__ "m68k"
 #endif
   int version;
-  version=`(hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null`;
+  version=$( (hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null);
   if (version < 4)
     printf ("%s-next-nextstep%d\n", __ARCHITECTURE__, version);
   else
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ main ()
 }
 EOF
 
-$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null && SYSTEM_NAME=`$dummy` &&
+$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null && SYSTEM_NAME=$($dummy) &&
 	{ echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 
 # Apollos put the system type in the environment.
@@ -1643,9 +1643,9 @@ and
   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub
 EOF
 
-year=`echo $timestamp | sed 's,-.*,,'`
+year=$(echo $timestamp | sed 's,-.*,,')
 # shellcheck disable=SC2003
-if test "`expr "\`date +%Y\`" - "$year"`" -lt 3 ; then
+if test "$(expr "$(date +%Y)" - "$year")" -lt 3 ; then
    cat >&2 <<EOF
 
 If $0 has already been updated, send the following data and any
@@ -1654,20 +1654,20 @@ provide the necessary information to handle your system.
 
 config.guess timestamp = $timestamp
 
-uname -m = `(uname -m) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -r = `(uname -r) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -s = `(uname -s) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -v = `(uname -v) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
+uname -m = $( (uname -m) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -r = $( (uname -r) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -s = $( (uname -s) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -v = $( (uname -v) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
 
-/usr/bin/uname -p = `(/usr/bin/uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/uname -X     = `(/bin/uname -X) 2>/dev/null`
+/usr/bin/uname -p = $( (/usr/bin/uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/uname -X     = $( (/bin/uname -X) 2>/dev/null)
 
-hostinfo               = `(hostinfo) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/universe          = `(/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/bin/arch -k       = `(/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/arch              = `(/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/bin/oslevel       = `(/usr/bin/oslevel) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/convex/getsysinfo = `(/usr/convex/getsysinfo) 2>/dev/null`
+hostinfo               = $( (hostinfo) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/universe          = $( (/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/bin/arch -k       = $( (/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/arch              = $( (/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/bin/oslevel       = $( (/usr/bin/oslevel) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/convex/getsysinfo = $( (/usr/convex/getsysinfo) 2>/dev/null)
 
 UNAME_MACHINE = "$UNAME_MACHINE"
 UNAME_RELEASE = "$UNAME_RELEASE"
diff --git a/Build/source/build-aux/config.sub b/Build/source/build-aux/config.sub
index 8167d0871ea..c874b7a9df8 100755
--- a/Build/source/build-aux/config.sub
+++ b/Build/source/build-aux/config.sub
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Configuration validation subroutine script.
 #   Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2020-10-13'
+timestamp='2020-11-07'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ timestamp='2020-10-13'
 #	CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OPERATING_SYSTEM
 # It is wrong to echo any other type of specification.
 
-me=`echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`
+me=$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,')
 
 usage="\
 Usage: $0 [OPTION] CPU-MFR-OPSYS or ALIAS
@@ -769,22 +769,22 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		vendor=hp
 		;;
 	i*86v32)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv32
 		;;
 	i*86v4*)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv4
 		;;
 	i*86v)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv
 		;;
 	i*86sol2)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=solaris2
 		;;
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		;;
 	leon-*|leon[3-9]-*)
 		cpu=sparc
-		vendor=`echo "$basic_machine" | sed 's/-.*//'`
+		vendor=$(echo "$basic_machine" | sed 's/-.*//')
 		;;
 
 	*-*)
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 		cpu=mipsisa64sb1el
 		;;
 	sh5e[lb]-*)
-		cpu=`echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^\(sh.\)e\(.\)$/\1\2e/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^\(sh.\)e\(.\)$/\1\2e/')
 		;;
 	spur-*)
 		cpu=spur
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 		cpu=x86_64
 		;;
 	xscale-* | xscalee[bl]-*)
-		cpu=`echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^xscale/arm/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^xscale/arm/')
 		;;
 	arm64-*)
 		cpu=aarch64
@@ -1286,15 +1286,15 @@ then
 case $basic_os in
 	gnu/linux*)
 		kernel=linux
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|gnu|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|gnu|')
 		;;
 	os2-emx)
 		kernel=os2
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|os2-emx|emx|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|os2-emx|emx|')
 		;;
 	nto-qnx*)
 		kernel=nto
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto-qnx|qnx|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto-qnx|qnx|')
 		;;
 	*-*)
 		# shellcheck disable=SC2162
@@ -1305,11 +1305,11 @@ EOF
 	# Default OS when just kernel was specified
 	nto*)
 		kernel=nto
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto|qnx|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto|qnx|')
 		;;
 	linux*)
 		kernel=linux
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|linux|gnu|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|linux|gnu|')
 		;;
 	*)
 		kernel=
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=cnk
 		;;
 	solaris1 | solaris1.*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|solaris1|sunos4|'`
+		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's|solaris1|sunos4|')
 		;;
 	solaris)
 		os=solaris2
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=sco3.2v4
 		;;
 	sco3.2.[4-9]*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's/sco3.2./sco3.2v/'`
+		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's/sco3.2./sco3.2v/')
 		;;
 	sco*v* | scout)
 		# Don't match below
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=lynxos
 		;;
 	mac[0-9]*)
-		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|mac|macos|'`
+		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|mac|macos|')
 		;;
 	opened*)
 		os=openedition
@@ -1398,10 +1398,10 @@ case $os in
 		os=os400
 		;;
 	sunos5*)
-		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos5|solaris2|'`
+		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos5|solaris2|')
 		;;
 	sunos6*)
-		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos6|solaris3|'`
+		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos6|solaris3|')
 		;;
 	wince*)
 		os=wince
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ case $os in
 		;;
 	# Preserve the version number of sinix5.
 	sinix5.*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|sinix|sysv|'`
+		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's|sinix|sysv|')
 		;;
 	sinix*)
 		os=sysv4
diff --git a/Build/source/libs/freetype2/freetype-src/builds/unix/config.guess b/Build/source/libs/freetype2/freetype-src/builds/unix/config.guess
index 12dd5b4245c..0fc11edb2d1 100755
--- a/Build/source/libs/freetype2/freetype-src/builds/unix/config.guess
+++ b/Build/source/libs/freetype2/freetype-src/builds/unix/config.guess
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Attempt to guess a canonical system name.
 #   Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2020-10-22'
+timestamp='2020-11-07'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ timestamp='2020-10-22'
 # Please send patches to <config-patches@gnu.org>.
 
 
-me=`echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`
+me=$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,')
 
 usage="\
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ set_cc_for_build() {
     test "$tmp" && return 0
     : "${TMPDIR=/tmp}"
     # shellcheck disable=SC2039
-    { tmp=`(umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/cgXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null` && test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp" ; } ||
+    { tmp=$( (umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/cgXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null) && test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp" ; } ||
 	{ test -n "$RANDOM" && tmp=$TMPDIR/cg$$-$RANDOM && (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp" 2>/dev/null) ; } ||
 	{ tmp=$TMPDIR/cg-$$ && (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp" 2>/dev/null) && echo "Warning: creating insecure temp directory" >&2 ; } ||
 	{ echo "$me: cannot create a temporary directory in $TMPDIR" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ if test -f /.attbin/uname ; then
 	PATH=$PATH:/.attbin ; export PATH
 fi
 
-UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -m) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
-UNAME_RELEASE=`(uname -r) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
-UNAME_SYSTEM=`(uname -s) 2>/dev/null`  || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
-UNAME_VERSION=`(uname -v) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_VERSION=unknown
+UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -m) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
+UNAME_RELEASE=$( (uname -r) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
+UNAME_SYSTEM=$( (uname -s) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
+UNAME_VERSION=$( (uname -v) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_VERSION=unknown
 
 case "$UNAME_SYSTEM" in
 Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
 	#endif
 	#endif
 	EOF
-	eval "`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g'`"
+	eval "$($CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g')"
 	;;
 esac
 
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	# Note: NetBSD doesn't particularly care about the vendor
 	# portion of the name.  We always set it to "unknown".
 	sysctl="sysctl -n hw.machine_arch"
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`(uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$( (uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
 	    "/sbin/$sysctl" 2>/dev/null || \
 	    "/usr/sbin/$sysctl" 2>/dev/null || \
-	    echo unknown)`
+	    echo unknown))
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" in
 	    aarch64eb) machine=aarch64_be-unknown ;;
 	    armeb) machine=armeb-unknown ;;
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	    sh3eb) machine=sh-unknown ;;
 	    sh5el) machine=sh5le-unknown ;;
 	    earmv*)
-		arch=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e 's,^e\(armv[0-9]\).*$,\1,'`
-		endian=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -ne 's,^.*\(eb\)$,\1,p'`
+		arch=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e 's,^e\(armv[0-9]\).*$,\1,')
+		endian=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -ne 's,^.*\(eb\)$,\1,p')
 		machine="${arch}${endian}"-unknown
 		;;
 	    *) machine="$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown ;;
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" in
 	    earm*)
 		expr='s/^earmv[0-9]/-eabi/;s/eb$//'
-		abi=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e "$expr"`
+		abi=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e "$expr")
 		;;
 	esac
 	# The OS release
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 		release='-gnu'
 		;;
 	    *)
-		release=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-_].*//' | cut -d. -f1,2`
+		release=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-_].*//' | cut -d. -f1,2)
 		;;
 	esac
 	# Since CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OPERATING_SYSTEM:
@@ -243,15 +243,15 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	echo "$machine-${os}${release}${abi-}"
 	exit ;;
     *:Bitrig:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/Bitrig.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/Bitrig.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-bitrig"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:OpenBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/OpenBSD.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/OpenBSD.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-openbsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:LibertyBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/^.*BSD\.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/^.*BSD\.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-libertybsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:MidnightBSD:*:*)
@@ -287,17 +287,17 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
     alpha:OSF1:*:*)
 	case $UNAME_RELEASE in
 	*4.0)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $3}'`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $3}')
 		;;
 	*5.*)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $4}'`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $4}')
 		;;
 	esac
 	# According to Compaq, /usr/sbin/psrinfo has been available on
 	# OSF/1 and Tru64 systems produced since 1995.  I hope that
 	# covers most systems running today.  This code pipes the CPU
 	# types through head -n 1, so we only detect the type of CPU 0.
-	ALPHA_CPU_TYPE=`/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v | sed -n -e 's/^  The alpha \(.*\) processor.*$/\1/p' | head -n 1`
+	ALPHA_CPU_TYPE=$(/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v | sed -n -e 's/^  The alpha \(.*\) processor.*$/\1/p' | head -n 1)
 	case "$ALPHA_CPU_TYPE" in
 	    "EV4 (21064)")
 		UNAME_MACHINE=alpha ;;
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	# A Tn.n version is a released field test version.
 	# A Xn.n version is an unreleased experimental baselevel.
 	# 1.2 uses "1.2" for uname -r.
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-dec-osf"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/^[PVTX]//' | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-dec-osf"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/^[PVTX]//' | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)"
 	# Reset EXIT trap before exiting to avoid spurious non-zero exit code.
 	exitcode=$?
 	trap '' 0
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	exit ;;
     Pyramid*:OSx*:*:* | MIS*:OSx*:*:* | MIS*:SMP_DC-OSx*:*:*)
 	# akee@wpdis03.wpafb.af.mil (Earle F. Ake) contributed MIS and NILE.
-	if test "`(/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null`" = att ; then
+	if test "$( (/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null)" = att ; then
 		echo pyramid-pyramid-sysv3
 	else
 		echo pyramid-pyramid-bsd
@@ -382,17 +382,17 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	echo sparc-icl-nx6
 	exit ;;
     DRS?6000:UNIX_SV:4.2*:7* | DRS?6000:isis:4.2*:7*)
-	case `/usr/bin/uname -p` in
+	case $(/usr/bin/uname -p) in
 	    sparc) echo sparc-icl-nx7; exit ;;
 	esac ;;
     s390x:SunOS:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4H:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo sparc-hal-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-hal-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:5.*:* | tadpole*:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo sparc-sun-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     i86pc:AuroraUX:5.*:* | i86xen:AuroraUX:5.*:*)
 	echo i386-pc-auroraux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
@@ -411,30 +411,30 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 		SUN_ARCH=x86_64
 	    fi
 	fi
-	echo "$SUN_ARCH"-pc-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo "$SUN_ARCH"-pc-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:6*:*)
 	# According to config.sub, this is the proper way to canonicalize
 	# SunOS6.  Hard to guess exactly what SunOS6 will be like, but
 	# it's likely to be more like Solaris than SunOS4.
-	echo sparc-sun-solaris3"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-solaris3"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:*:*)
-	case "`/usr/bin/arch -k`" in
+	case "$(/usr/bin/arch -k)" in
 	    Series*|S4*)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`uname -v`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(uname -v)
 		;;
 	esac
 	# Japanese Language versions have a version number like `4.1.3-JL'.
-	echo sparc-sun-sunos"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-sunos"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/')"
 	exit ;;
     sun3*:SunOS:*:*)
 	echo m68k-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     sun*:*:4.2BSD:*)
-	UNAME_RELEASE=`(sed 1q /etc/motd | awk '{print substr($5,1,3)}') 2>/dev/null`
+	UNAME_RELEASE=$( (sed 1q /etc/motd | awk '{print substr($5,1,3)}') 2>/dev/null)
 	test "x$UNAME_RELEASE" = x && UNAME_RELEASE=3
-	case "`/bin/arch`" in
+	case "$(/bin/arch)" in
 	    sun3)
 		echo m68k-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 		;;
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	}
 EOF
 	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" &&
-	  dummyarg=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -n 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p'` &&
-	  SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy" "$dummyarg"` &&
+	  dummyarg=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -n 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') &&
+	  SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy" "$dummyarg") &&
 	    { echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 	echo mips-mips-riscos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     AViiON:dgux:*:*)
 	# DG/UX returns AViiON for all architectures
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(/usr/bin/uname -p)
 	if test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = mc88100 || test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = mc88110
 	then
 	    if test "$TARGET_BINARY_INTERFACE"x = m88kdguxelfx || \
@@ -570,17 +570,17 @@ EOF
 	echo m68k-tektronix-bsd
 	exit ;;
     *:IRIX*:*:*)
-	echo mips-sgi-irix"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/g'`"
+	echo mips-sgi-irix"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/g')"
 	exit ;;
     ????????:AIX?:[12].1:2)   # AIX 2.2.1 or AIX 2.1.1 is RT/PC AIX.
 	echo romp-ibm-aix     # uname -m gives an 8 hex-code CPU id
-	exit ;;               # Note that: echo "'`uname -s`'" gives 'AIX '
+	exit ;;               # Note that: echo "'$(uname -s)'" gives 'AIX '
     i*86:AIX:*:*)
 	echo i386-ibm-aix
 	exit ;;
     ia64:AIX:*:*)
 	if test -x /usr/bin/oslevel ; then
-		IBM_REV=`/usr/bin/oslevel`
+		IBM_REV=$(/usr/bin/oslevel)
 	else
 		IBM_REV="$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	fi
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ EOF
 			exit(0);
 			}
 EOF
-		if $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"`
+		if $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy")
 		then
 			echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"
 		else
@@ -613,15 +613,15 @@ EOF
 	fi
 	exit ;;
     *:AIX:*:[4567])
-	IBM_CPU_ID=`/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c processor -S available | sed 1q | awk '{ print $1 }'`
+	IBM_CPU_ID=$(/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c processor -S available | sed 1q | awk '{ print $1 }')
 	if /usr/sbin/lsattr -El "$IBM_CPU_ID" | grep ' POWER' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		IBM_ARCH=rs6000
 	else
 		IBM_ARCH=powerpc
 	fi
 	if test -x /usr/bin/lslpp ; then
-		IBM_REV=`/usr/bin/lslpp -Lqc bos.rte.libc |
-			   awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | sed s/[0-9]*$/0/`
+		IBM_REV=$(/usr/bin/lslpp -Lqc bos.rte.libc |
+			   awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | sed s/[0-9]*$/0/)
 	else
 		IBM_REV="$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	fi
@@ -649,14 +649,14 @@ EOF
 	echo m68k-hp-bsd4.4
 	exit ;;
     9000/[34678]??:HP-UX:*:*)
-	HPUX_REV=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//'`
+	HPUX_REV=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//')
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE" in
 	    9000/31?)            HP_ARCH=m68000 ;;
 	    9000/[34]??)         HP_ARCH=m68k ;;
 	    9000/[678][0-9][0-9])
 		if test -x /usr/bin/getconf; then
-		    sc_cpu_version=`/usr/bin/getconf SC_CPU_VERSION 2>/dev/null`
-		    sc_kernel_bits=`/usr/bin/getconf SC_KERNEL_BITS 2>/dev/null`
+		    sc_cpu_version=$(/usr/bin/getconf SC_CPU_VERSION 2>/dev/null)
+		    sc_kernel_bits=$(/usr/bin/getconf SC_KERNEL_BITS 2>/dev/null)
 		    case "$sc_cpu_version" in
 		      523) HP_ARCH=hppa1.0 ;; # CPU_PA_RISC1_0
 		      528) HP_ARCH=hppa1.1 ;; # CPU_PA_RISC1_1
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ EOF
 		    exit (0);
 		}
 EOF
-		    (CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null) && HP_ARCH=`"$dummy"`
+		    (CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null) && HP_ARCH=$("$dummy")
 		    test -z "$HP_ARCH" && HP_ARCH=hppa
 		fi ;;
 	esac
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$HP_ARCH"-hp-hpux"$HPUX_REV"
 	exit ;;
     ia64:HP-UX:*:*)
-	HPUX_REV=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//'`
+	HPUX_REV=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//')
 	echo ia64-hp-hpux"$HPUX_REV"
 	exit ;;
     3050*:HI-UX:*:*)
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ EOF
 	  exit (0);
 	}
 EOF
-	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"` &&
+	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy") &&
 		{ echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 	echo unknown-hitachi-hiuxwe2
 	exit ;;
@@ -830,14 +830,14 @@ EOF
 	echo craynv-cray-unicosmp"$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'
 	exit ;;
     F30[01]:UNIX_System_V:*:* | F700:UNIX_System_V:*:*)
-	FUJITSU_PROC=`uname -m | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`
-	FUJITSU_SYS=`uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///'`
-	FUJITSU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ /_/'`
+	FUJITSU_PROC=$(uname -m | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)
+	FUJITSU_SYS=$(uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///')
+	FUJITSU_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ /_/')
 	echo "${FUJITSU_PROC}-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}"
 	exit ;;
     5000:UNIX_System_V:4.*:*)
-	FUJITSU_SYS=`uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///'`
-	FUJITSU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/ /_/'`
+	FUJITSU_SYS=$(uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///')
+	FUJITSU_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/ /_/')
 	echo "sparc-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}"
 	exit ;;
     i*86:BSD/386:*:* | i*86:BSD/OS:*:* | *:Ascend\ Embedded/OS:*:*)
@@ -850,25 +850,25 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-bsdi"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     arm:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	set_cc_for_build
 	if echo __ARM_PCS_VFP | $CC_FOR_BUILD -E - 2>/dev/null \
 	    | grep -q __ARM_PCS_VFP
 	then
-	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"-gnueabi
+	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"-gnueabi
 	else
-	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"-gnueabihf
+	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"-gnueabihf
 	fi
 	exit ;;
     *:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(/usr/bin/uname -p)
 	case "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" in
 	    amd64)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=x86_64 ;;
 	    i386)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=i586 ;;
 	esac
-	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-unknown-freebsd"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"
 	exit ;;
     i*:CYGWIN*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-cygwin
@@ -904,15 +904,15 @@ EOF
 	echo x86_64-pc-cygwin
 	exit ;;
     prep*:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo powerpcle-unknown-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo powerpcle-unknown-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     *:GNU:*:*)
 	# the GNU system
-	echo "`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"|sed -e 's,[-/].*$,,'`-unknown-$LIBC`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's,/.*$,,'`"
+	echo "$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"|sed -e 's,[-/].*$,,')-unknown-$LIBC$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's,/.*$,,')"
 	exit ;;
     *:GNU/*:*:*)
 	# other systems with GNU libc and userland
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-`echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | sed 's,^[^/]*/,,' | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"``echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`-$LIBC"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-$(echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | sed 's,^[^/]*/,,' | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')-$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
     *:Minix:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-minix
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
     alpha:Linux:*:*)
-	case `sed -n '/^cpu model/s/^.*: \(.*\)/\1/p' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null` in
+	case $(sed -n '/^cpu model/s/^.*: \(.*\)/\1/p' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null) in
 	  EV5)   UNAME_MACHINE=alphaev5 ;;
 	  EV56)  UNAME_MACHINE=alphaev56 ;;
 	  PCA56) UNAME_MACHINE=alphapca56 ;;
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ EOF
 	#endif
 	#endif
 EOF
-	eval "`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU\|^MIPS_ENDIAN\|^LIBCABI'`"
+	eval "$($CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU\|^MIPS_ENDIAN\|^LIBCABI')"
 	test "x$CPU" != x && { echo "$CPU${MIPS_ENDIAN}-unknown-linux-$LIBCABI"; exit; }
 	;;
     mips64el:Linux:*:*)
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     parisc:Linux:*:* | hppa:Linux:*:*)
 	# Look for CPU level
-	case `grep '^cpu[^a-z]*:' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f2` in
+	case $(grep '^cpu[^a-z]*:' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f2) in
 	  PA7*) echo hppa1.1-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
 	  PA8*) echo hppa2.0-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
 	  *)    echo hppa-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-msdosdjgpp
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:4.*:*)
-	UNAME_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed 's/\/MP$//'`
+	UNAME_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed 's/\/MP$//')
 	if grep Novell /usr/include/link.h >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-univel-sysv"$UNAME_REL"
 	else
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:5:[678]*)
 	# UnixWare 7.x, OpenUNIX and OpenServer 6.
-	case `/bin/uname -X | grep "^Machine"` in
+	case $(/bin/uname -X | grep "^Machine") in
 	    *486*)	     UNAME_MACHINE=i486 ;;
 	    *Pentium)	     UNAME_MACHINE=i586 ;;
 	    *Pent*|*Celeron) UNAME_MACHINE=i686 ;;
@@ -1162,10 +1162,10 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:3.2:*)
 	if test -f /usr/options/cb.name; then
-		UNAME_REL=`sed -n 's/.*Version //p' </usr/options/cb.name`
+		UNAME_REL=$(sed -n 's/.*Version //p' </usr/options/cb.name)
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-isc"$UNAME_REL"
 	elif /bin/uname -X 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ; then
-		UNAME_REL=`(/bin/uname -X|grep Release|sed -e 's/.*= //')`
+		UNAME_REL=$( (/bin/uname -X|grep Release|sed -e 's/.*= //'))
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep i80486 >/dev/null) && UNAME_MACHINE=i486
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep '^Machine.*Pentium' >/dev/null) \
 			&& UNAME_MACHINE=i586
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ EOF
     3[345]??:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??A:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??,*:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??/*:*:4.0:3.0 | 4400:*:4.0:3.0 | 4850:*:4.0:3.0 | SKA40:*:4.0:3.0 | SDS2:*:4.0:3.0 | SHG2:*:4.0:3.0 | S7501*:*:4.0:3.0)
 	OS_REL=''
 	test -r /etc/.relid \
-	&& OS_REL=.`sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid`
+	&& OS_REL=.$(sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid)
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | grep 86 >/dev/null \
 	  && { echo i486-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; }
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep entium >/dev/null \
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ EOF
     NCR*:*:4.2:* | MPRAS*:*:4.2:*)
 	OS_REL='.3'
 	test -r /etc/.relid \
-	    && OS_REL=.`sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid`
+	    && OS_REL=.$(sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid)
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | grep 86 >/dev/null \
 	    && { echo i486-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; }
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep entium >/dev/null \
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     *:SINIX-*:*:*)
 	if uname -p 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ; then
-		UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
+		UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-sni-sysv4
 	else
 		echo ns32k-sni-sysv
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ EOF
 	echo aarch64-apple-darwin"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:Darwin:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	case $UNAME_PROCESSOR in
 	    unknown) UNAME_PROCESSOR=powerpc ;;
 	esac
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-apple-darwin"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:procnto*:*:* | *:QNX:[0123456789]*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	if test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = x86; then
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=i386
 		UNAME_MACHINE=pc
@@ -1450,10 +1450,10 @@ EOF
 	echo mips-sei-seiux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:DragonFly:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-dragonfly"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-dragonfly"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"
 	exit ;;
     *:*VMS:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
+	UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE" in
 	    A*) echo alpha-dec-vms ; exit ;;
 	    I*) echo ia64-dec-vms ; exit ;;
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ EOF
 	echo i386-pc-xenix
 	exit ;;
     i*86:skyos:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-skyos"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ .*$//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-skyos"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ .*$//')"
 	exit ;;
     i*86:rdos:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-rdos
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ main ()
 #define __ARCHITECTURE__ "m68k"
 #endif
   int version;
-  version=`(hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null`;
+  version=$( (hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null);
   if (version < 4)
     printf ("%s-next-nextstep%d\n", __ARCHITECTURE__, version);
   else
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ main ()
 }
 EOF
 
-$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null && SYSTEM_NAME=`$dummy` &&
+$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null && SYSTEM_NAME=$($dummy) &&
 	{ echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 
 # Apollos put the system type in the environment.
@@ -1643,9 +1643,9 @@ and
   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub
 EOF
 
-year=`echo $timestamp | sed 's,-.*,,'`
+year=$(echo $timestamp | sed 's,-.*,,')
 # shellcheck disable=SC2003
-if test "`expr "\`date +%Y\`" - "$year"`" -lt 3 ; then
+if test "$(expr "$(date +%Y)" - "$year")" -lt 3 ; then
    cat >&2 <<EOF
 
 If $0 has already been updated, send the following data and any
@@ -1654,20 +1654,20 @@ provide the necessary information to handle your system.
 
 config.guess timestamp = $timestamp
 
-uname -m = `(uname -m) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -r = `(uname -r) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -s = `(uname -s) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -v = `(uname -v) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
+uname -m = $( (uname -m) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -r = $( (uname -r) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -s = $( (uname -s) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -v = $( (uname -v) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
 
-/usr/bin/uname -p = `(/usr/bin/uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/uname -X     = `(/bin/uname -X) 2>/dev/null`
+/usr/bin/uname -p = $( (/usr/bin/uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/uname -X     = $( (/bin/uname -X) 2>/dev/null)
 
-hostinfo               = `(hostinfo) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/universe          = `(/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/bin/arch -k       = `(/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/arch              = `(/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/bin/oslevel       = `(/usr/bin/oslevel) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/convex/getsysinfo = `(/usr/convex/getsysinfo) 2>/dev/null`
+hostinfo               = $( (hostinfo) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/universe          = $( (/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/bin/arch -k       = $( (/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/arch              = $( (/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/bin/oslevel       = $( (/usr/bin/oslevel) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/convex/getsysinfo = $( (/usr/convex/getsysinfo) 2>/dev/null)
 
 UNAME_MACHINE = "$UNAME_MACHINE"
 UNAME_RELEASE = "$UNAME_RELEASE"
diff --git a/Build/source/libs/freetype2/freetype-src/builds/unix/config.sub b/Build/source/libs/freetype2/freetype-src/builds/unix/config.sub
index 8167d0871ea..c874b7a9df8 100755
--- a/Build/source/libs/freetype2/freetype-src/builds/unix/config.sub
+++ b/Build/source/libs/freetype2/freetype-src/builds/unix/config.sub
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Configuration validation subroutine script.
 #   Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2020-10-13'
+timestamp='2020-11-07'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ timestamp='2020-10-13'
 #	CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OPERATING_SYSTEM
 # It is wrong to echo any other type of specification.
 
-me=`echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`
+me=$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,')
 
 usage="\
 Usage: $0 [OPTION] CPU-MFR-OPSYS or ALIAS
@@ -769,22 +769,22 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		vendor=hp
 		;;
 	i*86v32)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv32
 		;;
 	i*86v4*)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv4
 		;;
 	i*86v)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv
 		;;
 	i*86sol2)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=solaris2
 		;;
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		;;
 	leon-*|leon[3-9]-*)
 		cpu=sparc
-		vendor=`echo "$basic_machine" | sed 's/-.*//'`
+		vendor=$(echo "$basic_machine" | sed 's/-.*//')
 		;;
 
 	*-*)
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 		cpu=mipsisa64sb1el
 		;;
 	sh5e[lb]-*)
-		cpu=`echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^\(sh.\)e\(.\)$/\1\2e/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^\(sh.\)e\(.\)$/\1\2e/')
 		;;
 	spur-*)
 		cpu=spur
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 		cpu=x86_64
 		;;
 	xscale-* | xscalee[bl]-*)
-		cpu=`echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^xscale/arm/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^xscale/arm/')
 		;;
 	arm64-*)
 		cpu=aarch64
@@ -1286,15 +1286,15 @@ then
 case $basic_os in
 	gnu/linux*)
 		kernel=linux
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|gnu|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|gnu|')
 		;;
 	os2-emx)
 		kernel=os2
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|os2-emx|emx|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|os2-emx|emx|')
 		;;
 	nto-qnx*)
 		kernel=nto
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto-qnx|qnx|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto-qnx|qnx|')
 		;;
 	*-*)
 		# shellcheck disable=SC2162
@@ -1305,11 +1305,11 @@ EOF
 	# Default OS when just kernel was specified
 	nto*)
 		kernel=nto
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto|qnx|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto|qnx|')
 		;;
 	linux*)
 		kernel=linux
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|linux|gnu|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|linux|gnu|')
 		;;
 	*)
 		kernel=
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=cnk
 		;;
 	solaris1 | solaris1.*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|solaris1|sunos4|'`
+		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's|solaris1|sunos4|')
 		;;
 	solaris)
 		os=solaris2
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=sco3.2v4
 		;;
 	sco3.2.[4-9]*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's/sco3.2./sco3.2v/'`
+		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's/sco3.2./sco3.2v/')
 		;;
 	sco*v* | scout)
 		# Don't match below
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=lynxos
 		;;
 	mac[0-9]*)
-		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|mac|macos|'`
+		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|mac|macos|')
 		;;
 	opened*)
 		os=openedition
@@ -1398,10 +1398,10 @@ case $os in
 		os=os400
 		;;
 	sunos5*)
-		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos5|solaris2|'`
+		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos5|solaris2|')
 		;;
 	sunos6*)
-		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos6|solaris3|'`
+		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos6|solaris3|')
 		;;
 	wince*)
 		os=wince
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ case $os in
 		;;
 	# Preserve the version number of sinix5.
 	sinix5.*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|sinix|sysv|'`
+		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's|sinix|sysv|')
 		;;
 	sinix*)
 		os=sysv4
diff --git a/Build/source/libs/icu/icu-src/source/config.guess b/Build/source/libs/icu/icu-src/source/config.guess
index 12dd5b4245c..0fc11edb2d1 100755
--- a/Build/source/libs/icu/icu-src/source/config.guess
+++ b/Build/source/libs/icu/icu-src/source/config.guess
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Attempt to guess a canonical system name.
 #   Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2020-10-22'
+timestamp='2020-11-07'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ timestamp='2020-10-22'
 # Please send patches to <config-patches@gnu.org>.
 
 
-me=`echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`
+me=$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,')
 
 usage="\
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ set_cc_for_build() {
     test "$tmp" && return 0
     : "${TMPDIR=/tmp}"
     # shellcheck disable=SC2039
-    { tmp=`(umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/cgXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null` && test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp" ; } ||
+    { tmp=$( (umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/cgXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null) && test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp" ; } ||
 	{ test -n "$RANDOM" && tmp=$TMPDIR/cg$$-$RANDOM && (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp" 2>/dev/null) ; } ||
 	{ tmp=$TMPDIR/cg-$$ && (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp" 2>/dev/null) && echo "Warning: creating insecure temp directory" >&2 ; } ||
 	{ echo "$me: cannot create a temporary directory in $TMPDIR" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ if test -f /.attbin/uname ; then
 	PATH=$PATH:/.attbin ; export PATH
 fi
 
-UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -m) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
-UNAME_RELEASE=`(uname -r) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
-UNAME_SYSTEM=`(uname -s) 2>/dev/null`  || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
-UNAME_VERSION=`(uname -v) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_VERSION=unknown
+UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -m) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
+UNAME_RELEASE=$( (uname -r) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
+UNAME_SYSTEM=$( (uname -s) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
+UNAME_VERSION=$( (uname -v) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_VERSION=unknown
 
 case "$UNAME_SYSTEM" in
 Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
 	#endif
 	#endif
 	EOF
-	eval "`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g'`"
+	eval "$($CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g')"
 	;;
 esac
 
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	# Note: NetBSD doesn't particularly care about the vendor
 	# portion of the name.  We always set it to "unknown".
 	sysctl="sysctl -n hw.machine_arch"
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`(uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$( (uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
 	    "/sbin/$sysctl" 2>/dev/null || \
 	    "/usr/sbin/$sysctl" 2>/dev/null || \
-	    echo unknown)`
+	    echo unknown))
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" in
 	    aarch64eb) machine=aarch64_be-unknown ;;
 	    armeb) machine=armeb-unknown ;;
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	    sh3eb) machine=sh-unknown ;;
 	    sh5el) machine=sh5le-unknown ;;
 	    earmv*)
-		arch=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e 's,^e\(armv[0-9]\).*$,\1,'`
-		endian=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -ne 's,^.*\(eb\)$,\1,p'`
+		arch=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e 's,^e\(armv[0-9]\).*$,\1,')
+		endian=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -ne 's,^.*\(eb\)$,\1,p')
 		machine="${arch}${endian}"-unknown
 		;;
 	    *) machine="$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown ;;
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" in
 	    earm*)
 		expr='s/^earmv[0-9]/-eabi/;s/eb$//'
-		abi=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e "$expr"`
+		abi=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e "$expr")
 		;;
 	esac
 	# The OS release
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 		release='-gnu'
 		;;
 	    *)
-		release=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-_].*//' | cut -d. -f1,2`
+		release=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-_].*//' | cut -d. -f1,2)
 		;;
 	esac
 	# Since CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OPERATING_SYSTEM:
@@ -243,15 +243,15 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	echo "$machine-${os}${release}${abi-}"
 	exit ;;
     *:Bitrig:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/Bitrig.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/Bitrig.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-bitrig"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:OpenBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/OpenBSD.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/OpenBSD.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-openbsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:LibertyBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/^.*BSD\.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/^.*BSD\.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-libertybsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:MidnightBSD:*:*)
@@ -287,17 +287,17 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
     alpha:OSF1:*:*)
 	case $UNAME_RELEASE in
 	*4.0)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $3}'`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $3}')
 		;;
 	*5.*)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $4}'`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $4}')
 		;;
 	esac
 	# According to Compaq, /usr/sbin/psrinfo has been available on
 	# OSF/1 and Tru64 systems produced since 1995.  I hope that
 	# covers most systems running today.  This code pipes the CPU
 	# types through head -n 1, so we only detect the type of CPU 0.
-	ALPHA_CPU_TYPE=`/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v | sed -n -e 's/^  The alpha \(.*\) processor.*$/\1/p' | head -n 1`
+	ALPHA_CPU_TYPE=$(/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v | sed -n -e 's/^  The alpha \(.*\) processor.*$/\1/p' | head -n 1)
 	case "$ALPHA_CPU_TYPE" in
 	    "EV4 (21064)")
 		UNAME_MACHINE=alpha ;;
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	# A Tn.n version is a released field test version.
 	# A Xn.n version is an unreleased experimental baselevel.
 	# 1.2 uses "1.2" for uname -r.
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-dec-osf"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/^[PVTX]//' | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-dec-osf"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/^[PVTX]//' | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)"
 	# Reset EXIT trap before exiting to avoid spurious non-zero exit code.
 	exitcode=$?
 	trap '' 0
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	exit ;;
     Pyramid*:OSx*:*:* | MIS*:OSx*:*:* | MIS*:SMP_DC-OSx*:*:*)
 	# akee@wpdis03.wpafb.af.mil (Earle F. Ake) contributed MIS and NILE.
-	if test "`(/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null`" = att ; then
+	if test "$( (/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null)" = att ; then
 		echo pyramid-pyramid-sysv3
 	else
 		echo pyramid-pyramid-bsd
@@ -382,17 +382,17 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	echo sparc-icl-nx6
 	exit ;;
     DRS?6000:UNIX_SV:4.2*:7* | DRS?6000:isis:4.2*:7*)
-	case `/usr/bin/uname -p` in
+	case $(/usr/bin/uname -p) in
 	    sparc) echo sparc-icl-nx7; exit ;;
 	esac ;;
     s390x:SunOS:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4H:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo sparc-hal-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-hal-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:5.*:* | tadpole*:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo sparc-sun-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     i86pc:AuroraUX:5.*:* | i86xen:AuroraUX:5.*:*)
 	echo i386-pc-auroraux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
@@ -411,30 +411,30 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 		SUN_ARCH=x86_64
 	    fi
 	fi
-	echo "$SUN_ARCH"-pc-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo "$SUN_ARCH"-pc-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:6*:*)
 	# According to config.sub, this is the proper way to canonicalize
 	# SunOS6.  Hard to guess exactly what SunOS6 will be like, but
 	# it's likely to be more like Solaris than SunOS4.
-	echo sparc-sun-solaris3"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-solaris3"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:*:*)
-	case "`/usr/bin/arch -k`" in
+	case "$(/usr/bin/arch -k)" in
 	    Series*|S4*)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`uname -v`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(uname -v)
 		;;
 	esac
 	# Japanese Language versions have a version number like `4.1.3-JL'.
-	echo sparc-sun-sunos"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-sunos"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/')"
 	exit ;;
     sun3*:SunOS:*:*)
 	echo m68k-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     sun*:*:4.2BSD:*)
-	UNAME_RELEASE=`(sed 1q /etc/motd | awk '{print substr($5,1,3)}') 2>/dev/null`
+	UNAME_RELEASE=$( (sed 1q /etc/motd | awk '{print substr($5,1,3)}') 2>/dev/null)
 	test "x$UNAME_RELEASE" = x && UNAME_RELEASE=3
-	case "`/bin/arch`" in
+	case "$(/bin/arch)" in
 	    sun3)
 		echo m68k-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 		;;
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	}
 EOF
 	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" &&
-	  dummyarg=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -n 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p'` &&
-	  SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy" "$dummyarg"` &&
+	  dummyarg=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -n 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') &&
+	  SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy" "$dummyarg") &&
 	    { echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 	echo mips-mips-riscos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     AViiON:dgux:*:*)
 	# DG/UX returns AViiON for all architectures
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(/usr/bin/uname -p)
 	if test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = mc88100 || test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = mc88110
 	then
 	    if test "$TARGET_BINARY_INTERFACE"x = m88kdguxelfx || \
@@ -570,17 +570,17 @@ EOF
 	echo m68k-tektronix-bsd
 	exit ;;
     *:IRIX*:*:*)
-	echo mips-sgi-irix"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/g'`"
+	echo mips-sgi-irix"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/g')"
 	exit ;;
     ????????:AIX?:[12].1:2)   # AIX 2.2.1 or AIX 2.1.1 is RT/PC AIX.
 	echo romp-ibm-aix     # uname -m gives an 8 hex-code CPU id
-	exit ;;               # Note that: echo "'`uname -s`'" gives 'AIX '
+	exit ;;               # Note that: echo "'$(uname -s)'" gives 'AIX '
     i*86:AIX:*:*)
 	echo i386-ibm-aix
 	exit ;;
     ia64:AIX:*:*)
 	if test -x /usr/bin/oslevel ; then
-		IBM_REV=`/usr/bin/oslevel`
+		IBM_REV=$(/usr/bin/oslevel)
 	else
 		IBM_REV="$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	fi
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ EOF
 			exit(0);
 			}
 EOF
-		if $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"`
+		if $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy")
 		then
 			echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"
 		else
@@ -613,15 +613,15 @@ EOF
 	fi
 	exit ;;
     *:AIX:*:[4567])
-	IBM_CPU_ID=`/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c processor -S available | sed 1q | awk '{ print $1 }'`
+	IBM_CPU_ID=$(/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c processor -S available | sed 1q | awk '{ print $1 }')
 	if /usr/sbin/lsattr -El "$IBM_CPU_ID" | grep ' POWER' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		IBM_ARCH=rs6000
 	else
 		IBM_ARCH=powerpc
 	fi
 	if test -x /usr/bin/lslpp ; then
-		IBM_REV=`/usr/bin/lslpp -Lqc bos.rte.libc |
-			   awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | sed s/[0-9]*$/0/`
+		IBM_REV=$(/usr/bin/lslpp -Lqc bos.rte.libc |
+			   awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | sed s/[0-9]*$/0/)
 	else
 		IBM_REV="$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	fi
@@ -649,14 +649,14 @@ EOF
 	echo m68k-hp-bsd4.4
 	exit ;;
     9000/[34678]??:HP-UX:*:*)
-	HPUX_REV=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//'`
+	HPUX_REV=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//')
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE" in
 	    9000/31?)            HP_ARCH=m68000 ;;
 	    9000/[34]??)         HP_ARCH=m68k ;;
 	    9000/[678][0-9][0-9])
 		if test -x /usr/bin/getconf; then
-		    sc_cpu_version=`/usr/bin/getconf SC_CPU_VERSION 2>/dev/null`
-		    sc_kernel_bits=`/usr/bin/getconf SC_KERNEL_BITS 2>/dev/null`
+		    sc_cpu_version=$(/usr/bin/getconf SC_CPU_VERSION 2>/dev/null)
+		    sc_kernel_bits=$(/usr/bin/getconf SC_KERNEL_BITS 2>/dev/null)
 		    case "$sc_cpu_version" in
 		      523) HP_ARCH=hppa1.0 ;; # CPU_PA_RISC1_0
 		      528) HP_ARCH=hppa1.1 ;; # CPU_PA_RISC1_1
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ EOF
 		    exit (0);
 		}
 EOF
-		    (CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null) && HP_ARCH=`"$dummy"`
+		    (CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null) && HP_ARCH=$("$dummy")
 		    test -z "$HP_ARCH" && HP_ARCH=hppa
 		fi ;;
 	esac
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$HP_ARCH"-hp-hpux"$HPUX_REV"
 	exit ;;
     ia64:HP-UX:*:*)
-	HPUX_REV=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//'`
+	HPUX_REV=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//')
 	echo ia64-hp-hpux"$HPUX_REV"
 	exit ;;
     3050*:HI-UX:*:*)
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ EOF
 	  exit (0);
 	}
 EOF
-	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"` &&
+	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy") &&
 		{ echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 	echo unknown-hitachi-hiuxwe2
 	exit ;;
@@ -830,14 +830,14 @@ EOF
 	echo craynv-cray-unicosmp"$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'
 	exit ;;
     F30[01]:UNIX_System_V:*:* | F700:UNIX_System_V:*:*)
-	FUJITSU_PROC=`uname -m | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`
-	FUJITSU_SYS=`uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///'`
-	FUJITSU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ /_/'`
+	FUJITSU_PROC=$(uname -m | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)
+	FUJITSU_SYS=$(uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///')
+	FUJITSU_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ /_/')
 	echo "${FUJITSU_PROC}-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}"
 	exit ;;
     5000:UNIX_System_V:4.*:*)
-	FUJITSU_SYS=`uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///'`
-	FUJITSU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/ /_/'`
+	FUJITSU_SYS=$(uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///')
+	FUJITSU_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/ /_/')
 	echo "sparc-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}"
 	exit ;;
     i*86:BSD/386:*:* | i*86:BSD/OS:*:* | *:Ascend\ Embedded/OS:*:*)
@@ -850,25 +850,25 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-bsdi"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     arm:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	set_cc_for_build
 	if echo __ARM_PCS_VFP | $CC_FOR_BUILD -E - 2>/dev/null \
 	    | grep -q __ARM_PCS_VFP
 	then
-	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"-gnueabi
+	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"-gnueabi
 	else
-	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"-gnueabihf
+	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"-gnueabihf
 	fi
 	exit ;;
     *:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(/usr/bin/uname -p)
 	case "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" in
 	    amd64)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=x86_64 ;;
 	    i386)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=i586 ;;
 	esac
-	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-unknown-freebsd"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"
 	exit ;;
     i*:CYGWIN*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-cygwin
@@ -904,15 +904,15 @@ EOF
 	echo x86_64-pc-cygwin
 	exit ;;
     prep*:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo powerpcle-unknown-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo powerpcle-unknown-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     *:GNU:*:*)
 	# the GNU system
-	echo "`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"|sed -e 's,[-/].*$,,'`-unknown-$LIBC`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's,/.*$,,'`"
+	echo "$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"|sed -e 's,[-/].*$,,')-unknown-$LIBC$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's,/.*$,,')"
 	exit ;;
     *:GNU/*:*:*)
 	# other systems with GNU libc and userland
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-`echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | sed 's,^[^/]*/,,' | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"``echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`-$LIBC"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-$(echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | sed 's,^[^/]*/,,' | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')-$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
     *:Minix:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-minix
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
     alpha:Linux:*:*)
-	case `sed -n '/^cpu model/s/^.*: \(.*\)/\1/p' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null` in
+	case $(sed -n '/^cpu model/s/^.*: \(.*\)/\1/p' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null) in
 	  EV5)   UNAME_MACHINE=alphaev5 ;;
 	  EV56)  UNAME_MACHINE=alphaev56 ;;
 	  PCA56) UNAME_MACHINE=alphapca56 ;;
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ EOF
 	#endif
 	#endif
 EOF
-	eval "`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU\|^MIPS_ENDIAN\|^LIBCABI'`"
+	eval "$($CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU\|^MIPS_ENDIAN\|^LIBCABI')"
 	test "x$CPU" != x && { echo "$CPU${MIPS_ENDIAN}-unknown-linux-$LIBCABI"; exit; }
 	;;
     mips64el:Linux:*:*)
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     parisc:Linux:*:* | hppa:Linux:*:*)
 	# Look for CPU level
-	case `grep '^cpu[^a-z]*:' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f2` in
+	case $(grep '^cpu[^a-z]*:' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f2) in
 	  PA7*) echo hppa1.1-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
 	  PA8*) echo hppa2.0-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
 	  *)    echo hppa-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-msdosdjgpp
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:4.*:*)
-	UNAME_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed 's/\/MP$//'`
+	UNAME_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed 's/\/MP$//')
 	if grep Novell /usr/include/link.h >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-univel-sysv"$UNAME_REL"
 	else
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:5:[678]*)
 	# UnixWare 7.x, OpenUNIX and OpenServer 6.
-	case `/bin/uname -X | grep "^Machine"` in
+	case $(/bin/uname -X | grep "^Machine") in
 	    *486*)	     UNAME_MACHINE=i486 ;;
 	    *Pentium)	     UNAME_MACHINE=i586 ;;
 	    *Pent*|*Celeron) UNAME_MACHINE=i686 ;;
@@ -1162,10 +1162,10 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:3.2:*)
 	if test -f /usr/options/cb.name; then
-		UNAME_REL=`sed -n 's/.*Version //p' </usr/options/cb.name`
+		UNAME_REL=$(sed -n 's/.*Version //p' </usr/options/cb.name)
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-isc"$UNAME_REL"
 	elif /bin/uname -X 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ; then
-		UNAME_REL=`(/bin/uname -X|grep Release|sed -e 's/.*= //')`
+		UNAME_REL=$( (/bin/uname -X|grep Release|sed -e 's/.*= //'))
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep i80486 >/dev/null) && UNAME_MACHINE=i486
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep '^Machine.*Pentium' >/dev/null) \
 			&& UNAME_MACHINE=i586
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ EOF
     3[345]??:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??A:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??,*:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??/*:*:4.0:3.0 | 4400:*:4.0:3.0 | 4850:*:4.0:3.0 | SKA40:*:4.0:3.0 | SDS2:*:4.0:3.0 | SHG2:*:4.0:3.0 | S7501*:*:4.0:3.0)
 	OS_REL=''
 	test -r /etc/.relid \
-	&& OS_REL=.`sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid`
+	&& OS_REL=.$(sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid)
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | grep 86 >/dev/null \
 	  && { echo i486-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; }
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep entium >/dev/null \
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ EOF
     NCR*:*:4.2:* | MPRAS*:*:4.2:*)
 	OS_REL='.3'
 	test -r /etc/.relid \
-	    && OS_REL=.`sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid`
+	    && OS_REL=.$(sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid)
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | grep 86 >/dev/null \
 	    && { echo i486-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; }
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep entium >/dev/null \
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     *:SINIX-*:*:*)
 	if uname -p 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ; then
-		UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
+		UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-sni-sysv4
 	else
 		echo ns32k-sni-sysv
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ EOF
 	echo aarch64-apple-darwin"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:Darwin:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	case $UNAME_PROCESSOR in
 	    unknown) UNAME_PROCESSOR=powerpc ;;
 	esac
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-apple-darwin"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:procnto*:*:* | *:QNX:[0123456789]*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	if test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = x86; then
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=i386
 		UNAME_MACHINE=pc
@@ -1450,10 +1450,10 @@ EOF
 	echo mips-sei-seiux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:DragonFly:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-dragonfly"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-dragonfly"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"
 	exit ;;
     *:*VMS:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
+	UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE" in
 	    A*) echo alpha-dec-vms ; exit ;;
 	    I*) echo ia64-dec-vms ; exit ;;
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ EOF
 	echo i386-pc-xenix
 	exit ;;
     i*86:skyos:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-skyos"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ .*$//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-skyos"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ .*$//')"
 	exit ;;
     i*86:rdos:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-rdos
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ main ()
 #define __ARCHITECTURE__ "m68k"
 #endif
   int version;
-  version=`(hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null`;
+  version=$( (hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null);
   if (version < 4)
     printf ("%s-next-nextstep%d\n", __ARCHITECTURE__, version);
   else
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ main ()
 }
 EOF
 
-$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null && SYSTEM_NAME=`$dummy` &&
+$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null && SYSTEM_NAME=$($dummy) &&
 	{ echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 
 # Apollos put the system type in the environment.
@@ -1643,9 +1643,9 @@ and
   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub
 EOF
 
-year=`echo $timestamp | sed 's,-.*,,'`
+year=$(echo $timestamp | sed 's,-.*,,')
 # shellcheck disable=SC2003
-if test "`expr "\`date +%Y\`" - "$year"`" -lt 3 ; then
+if test "$(expr "$(date +%Y)" - "$year")" -lt 3 ; then
    cat >&2 <<EOF
 
 If $0 has already been updated, send the following data and any
@@ -1654,20 +1654,20 @@ provide the necessary information to handle your system.
 
 config.guess timestamp = $timestamp
 
-uname -m = `(uname -m) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -r = `(uname -r) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -s = `(uname -s) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -v = `(uname -v) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
+uname -m = $( (uname -m) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -r = $( (uname -r) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -s = $( (uname -s) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -v = $( (uname -v) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
 
-/usr/bin/uname -p = `(/usr/bin/uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/uname -X     = `(/bin/uname -X) 2>/dev/null`
+/usr/bin/uname -p = $( (/usr/bin/uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/uname -X     = $( (/bin/uname -X) 2>/dev/null)
 
-hostinfo               = `(hostinfo) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/universe          = `(/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/bin/arch -k       = `(/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/arch              = `(/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/bin/oslevel       = `(/usr/bin/oslevel) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/convex/getsysinfo = `(/usr/convex/getsysinfo) 2>/dev/null`
+hostinfo               = $( (hostinfo) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/universe          = $( (/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/bin/arch -k       = $( (/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/arch              = $( (/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/bin/oslevel       = $( (/usr/bin/oslevel) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/convex/getsysinfo = $( (/usr/convex/getsysinfo) 2>/dev/null)
 
 UNAME_MACHINE = "$UNAME_MACHINE"
 UNAME_RELEASE = "$UNAME_RELEASE"
diff --git a/Build/source/libs/icu/icu-src/source/config.sub b/Build/source/libs/icu/icu-src/source/config.sub
index 8167d0871ea..c874b7a9df8 100755
--- a/Build/source/libs/icu/icu-src/source/config.sub
+++ b/Build/source/libs/icu/icu-src/source/config.sub
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Configuration validation subroutine script.
 #   Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2020-10-13'
+timestamp='2020-11-07'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ timestamp='2020-10-13'
 #	CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OPERATING_SYSTEM
 # It is wrong to echo any other type of specification.
 
-me=`echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`
+me=$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,')
 
 usage="\
 Usage: $0 [OPTION] CPU-MFR-OPSYS or ALIAS
@@ -769,22 +769,22 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		vendor=hp
 		;;
 	i*86v32)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv32
 		;;
 	i*86v4*)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv4
 		;;
 	i*86v)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv
 		;;
 	i*86sol2)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=solaris2
 		;;
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		;;
 	leon-*|leon[3-9]-*)
 		cpu=sparc
-		vendor=`echo "$basic_machine" | sed 's/-.*//'`
+		vendor=$(echo "$basic_machine" | sed 's/-.*//')
 		;;
 
 	*-*)
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 		cpu=mipsisa64sb1el
 		;;
 	sh5e[lb]-*)
-		cpu=`echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^\(sh.\)e\(.\)$/\1\2e/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^\(sh.\)e\(.\)$/\1\2e/')
 		;;
 	spur-*)
 		cpu=spur
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 		cpu=x86_64
 		;;
 	xscale-* | xscalee[bl]-*)
-		cpu=`echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^xscale/arm/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^xscale/arm/')
 		;;
 	arm64-*)
 		cpu=aarch64
@@ -1286,15 +1286,15 @@ then
 case $basic_os in
 	gnu/linux*)
 		kernel=linux
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|gnu|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|gnu|')
 		;;
 	os2-emx)
 		kernel=os2
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|os2-emx|emx|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|os2-emx|emx|')
 		;;
 	nto-qnx*)
 		kernel=nto
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto-qnx|qnx|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto-qnx|qnx|')
 		;;
 	*-*)
 		# shellcheck disable=SC2162
@@ -1305,11 +1305,11 @@ EOF
 	# Default OS when just kernel was specified
 	nto*)
 		kernel=nto
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto|qnx|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto|qnx|')
 		;;
 	linux*)
 		kernel=linux
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|linux|gnu|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|linux|gnu|')
 		;;
 	*)
 		kernel=
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=cnk
 		;;
 	solaris1 | solaris1.*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|solaris1|sunos4|'`
+		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's|solaris1|sunos4|')
 		;;
 	solaris)
 		os=solaris2
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=sco3.2v4
 		;;
 	sco3.2.[4-9]*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's/sco3.2./sco3.2v/'`
+		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's/sco3.2./sco3.2v/')
 		;;
 	sco*v* | scout)
 		# Don't match below
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=lynxos
 		;;
 	mac[0-9]*)
-		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|mac|macos|'`
+		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|mac|macos|')
 		;;
 	opened*)
 		os=openedition
@@ -1398,10 +1398,10 @@ case $os in
 		os=os400
 		;;
 	sunos5*)
-		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos5|solaris2|'`
+		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos5|solaris2|')
 		;;
 	sunos6*)
-		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos6|solaris3|'`
+		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos6|solaris3|')
 		;;
 	wince*)
 		os=wince
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ case $os in
 		;;
 	# Preserve the version number of sinix5.
 	sinix5.*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|sinix|sysv|'`
+		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's|sinix|sysv|')
 		;;
 	sinix*)
 		os=sysv4
diff --git a/Build/source/utils/asymptote/config.guess b/Build/source/utils/asymptote/config.guess
index 12dd5b4245c..0fc11edb2d1 100755
--- a/Build/source/utils/asymptote/config.guess
+++ b/Build/source/utils/asymptote/config.guess
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Attempt to guess a canonical system name.
 #   Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2020-10-22'
+timestamp='2020-11-07'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ timestamp='2020-10-22'
 # Please send patches to <config-patches@gnu.org>.
 
 
-me=`echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`
+me=$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,')
 
 usage="\
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ set_cc_for_build() {
     test "$tmp" && return 0
     : "${TMPDIR=/tmp}"
     # shellcheck disable=SC2039
-    { tmp=`(umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/cgXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null` && test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp" ; } ||
+    { tmp=$( (umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/cgXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null) && test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp" ; } ||
 	{ test -n "$RANDOM" && tmp=$TMPDIR/cg$$-$RANDOM && (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp" 2>/dev/null) ; } ||
 	{ tmp=$TMPDIR/cg-$$ && (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp" 2>/dev/null) && echo "Warning: creating insecure temp directory" >&2 ; } ||
 	{ echo "$me: cannot create a temporary directory in $TMPDIR" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ if test -f /.attbin/uname ; then
 	PATH=$PATH:/.attbin ; export PATH
 fi
 
-UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -m) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
-UNAME_RELEASE=`(uname -r) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
-UNAME_SYSTEM=`(uname -s) 2>/dev/null`  || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
-UNAME_VERSION=`(uname -v) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_VERSION=unknown
+UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -m) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
+UNAME_RELEASE=$( (uname -r) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
+UNAME_SYSTEM=$( (uname -s) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
+UNAME_VERSION=$( (uname -v) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_VERSION=unknown
 
 case "$UNAME_SYSTEM" in
 Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
 	#endif
 	#endif
 	EOF
-	eval "`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g'`"
+	eval "$($CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g')"
 	;;
 esac
 
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	# Note: NetBSD doesn't particularly care about the vendor
 	# portion of the name.  We always set it to "unknown".
 	sysctl="sysctl -n hw.machine_arch"
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`(uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$( (uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
 	    "/sbin/$sysctl" 2>/dev/null || \
 	    "/usr/sbin/$sysctl" 2>/dev/null || \
-	    echo unknown)`
+	    echo unknown))
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" in
 	    aarch64eb) machine=aarch64_be-unknown ;;
 	    armeb) machine=armeb-unknown ;;
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	    sh3eb) machine=sh-unknown ;;
 	    sh5el) machine=sh5le-unknown ;;
 	    earmv*)
-		arch=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e 's,^e\(armv[0-9]\).*$,\1,'`
-		endian=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -ne 's,^.*\(eb\)$,\1,p'`
+		arch=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e 's,^e\(armv[0-9]\).*$,\1,')
+		endian=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -ne 's,^.*\(eb\)$,\1,p')
 		machine="${arch}${endian}"-unknown
 		;;
 	    *) machine="$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown ;;
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" in
 	    earm*)
 		expr='s/^earmv[0-9]/-eabi/;s/eb$//'
-		abi=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e "$expr"`
+		abi=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e "$expr")
 		;;
 	esac
 	# The OS release
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 		release='-gnu'
 		;;
 	    *)
-		release=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-_].*//' | cut -d. -f1,2`
+		release=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-_].*//' | cut -d. -f1,2)
 		;;
 	esac
 	# Since CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OPERATING_SYSTEM:
@@ -243,15 +243,15 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	echo "$machine-${os}${release}${abi-}"
 	exit ;;
     *:Bitrig:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/Bitrig.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/Bitrig.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-bitrig"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:OpenBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/OpenBSD.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/OpenBSD.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-openbsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:LibertyBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/^.*BSD\.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/^.*BSD\.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-libertybsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:MidnightBSD:*:*)
@@ -287,17 +287,17 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
     alpha:OSF1:*:*)
 	case $UNAME_RELEASE in
 	*4.0)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $3}'`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $3}')
 		;;
 	*5.*)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $4}'`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $4}')
 		;;
 	esac
 	# According to Compaq, /usr/sbin/psrinfo has been available on
 	# OSF/1 and Tru64 systems produced since 1995.  I hope that
 	# covers most systems running today.  This code pipes the CPU
 	# types through head -n 1, so we only detect the type of CPU 0.
-	ALPHA_CPU_TYPE=`/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v | sed -n -e 's/^  The alpha \(.*\) processor.*$/\1/p' | head -n 1`
+	ALPHA_CPU_TYPE=$(/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v | sed -n -e 's/^  The alpha \(.*\) processor.*$/\1/p' | head -n 1)
 	case "$ALPHA_CPU_TYPE" in
 	    "EV4 (21064)")
 		UNAME_MACHINE=alpha ;;
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	# A Tn.n version is a released field test version.
 	# A Xn.n version is an unreleased experimental baselevel.
 	# 1.2 uses "1.2" for uname -r.
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-dec-osf"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/^[PVTX]//' | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-dec-osf"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/^[PVTX]//' | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)"
 	# Reset EXIT trap before exiting to avoid spurious non-zero exit code.
 	exitcode=$?
 	trap '' 0
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	exit ;;
     Pyramid*:OSx*:*:* | MIS*:OSx*:*:* | MIS*:SMP_DC-OSx*:*:*)
 	# akee@wpdis03.wpafb.af.mil (Earle F. Ake) contributed MIS and NILE.
-	if test "`(/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null`" = att ; then
+	if test "$( (/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null)" = att ; then
 		echo pyramid-pyramid-sysv3
 	else
 		echo pyramid-pyramid-bsd
@@ -382,17 +382,17 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	echo sparc-icl-nx6
 	exit ;;
     DRS?6000:UNIX_SV:4.2*:7* | DRS?6000:isis:4.2*:7*)
-	case `/usr/bin/uname -p` in
+	case $(/usr/bin/uname -p) in
 	    sparc) echo sparc-icl-nx7; exit ;;
 	esac ;;
     s390x:SunOS:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4H:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo sparc-hal-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-hal-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:5.*:* | tadpole*:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo sparc-sun-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     i86pc:AuroraUX:5.*:* | i86xen:AuroraUX:5.*:*)
 	echo i386-pc-auroraux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
@@ -411,30 +411,30 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 		SUN_ARCH=x86_64
 	    fi
 	fi
-	echo "$SUN_ARCH"-pc-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo "$SUN_ARCH"-pc-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:6*:*)
 	# According to config.sub, this is the proper way to canonicalize
 	# SunOS6.  Hard to guess exactly what SunOS6 will be like, but
 	# it's likely to be more like Solaris than SunOS4.
-	echo sparc-sun-solaris3"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-solaris3"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:*:*)
-	case "`/usr/bin/arch -k`" in
+	case "$(/usr/bin/arch -k)" in
 	    Series*|S4*)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`uname -v`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(uname -v)
 		;;
 	esac
 	# Japanese Language versions have a version number like `4.1.3-JL'.
-	echo sparc-sun-sunos"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-sunos"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/')"
 	exit ;;
     sun3*:SunOS:*:*)
 	echo m68k-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     sun*:*:4.2BSD:*)
-	UNAME_RELEASE=`(sed 1q /etc/motd | awk '{print substr($5,1,3)}') 2>/dev/null`
+	UNAME_RELEASE=$( (sed 1q /etc/motd | awk '{print substr($5,1,3)}') 2>/dev/null)
 	test "x$UNAME_RELEASE" = x && UNAME_RELEASE=3
-	case "`/bin/arch`" in
+	case "$(/bin/arch)" in
 	    sun3)
 		echo m68k-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 		;;
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	}
 EOF
 	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" &&
-	  dummyarg=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -n 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p'` &&
-	  SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy" "$dummyarg"` &&
+	  dummyarg=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -n 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') &&
+	  SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy" "$dummyarg") &&
 	    { echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 	echo mips-mips-riscos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     AViiON:dgux:*:*)
 	# DG/UX returns AViiON for all architectures
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(/usr/bin/uname -p)
 	if test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = mc88100 || test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = mc88110
 	then
 	    if test "$TARGET_BINARY_INTERFACE"x = m88kdguxelfx || \
@@ -570,17 +570,17 @@ EOF
 	echo m68k-tektronix-bsd
 	exit ;;
     *:IRIX*:*:*)
-	echo mips-sgi-irix"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/g'`"
+	echo mips-sgi-irix"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/g')"
 	exit ;;
     ????????:AIX?:[12].1:2)   # AIX 2.2.1 or AIX 2.1.1 is RT/PC AIX.
 	echo romp-ibm-aix     # uname -m gives an 8 hex-code CPU id
-	exit ;;               # Note that: echo "'`uname -s`'" gives 'AIX '
+	exit ;;               # Note that: echo "'$(uname -s)'" gives 'AIX '
     i*86:AIX:*:*)
 	echo i386-ibm-aix
 	exit ;;
     ia64:AIX:*:*)
 	if test -x /usr/bin/oslevel ; then
-		IBM_REV=`/usr/bin/oslevel`
+		IBM_REV=$(/usr/bin/oslevel)
 	else
 		IBM_REV="$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	fi
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ EOF
 			exit(0);
 			}
 EOF
-		if $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"`
+		if $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy")
 		then
 			echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"
 		else
@@ -613,15 +613,15 @@ EOF
 	fi
 	exit ;;
     *:AIX:*:[4567])
-	IBM_CPU_ID=`/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c processor -S available | sed 1q | awk '{ print $1 }'`
+	IBM_CPU_ID=$(/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c processor -S available | sed 1q | awk '{ print $1 }')
 	if /usr/sbin/lsattr -El "$IBM_CPU_ID" | grep ' POWER' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		IBM_ARCH=rs6000
 	else
 		IBM_ARCH=powerpc
 	fi
 	if test -x /usr/bin/lslpp ; then
-		IBM_REV=`/usr/bin/lslpp -Lqc bos.rte.libc |
-			   awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | sed s/[0-9]*$/0/`
+		IBM_REV=$(/usr/bin/lslpp -Lqc bos.rte.libc |
+			   awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | sed s/[0-9]*$/0/)
 	else
 		IBM_REV="$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	fi
@@ -649,14 +649,14 @@ EOF
 	echo m68k-hp-bsd4.4
 	exit ;;
     9000/[34678]??:HP-UX:*:*)
-	HPUX_REV=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//'`
+	HPUX_REV=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//')
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE" in
 	    9000/31?)            HP_ARCH=m68000 ;;
 	    9000/[34]??)         HP_ARCH=m68k ;;
 	    9000/[678][0-9][0-9])
 		if test -x /usr/bin/getconf; then
-		    sc_cpu_version=`/usr/bin/getconf SC_CPU_VERSION 2>/dev/null`
-		    sc_kernel_bits=`/usr/bin/getconf SC_KERNEL_BITS 2>/dev/null`
+		    sc_cpu_version=$(/usr/bin/getconf SC_CPU_VERSION 2>/dev/null)
+		    sc_kernel_bits=$(/usr/bin/getconf SC_KERNEL_BITS 2>/dev/null)
 		    case "$sc_cpu_version" in
 		      523) HP_ARCH=hppa1.0 ;; # CPU_PA_RISC1_0
 		      528) HP_ARCH=hppa1.1 ;; # CPU_PA_RISC1_1
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ EOF
 		    exit (0);
 		}
 EOF
-		    (CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null) && HP_ARCH=`"$dummy"`
+		    (CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null) && HP_ARCH=$("$dummy")
 		    test -z "$HP_ARCH" && HP_ARCH=hppa
 		fi ;;
 	esac
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$HP_ARCH"-hp-hpux"$HPUX_REV"
 	exit ;;
     ia64:HP-UX:*:*)
-	HPUX_REV=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//'`
+	HPUX_REV=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//')
 	echo ia64-hp-hpux"$HPUX_REV"
 	exit ;;
     3050*:HI-UX:*:*)
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ EOF
 	  exit (0);
 	}
 EOF
-	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"` &&
+	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy") &&
 		{ echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 	echo unknown-hitachi-hiuxwe2
 	exit ;;
@@ -830,14 +830,14 @@ EOF
 	echo craynv-cray-unicosmp"$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'
 	exit ;;
     F30[01]:UNIX_System_V:*:* | F700:UNIX_System_V:*:*)
-	FUJITSU_PROC=`uname -m | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`
-	FUJITSU_SYS=`uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///'`
-	FUJITSU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ /_/'`
+	FUJITSU_PROC=$(uname -m | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)
+	FUJITSU_SYS=$(uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///')
+	FUJITSU_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ /_/')
 	echo "${FUJITSU_PROC}-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}"
 	exit ;;
     5000:UNIX_System_V:4.*:*)
-	FUJITSU_SYS=`uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///'`
-	FUJITSU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/ /_/'`
+	FUJITSU_SYS=$(uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///')
+	FUJITSU_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/ /_/')
 	echo "sparc-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}"
 	exit ;;
     i*86:BSD/386:*:* | i*86:BSD/OS:*:* | *:Ascend\ Embedded/OS:*:*)
@@ -850,25 +850,25 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-bsdi"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     arm:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	set_cc_for_build
 	if echo __ARM_PCS_VFP | $CC_FOR_BUILD -E - 2>/dev/null \
 	    | grep -q __ARM_PCS_VFP
 	then
-	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"-gnueabi
+	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"-gnueabi
 	else
-	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"-gnueabihf
+	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"-gnueabihf
 	fi
 	exit ;;
     *:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(/usr/bin/uname -p)
 	case "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" in
 	    amd64)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=x86_64 ;;
 	    i386)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=i586 ;;
 	esac
-	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-unknown-freebsd"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"
 	exit ;;
     i*:CYGWIN*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-cygwin
@@ -904,15 +904,15 @@ EOF
 	echo x86_64-pc-cygwin
 	exit ;;
     prep*:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo powerpcle-unknown-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo powerpcle-unknown-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     *:GNU:*:*)
 	# the GNU system
-	echo "`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"|sed -e 's,[-/].*$,,'`-unknown-$LIBC`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's,/.*$,,'`"
+	echo "$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"|sed -e 's,[-/].*$,,')-unknown-$LIBC$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's,/.*$,,')"
 	exit ;;
     *:GNU/*:*:*)
 	# other systems with GNU libc and userland
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-`echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | sed 's,^[^/]*/,,' | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"``echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`-$LIBC"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-$(echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | sed 's,^[^/]*/,,' | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')-$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
     *:Minix:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-minix
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
     alpha:Linux:*:*)
-	case `sed -n '/^cpu model/s/^.*: \(.*\)/\1/p' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null` in
+	case $(sed -n '/^cpu model/s/^.*: \(.*\)/\1/p' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null) in
 	  EV5)   UNAME_MACHINE=alphaev5 ;;
 	  EV56)  UNAME_MACHINE=alphaev56 ;;
 	  PCA56) UNAME_MACHINE=alphapca56 ;;
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ EOF
 	#endif
 	#endif
 EOF
-	eval "`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU\|^MIPS_ENDIAN\|^LIBCABI'`"
+	eval "$($CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU\|^MIPS_ENDIAN\|^LIBCABI')"
 	test "x$CPU" != x && { echo "$CPU${MIPS_ENDIAN}-unknown-linux-$LIBCABI"; exit; }
 	;;
     mips64el:Linux:*:*)
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     parisc:Linux:*:* | hppa:Linux:*:*)
 	# Look for CPU level
-	case `grep '^cpu[^a-z]*:' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f2` in
+	case $(grep '^cpu[^a-z]*:' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f2) in
 	  PA7*) echo hppa1.1-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
 	  PA8*) echo hppa2.0-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
 	  *)    echo hppa-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-msdosdjgpp
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:4.*:*)
-	UNAME_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed 's/\/MP$//'`
+	UNAME_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed 's/\/MP$//')
 	if grep Novell /usr/include/link.h >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-univel-sysv"$UNAME_REL"
 	else
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:5:[678]*)
 	# UnixWare 7.x, OpenUNIX and OpenServer 6.
-	case `/bin/uname -X | grep "^Machine"` in
+	case $(/bin/uname -X | grep "^Machine") in
 	    *486*)	     UNAME_MACHINE=i486 ;;
 	    *Pentium)	     UNAME_MACHINE=i586 ;;
 	    *Pent*|*Celeron) UNAME_MACHINE=i686 ;;
@@ -1162,10 +1162,10 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:3.2:*)
 	if test -f /usr/options/cb.name; then
-		UNAME_REL=`sed -n 's/.*Version //p' </usr/options/cb.name`
+		UNAME_REL=$(sed -n 's/.*Version //p' </usr/options/cb.name)
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-isc"$UNAME_REL"
 	elif /bin/uname -X 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ; then
-		UNAME_REL=`(/bin/uname -X|grep Release|sed -e 's/.*= //')`
+		UNAME_REL=$( (/bin/uname -X|grep Release|sed -e 's/.*= //'))
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep i80486 >/dev/null) && UNAME_MACHINE=i486
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep '^Machine.*Pentium' >/dev/null) \
 			&& UNAME_MACHINE=i586
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ EOF
     3[345]??:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??A:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??,*:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??/*:*:4.0:3.0 | 4400:*:4.0:3.0 | 4850:*:4.0:3.0 | SKA40:*:4.0:3.0 | SDS2:*:4.0:3.0 | SHG2:*:4.0:3.0 | S7501*:*:4.0:3.0)
 	OS_REL=''
 	test -r /etc/.relid \
-	&& OS_REL=.`sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid`
+	&& OS_REL=.$(sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid)
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | grep 86 >/dev/null \
 	  && { echo i486-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; }
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep entium >/dev/null \
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ EOF
     NCR*:*:4.2:* | MPRAS*:*:4.2:*)
 	OS_REL='.3'
 	test -r /etc/.relid \
-	    && OS_REL=.`sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid`
+	    && OS_REL=.$(sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid)
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | grep 86 >/dev/null \
 	    && { echo i486-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; }
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep entium >/dev/null \
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     *:SINIX-*:*:*)
 	if uname -p 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ; then
-		UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
+		UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-sni-sysv4
 	else
 		echo ns32k-sni-sysv
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ EOF
 	echo aarch64-apple-darwin"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:Darwin:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	case $UNAME_PROCESSOR in
 	    unknown) UNAME_PROCESSOR=powerpc ;;
 	esac
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-apple-darwin"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:procnto*:*:* | *:QNX:[0123456789]*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	if test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = x86; then
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=i386
 		UNAME_MACHINE=pc
@@ -1450,10 +1450,10 @@ EOF
 	echo mips-sei-seiux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:DragonFly:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-dragonfly"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-dragonfly"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"
 	exit ;;
     *:*VMS:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
+	UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE" in
 	    A*) echo alpha-dec-vms ; exit ;;
 	    I*) echo ia64-dec-vms ; exit ;;
@@ -1463,7 +1463,7 @@ EOF
 	echo i386-pc-xenix
 	exit ;;
     i*86:skyos:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-skyos"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ .*$//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-skyos"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ .*$//')"
 	exit ;;
     i*86:rdos:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-rdos
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ main ()
 #define __ARCHITECTURE__ "m68k"
 #endif
   int version;
-  version=`(hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null`;
+  version=$( (hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null);
   if (version < 4)
     printf ("%s-next-nextstep%d\n", __ARCHITECTURE__, version);
   else
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ main ()
 }
 EOF
 
-$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null && SYSTEM_NAME=`$dummy` &&
+$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null && SYSTEM_NAME=$($dummy) &&
 	{ echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 
 # Apollos put the system type in the environment.
@@ -1643,9 +1643,9 @@ and
   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub
 EOF
 
-year=`echo $timestamp | sed 's,-.*,,'`
+year=$(echo $timestamp | sed 's,-.*,,')
 # shellcheck disable=SC2003
-if test "`expr "\`date +%Y\`" - "$year"`" -lt 3 ; then
+if test "$(expr "$(date +%Y)" - "$year")" -lt 3 ; then
    cat >&2 <<EOF
 
 If $0 has already been updated, send the following data and any
@@ -1654,20 +1654,20 @@ provide the necessary information to handle your system.
 
 config.guess timestamp = $timestamp
 
-uname -m = `(uname -m) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -r = `(uname -r) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -s = `(uname -s) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -v = `(uname -v) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
+uname -m = $( (uname -m) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -r = $( (uname -r) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -s = $( (uname -s) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -v = $( (uname -v) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
 
-/usr/bin/uname -p = `(/usr/bin/uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/uname -X     = `(/bin/uname -X) 2>/dev/null`
+/usr/bin/uname -p = $( (/usr/bin/uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/uname -X     = $( (/bin/uname -X) 2>/dev/null)
 
-hostinfo               = `(hostinfo) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/universe          = `(/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/bin/arch -k       = `(/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/arch              = `(/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/bin/oslevel       = `(/usr/bin/oslevel) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/convex/getsysinfo = `(/usr/convex/getsysinfo) 2>/dev/null`
+hostinfo               = $( (hostinfo) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/universe          = $( (/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/bin/arch -k       = $( (/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/arch              = $( (/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/bin/oslevel       = $( (/usr/bin/oslevel) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/convex/getsysinfo = $( (/usr/convex/getsysinfo) 2>/dev/null)
 
 UNAME_MACHINE = "$UNAME_MACHINE"
 UNAME_RELEASE = "$UNAME_RELEASE"
diff --git a/Build/source/utils/asymptote/config.sub b/Build/source/utils/asymptote/config.sub
index 8167d0871ea..c874b7a9df8 100755
--- a/Build/source/utils/asymptote/config.sub
+++ b/Build/source/utils/asymptote/config.sub
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Configuration validation subroutine script.
 #   Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2020-10-13'
+timestamp='2020-11-07'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ timestamp='2020-10-13'
 #	CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OPERATING_SYSTEM
 # It is wrong to echo any other type of specification.
 
-me=`echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`
+me=$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,')
 
 usage="\
 Usage: $0 [OPTION] CPU-MFR-OPSYS or ALIAS
@@ -769,22 +769,22 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		vendor=hp
 		;;
 	i*86v32)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv32
 		;;
 	i*86v4*)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv4
 		;;
 	i*86v)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv
 		;;
 	i*86sol2)
-		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=solaris2
 		;;
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		;;
 	leon-*|leon[3-9]-*)
 		cpu=sparc
-		vendor=`echo "$basic_machine" | sed 's/-.*//'`
+		vendor=$(echo "$basic_machine" | sed 's/-.*//')
 		;;
 
 	*-*)
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 		cpu=mipsisa64sb1el
 		;;
 	sh5e[lb]-*)
-		cpu=`echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^\(sh.\)e\(.\)$/\1\2e/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^\(sh.\)e\(.\)$/\1\2e/')
 		;;
 	spur-*)
 		cpu=spur
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 		cpu=x86_64
 		;;
 	xscale-* | xscalee[bl]-*)
-		cpu=`echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^xscale/arm/'`
+		cpu=$(echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^xscale/arm/')
 		;;
 	arm64-*)
 		cpu=aarch64
@@ -1286,15 +1286,15 @@ then
 case $basic_os in
 	gnu/linux*)
 		kernel=linux
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|gnu|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|gnu|')
 		;;
 	os2-emx)
 		kernel=os2
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|os2-emx|emx|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|os2-emx|emx|')
 		;;
 	nto-qnx*)
 		kernel=nto
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto-qnx|qnx|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto-qnx|qnx|')
 		;;
 	*-*)
 		# shellcheck disable=SC2162
@@ -1305,11 +1305,11 @@ EOF
 	# Default OS when just kernel was specified
 	nto*)
 		kernel=nto
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto|qnx|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto|qnx|')
 		;;
 	linux*)
 		kernel=linux
-		os=`echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|linux|gnu|'`
+		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|linux|gnu|')
 		;;
 	*)
 		kernel=
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=cnk
 		;;
 	solaris1 | solaris1.*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|solaris1|sunos4|'`
+		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's|solaris1|sunos4|')
 		;;
 	solaris)
 		os=solaris2
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=sco3.2v4
 		;;
 	sco3.2.[4-9]*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's/sco3.2./sco3.2v/'`
+		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's/sco3.2./sco3.2v/')
 		;;
 	sco*v* | scout)
 		# Don't match below
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=lynxos
 		;;
 	mac[0-9]*)
-		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|mac|macos|'`
+		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|mac|macos|')
 		;;
 	opened*)
 		os=openedition
@@ -1398,10 +1398,10 @@ case $os in
 		os=os400
 		;;
 	sunos5*)
-		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos5|solaris2|'`
+		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos5|solaris2|')
 		;;
 	sunos6*)
-		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos6|solaris3|'`
+		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos6|solaris3|')
 		;;
 	wince*)
 		os=wince
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ case $os in
 		;;
 	# Preserve the version number of sinix5.
 	sinix5.*)
-		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|sinix|sysv|'`
+		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's|sinix|sysv|')
 		;;
 	sinix*)
 		os=sysv4
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/installer/config.guess b/Master/tlpkg/installer/config.guess
index 9aff91cfd03..0fc11edb2d1 100755
--- a/Master/tlpkg/installer/config.guess
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/installer/config.guess
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Attempt to guess a canonical system name.
 #   Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2020-08-17'
+timestamp='2020-11-07'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ timestamp='2020-08-17'
 # Please send patches to <config-patches@gnu.org>.
 
 
-me=`echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`
+me=$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,')
 
 usage="\
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ set_cc_for_build() {
     test "$tmp" && return 0
     : "${TMPDIR=/tmp}"
     # shellcheck disable=SC2039
-    { tmp=`(umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/cgXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null` && test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp" ; } ||
+    { tmp=$( (umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/cgXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null) && test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp" ; } ||
 	{ test -n "$RANDOM" && tmp=$TMPDIR/cg$$-$RANDOM && (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp" 2>/dev/null) ; } ||
 	{ tmp=$TMPDIR/cg-$$ && (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp" 2>/dev/null) && echo "Warning: creating insecure temp directory" >&2 ; } ||
 	{ echo "$me: cannot create a temporary directory in $TMPDIR" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ if test -f /.attbin/uname ; then
 	PATH=$PATH:/.attbin ; export PATH
 fi
 
-UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -m) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
-UNAME_RELEASE=`(uname -r) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
-UNAME_SYSTEM=`(uname -s) 2>/dev/null`  || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
-UNAME_VERSION=`(uname -v) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_VERSION=unknown
+UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -m) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
+UNAME_RELEASE=$( (uname -r) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
+UNAME_SYSTEM=$( (uname -s) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
+UNAME_VERSION=$( (uname -v) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_VERSION=unknown
 
 case "$UNAME_SYSTEM" in
 Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
@@ -150,17 +150,15 @@ Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
 	#elif defined(__dietlibc__)
 	LIBC=dietlibc
 	#else
+	#include <stdarg.h>
+	#ifdef __DEFINED_va_list
+	LIBC=musl
+	#else
 	LIBC=gnu
 	#endif
+	#endif
 	EOF
-	eval "`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g'`"
-
-	# If ldd exists, use it to detect musl libc.
-	if command -v ldd >/dev/null && \
-		ldd --version 2>&1 | grep -q ^musl
-	then
-	    LIBC=musl
-	fi
+	eval "$($CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g')"
 	;;
 esac
 
@@ -179,19 +177,20 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	# Note: NetBSD doesn't particularly care about the vendor
 	# portion of the name.  We always set it to "unknown".
 	sysctl="sysctl -n hw.machine_arch"
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`(uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$( (uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
 	    "/sbin/$sysctl" 2>/dev/null || \
 	    "/usr/sbin/$sysctl" 2>/dev/null || \
-	    echo unknown)`
+	    echo unknown))
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" in
+	    aarch64eb) machine=aarch64_be-unknown ;;
 	    armeb) machine=armeb-unknown ;;
 	    arm*) machine=arm-unknown ;;
 	    sh3el) machine=shl-unknown ;;
 	    sh3eb) machine=sh-unknown ;;
 	    sh5el) machine=sh5le-unknown ;;
 	    earmv*)
-		arch=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e 's,^e\(armv[0-9]\).*$,\1,'`
-		endian=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -ne 's,^.*\(eb\)$,\1,p'`
+		arch=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e 's,^e\(armv[0-9]\).*$,\1,')
+		endian=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -ne 's,^.*\(eb\)$,\1,p')
 		machine="${arch}${endian}"-unknown
 		;;
 	    *) machine="$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown ;;
@@ -222,7 +221,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" in
 	    earm*)
 		expr='s/^earmv[0-9]/-eabi/;s/eb$//'
-		abi=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e "$expr"`
+		abi=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e "$expr")
 		;;
 	esac
 	# The OS release
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 		release='-gnu'
 		;;
 	    *)
-		release=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-_].*//' | cut -d. -f1,2`
+		release=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-_].*//' | cut -d. -f1,2)
 		;;
 	esac
 	# Since CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OPERATING_SYSTEM:
@@ -244,15 +243,15 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	echo "$machine-${os}${release}${abi-}"
 	exit ;;
     *:Bitrig:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/Bitrig.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/Bitrig.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-bitrig"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:OpenBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/OpenBSD.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/OpenBSD.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-openbsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:LibertyBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/^.*BSD\.//'`
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/^.*BSD\.//')
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-libertybsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:MidnightBSD:*:*)
@@ -288,17 +287,17 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
     alpha:OSF1:*:*)
 	case $UNAME_RELEASE in
 	*4.0)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $3}'`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $3}')
 		;;
 	*5.*)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $4}'`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $4}')
 		;;
 	esac
 	# According to Compaq, /usr/sbin/psrinfo has been available on
 	# OSF/1 and Tru64 systems produced since 1995.  I hope that
 	# covers most systems running today.  This code pipes the CPU
 	# types through head -n 1, so we only detect the type of CPU 0.
-	ALPHA_CPU_TYPE=`/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v | sed -n -e 's/^  The alpha \(.*\) processor.*$/\1/p' | head -n 1`
+	ALPHA_CPU_TYPE=$(/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v | sed -n -e 's/^  The alpha \(.*\) processor.*$/\1/p' | head -n 1)
 	case "$ALPHA_CPU_TYPE" in
 	    "EV4 (21064)")
 		UNAME_MACHINE=alpha ;;
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	# A Tn.n version is a released field test version.
 	# A Xn.n version is an unreleased experimental baselevel.
 	# 1.2 uses "1.2" for uname -r.
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-dec-osf"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/^[PVTX]//' | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-dec-osf"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/^[PVTX]//' | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)"
 	# Reset EXIT trap before exiting to avoid spurious non-zero exit code.
 	exitcode=$?
 	trap '' 0
@@ -370,7 +369,7 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	exit ;;
     Pyramid*:OSx*:*:* | MIS*:OSx*:*:* | MIS*:SMP_DC-OSx*:*:*)
 	# akee@wpdis03.wpafb.af.mil (Earle F. Ake) contributed MIS and NILE.
-	if test "`(/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null`" = att ; then
+	if test "$( (/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null)" = att ; then
 		echo pyramid-pyramid-sysv3
 	else
 		echo pyramid-pyramid-bsd
@@ -383,17 +382,17 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	echo sparc-icl-nx6
 	exit ;;
     DRS?6000:UNIX_SV:4.2*:7* | DRS?6000:isis:4.2*:7*)
-	case `/usr/bin/uname -p` in
+	case $(/usr/bin/uname -p) in
 	    sparc) echo sparc-icl-nx7; exit ;;
 	esac ;;
     s390x:SunOS:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4H:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo sparc-hal-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-hal-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:5.*:* | tadpole*:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo sparc-sun-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     i86pc:AuroraUX:5.*:* | i86xen:AuroraUX:5.*:*)
 	echo i386-pc-auroraux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
@@ -412,30 +411,30 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 		SUN_ARCH=x86_64
 	    fi
 	fi
-	echo "$SUN_ARCH"-pc-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo "$SUN_ARCH"-pc-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:6*:*)
 	# According to config.sub, this is the proper way to canonicalize
 	# SunOS6.  Hard to guess exactly what SunOS6 will be like, but
 	# it's likely to be more like Solaris than SunOS4.
-	echo sparc-sun-solaris3"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-solaris3"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     sun4*:SunOS:*:*)
-	case "`/usr/bin/arch -k`" in
+	case "$(/usr/bin/arch -k)" in
 	    Series*|S4*)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=`uname -v`
+		UNAME_RELEASE=$(uname -v)
 		;;
 	esac
 	# Japanese Language versions have a version number like `4.1.3-JL'.
-	echo sparc-sun-sunos"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/'`"
+	echo sparc-sun-sunos"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/')"
 	exit ;;
     sun3*:SunOS:*:*)
 	echo m68k-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     sun*:*:4.2BSD:*)
-	UNAME_RELEASE=`(sed 1q /etc/motd | awk '{print substr($5,1,3)}') 2>/dev/null`
+	UNAME_RELEASE=$( (sed 1q /etc/motd | awk '{print substr($5,1,3)}') 2>/dev/null)
 	test "x$UNAME_RELEASE" = x && UNAME_RELEASE=3
-	case "`/bin/arch`" in
+	case "$(/bin/arch)" in
 	    sun3)
 		echo m68k-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 		;;
@@ -515,8 +514,8 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	}
 EOF
 	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" &&
-	  dummyarg=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -n 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p'` &&
-	  SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy" "$dummyarg"` &&
+	  dummyarg=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -n 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') &&
+	  SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy" "$dummyarg") &&
 	    { echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 	echo mips-mips-riscos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
@@ -543,7 +542,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     AViiON:dgux:*:*)
 	# DG/UX returns AViiON for all architectures
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(/usr/bin/uname -p)
 	if test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = mc88100 || test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = mc88110
 	then
 	    if test "$TARGET_BINARY_INTERFACE"x = m88kdguxelfx || \
@@ -571,17 +570,17 @@ EOF
 	echo m68k-tektronix-bsd
 	exit ;;
     *:IRIX*:*:*)
-	echo mips-sgi-irix"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/g'`"
+	echo mips-sgi-irix"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/g')"
 	exit ;;
     ????????:AIX?:[12].1:2)   # AIX 2.2.1 or AIX 2.1.1 is RT/PC AIX.
 	echo romp-ibm-aix     # uname -m gives an 8 hex-code CPU id
-	exit ;;               # Note that: echo "'`uname -s`'" gives 'AIX '
+	exit ;;               # Note that: echo "'$(uname -s)'" gives 'AIX '
     i*86:AIX:*:*)
 	echo i386-ibm-aix
 	exit ;;
     ia64:AIX:*:*)
 	if test -x /usr/bin/oslevel ; then
-		IBM_REV=`/usr/bin/oslevel`
+		IBM_REV=$(/usr/bin/oslevel)
 	else
 		IBM_REV="$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	fi
@@ -601,7 +600,7 @@ EOF
 			exit(0);
 			}
 EOF
-		if $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"`
+		if $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy")
 		then
 			echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"
 		else
@@ -614,15 +613,15 @@ EOF
 	fi
 	exit ;;
     *:AIX:*:[4567])
-	IBM_CPU_ID=`/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c processor -S available | sed 1q | awk '{ print $1 }'`
+	IBM_CPU_ID=$(/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c processor -S available | sed 1q | awk '{ print $1 }')
 	if /usr/sbin/lsattr -El "$IBM_CPU_ID" | grep ' POWER' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		IBM_ARCH=rs6000
 	else
 		IBM_ARCH=powerpc
 	fi
 	if test -x /usr/bin/lslpp ; then
-		IBM_REV=`/usr/bin/lslpp -Lqc bos.rte.libc |
-			   awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | sed s/[0-9]*$/0/`
+		IBM_REV=$(/usr/bin/lslpp -Lqc bos.rte.libc |
+			   awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | sed s/[0-9]*$/0/)
 	else
 		IBM_REV="$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	fi
@@ -650,14 +649,14 @@ EOF
 	echo m68k-hp-bsd4.4
 	exit ;;
     9000/[34678]??:HP-UX:*:*)
-	HPUX_REV=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//'`
+	HPUX_REV=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//')
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE" in
 	    9000/31?)            HP_ARCH=m68000 ;;
 	    9000/[34]??)         HP_ARCH=m68k ;;
 	    9000/[678][0-9][0-9])
 		if test -x /usr/bin/getconf; then
-		    sc_cpu_version=`/usr/bin/getconf SC_CPU_VERSION 2>/dev/null`
-		    sc_kernel_bits=`/usr/bin/getconf SC_KERNEL_BITS 2>/dev/null`
+		    sc_cpu_version=$(/usr/bin/getconf SC_CPU_VERSION 2>/dev/null)
+		    sc_kernel_bits=$(/usr/bin/getconf SC_KERNEL_BITS 2>/dev/null)
 		    case "$sc_cpu_version" in
 		      523) HP_ARCH=hppa1.0 ;; # CPU_PA_RISC1_0
 		      528) HP_ARCH=hppa1.1 ;; # CPU_PA_RISC1_1
@@ -704,7 +703,7 @@ EOF
 		    exit (0);
 		}
 EOF
-		    (CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null) && HP_ARCH=`"$dummy"`
+		    (CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null) && HP_ARCH=$("$dummy")
 		    test -z "$HP_ARCH" && HP_ARCH=hppa
 		fi ;;
 	esac
@@ -732,7 +731,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$HP_ARCH"-hp-hpux"$HPUX_REV"
 	exit ;;
     ia64:HP-UX:*:*)
-	HPUX_REV=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//'`
+	HPUX_REV=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//')
 	echo ia64-hp-hpux"$HPUX_REV"
 	exit ;;
     3050*:HI-UX:*:*)
@@ -762,7 +761,7 @@ EOF
 	  exit (0);
 	}
 EOF
-	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"` &&
+	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy") &&
 		{ echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 	echo unknown-hitachi-hiuxwe2
 	exit ;;
@@ -831,14 +830,14 @@ EOF
 	echo craynv-cray-unicosmp"$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'
 	exit ;;
     F30[01]:UNIX_System_V:*:* | F700:UNIX_System_V:*:*)
-	FUJITSU_PROC=`uname -m | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`
-	FUJITSU_SYS=`uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///'`
-	FUJITSU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ /_/'`
+	FUJITSU_PROC=$(uname -m | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)
+	FUJITSU_SYS=$(uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///')
+	FUJITSU_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ /_/')
 	echo "${FUJITSU_PROC}-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}"
 	exit ;;
     5000:UNIX_System_V:4.*:*)
-	FUJITSU_SYS=`uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///'`
-	FUJITSU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/ /_/'`
+	FUJITSU_SYS=$(uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///')
+	FUJITSU_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/ /_/')
 	echo "sparc-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}"
 	exit ;;
     i*86:BSD/386:*:* | i*86:BSD/OS:*:* | *:Ascend\ Embedded/OS:*:*)
@@ -851,25 +850,25 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-bsdi"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     arm:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	set_cc_for_build
 	if echo __ARM_PCS_VFP | $CC_FOR_BUILD -E - 2>/dev/null \
 	    | grep -q __ARM_PCS_VFP
 	then
-	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"-gnueabi
+	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"-gnueabi
 	else
-	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"-gnueabihf
+	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"-gnueabihf
 	fi
 	exit ;;
     *:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(/usr/bin/uname -p)
 	case "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" in
 	    amd64)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=x86_64 ;;
 	    i386)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=i586 ;;
 	esac
-	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-unknown-freebsd"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"
 	exit ;;
     i*:CYGWIN*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-cygwin
@@ -905,15 +904,15 @@ EOF
 	echo x86_64-pc-cygwin
 	exit ;;
     prep*:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo powerpcle-unknown-solaris2"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`"
+	echo powerpcle-unknown-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
 	exit ;;
     *:GNU:*:*)
 	# the GNU system
-	echo "`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"|sed -e 's,[-/].*$,,'`-unknown-$LIBC`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's,/.*$,,'`"
+	echo "$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"|sed -e 's,[-/].*$,,')-unknown-$LIBC$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's,/.*$,,')"
 	exit ;;
     *:GNU/*:*:*)
 	# other systems with GNU libc and userland
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-`echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | sed 's,^[^/]*/,,' | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"``echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`-$LIBC"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-$(echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | sed 's,^[^/]*/,,' | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')-$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
     *:Minix:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-minix
@@ -926,7 +925,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
     alpha:Linux:*:*)
-	case `sed -n '/^cpu model/s/^.*: \(.*\)/\1/p' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null` in
+	case $(sed -n '/^cpu model/s/^.*: \(.*\)/\1/p' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null) in
 	  EV5)   UNAME_MACHINE=alphaev5 ;;
 	  EV56)  UNAME_MACHINE=alphaev56 ;;
 	  PCA56) UNAME_MACHINE=alphapca56 ;;
@@ -1035,7 +1034,7 @@ EOF
 	#endif
 	#endif
 EOF
-	eval "`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU\|^MIPS_ENDIAN\|^LIBCABI'`"
+	eval "$($CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU\|^MIPS_ENDIAN\|^LIBCABI')"
 	test "x$CPU" != x && { echo "$CPU${MIPS_ENDIAN}-unknown-linux-$LIBCABI"; exit; }
 	;;
     mips64el:Linux:*:*)
@@ -1055,7 +1054,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     parisc:Linux:*:* | hppa:Linux:*:*)
 	# Look for CPU level
-	case `grep '^cpu[^a-z]*:' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f2` in
+	case $(grep '^cpu[^a-z]*:' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f2) in
 	  PA7*) echo hppa1.1-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
 	  PA8*) echo hppa2.0-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
 	  *)    echo hppa-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
@@ -1145,7 +1144,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-msdosdjgpp
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:4.*:*)
-	UNAME_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed 's/\/MP$//'`
+	UNAME_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed 's/\/MP$//')
 	if grep Novell /usr/include/link.h >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-univel-sysv"$UNAME_REL"
 	else
@@ -1154,7 +1153,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:5:[678]*)
 	# UnixWare 7.x, OpenUNIX and OpenServer 6.
-	case `/bin/uname -X | grep "^Machine"` in
+	case $(/bin/uname -X | grep "^Machine") in
 	    *486*)	     UNAME_MACHINE=i486 ;;
 	    *Pentium)	     UNAME_MACHINE=i586 ;;
 	    *Pent*|*Celeron) UNAME_MACHINE=i686 ;;
@@ -1163,10 +1162,10 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     i*86:*:3.2:*)
 	if test -f /usr/options/cb.name; then
-		UNAME_REL=`sed -n 's/.*Version //p' </usr/options/cb.name`
+		UNAME_REL=$(sed -n 's/.*Version //p' </usr/options/cb.name)
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-isc"$UNAME_REL"
 	elif /bin/uname -X 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ; then
-		UNAME_REL=`(/bin/uname -X|grep Release|sed -e 's/.*= //')`
+		UNAME_REL=$( (/bin/uname -X|grep Release|sed -e 's/.*= //'))
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep i80486 >/dev/null) && UNAME_MACHINE=i486
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep '^Machine.*Pentium' >/dev/null) \
 			&& UNAME_MACHINE=i586
@@ -1216,7 +1215,7 @@ EOF
     3[345]??:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??A:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??,*:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??/*:*:4.0:3.0 | 4400:*:4.0:3.0 | 4850:*:4.0:3.0 | SKA40:*:4.0:3.0 | SDS2:*:4.0:3.0 | SHG2:*:4.0:3.0 | S7501*:*:4.0:3.0)
 	OS_REL=''
 	test -r /etc/.relid \
-	&& OS_REL=.`sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid`
+	&& OS_REL=.$(sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid)
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | grep 86 >/dev/null \
 	  && { echo i486-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; }
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep entium >/dev/null \
@@ -1227,7 +1226,7 @@ EOF
     NCR*:*:4.2:* | MPRAS*:*:4.2:*)
 	OS_REL='.3'
 	test -r /etc/.relid \
-	    && OS_REL=.`sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid`
+	    && OS_REL=.$(sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid)
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | grep 86 >/dev/null \
 	    && { echo i486-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; }
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep entium >/dev/null \
@@ -1260,7 +1259,7 @@ EOF
 	exit ;;
     *:SINIX-*:*:*)
 	if uname -p 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ; then
-		UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
+		UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
 		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-sni-sysv4
 	else
 		echo ns32k-sni-sysv
@@ -1346,7 +1345,7 @@ EOF
 	echo aarch64-apple-darwin"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:Darwin:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	case $UNAME_PROCESSOR in
 	    unknown) UNAME_PROCESSOR=powerpc ;;
 	esac
@@ -1383,7 +1382,7 @@ EOF
 	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-apple-darwin"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:procnto*:*:* | *:QNX:[0123456789]*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
 	if test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = x86; then
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=i386
 		UNAME_MACHINE=pc
@@ -1451,10 +1450,10 @@ EOF
 	echo mips-sei-seiux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
 	exit ;;
     *:DragonFly:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-dragonfly"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-dragonfly"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"
 	exit ;;
     *:*VMS:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
+	UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE" in
 	    A*) echo alpha-dec-vms ; exit ;;
 	    I*) echo ia64-dec-vms ; exit ;;
@@ -1464,7 +1463,7 @@ EOF
 	echo i386-pc-xenix
 	exit ;;
     i*86:skyos:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-skyos"`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ .*$//'`"
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-skyos"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ .*$//')"
 	exit ;;
     i*86:rdos:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-rdos
@@ -1522,7 +1521,7 @@ main ()
 #define __ARCHITECTURE__ "m68k"
 #endif
   int version;
-  version=`(hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null`;
+  version=$( (hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null);
   if (version < 4)
     printf ("%s-next-nextstep%d\n", __ARCHITECTURE__, version);
   else
@@ -1614,7 +1613,7 @@ main ()
 }
 EOF
 
-$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null && SYSTEM_NAME=`$dummy` &&
+$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null && SYSTEM_NAME=$($dummy) &&
 	{ echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 
 # Apollos put the system type in the environment.
@@ -1644,9 +1643,9 @@ and
   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub
 EOF
 
-year=`echo $timestamp | sed 's,-.*,,'`
+year=$(echo $timestamp | sed 's,-.*,,')
 # shellcheck disable=SC2003
-if test "`expr "\`date +%Y\`" - "$year"`" -lt 3 ; then
+if test "$(expr "$(date +%Y)" - "$year")" -lt 3 ; then
    cat >&2 <<EOF
 
 If $0 has already been updated, send the following data and any
@@ -1655,20 +1654,20 @@ provide the necessary information to handle your system.
 
 config.guess timestamp = $timestamp
 
-uname -m = `(uname -m) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -r = `(uname -r) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -s = `(uname -s) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
-uname -v = `(uname -v) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
+uname -m = $( (uname -m) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -r = $( (uname -r) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -s = $( (uname -s) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -v = $( (uname -v) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
 
-/usr/bin/uname -p = `(/usr/bin/uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/uname -X     = `(/bin/uname -X) 2>/dev/null`
+/usr/bin/uname -p = $( (/usr/bin/uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/uname -X     = $( (/bin/uname -X) 2>/dev/null)
 
-hostinfo               = `(hostinfo) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/universe          = `(/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/bin/arch -k       = `(/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null`
-/bin/arch              = `(/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/bin/oslevel       = `(/usr/bin/oslevel) 2>/dev/null`
-/usr/convex/getsysinfo = `(/usr/convex/getsysinfo) 2>/dev/null`
+hostinfo               = $( (hostinfo) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/universe          = $( (/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/bin/arch -k       = $( (/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null)
+/bin/arch              = $( (/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/bin/oslevel       = $( (/usr/bin/oslevel) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/convex/getsysinfo = $( (/usr/convex/getsysinfo) 2>/dev/null)
 
 UNAME_MACHINE = "$UNAME_MACHINE"
 UNAME_RELEASE = "$UNAME_RELEASE"
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/installer/ctan-mirrors.pl b/Master/tlpkg/installer/ctan-mirrors.pl
index 038c374c24e..c9982ddcc2e 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/installer/ctan-mirrors.pl
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/installer/ctan-mirrors.pl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 $mirrors = {
   'Africa' => {
-    'Morocco' => {
-      'https://mirror.marwan.ma/ctan/' => 1,
+    'Algeria' => {
+      'http://ctan.epst-tlemcen.dz/tex-archive/' => 1,
     },
     'South Africa' => {
       'http://ftp.sun.ac.za/ftp/CTAN/' => 1,
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ $mirrors = {
     },
     'Korea' => {
       'http://ftp.kaist.ac.kr/pub/tex-archive/' => 1,
-      'http://ftp.ktug.org/tex-archive/' => 1,
       'http://mirror.kakao.com/CTAN/' => 1,
       'https://cran.asia/tex/' => 1,
       'https://ftp.harukasan.org/CTAN/' => 1,
@@ -163,6 +162,7 @@ $mirrors = {
       'http://ctan.mirror.globo.tech/' => 1,
       'http://ctan.mirror.rafal.ca/' => 1,
       'https://ctan.math.ca/tex-archive/' => 1,
+      'https://mirror.its.dal.ca/ctan/' => 1,
       'https://muug.ca/mirror/ctan/' => 1,
     },
     'Costa Rica' => {
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ $mirrors = {
       'http://ctan.math.utah.edu/ctan/tex-archive/' => 1,
       'http://ctan.math.washington.edu/tex-archive/' => 1,
       'http://ctan.mirrors.hoobly.com/' => 1,
-      'http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/CTAN/' => 1,
       'https://ctan.math.illinois.edu/' => 1,
       'https://mirror.las.iastate.edu/tex-archive/' => 1,
       'https://mirrors.concertpass.com/tex-archive/' => 1,
@@ -180,6 +179,9 @@ $mirrors = {
     },
   },
   'Oceania' => {
+    'Australia' => {
+      'https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/CTAN/' => 1,
+    },
     'New Zealand' => {
       'http://mirror.aut.ac.nz/CTAN/' => 1,
     },