Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/m4/issm_options.m4
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/m4/issm_options.m4	(revision 12641)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/m4/issm_options.m4	(revision 12642)
@@ -756,5 +756,5 @@
 		dnl defaults
 		HAVE_SCALAPACK=yes
-		if test $VENDOR = intel-discover; then
+		if test x$VENDOR = xintel-discover; then
 		 SCALAPACKLIB=-L"$SCALAPACK_ROOT/ -lmkl_scalapack_lp64"
 		else
@@ -781,5 +781,5 @@
 		BLASLAPACKINCL=""
 	
-		if test $VENDOR = intel-discover; then
+		if test x$VENDOR = xintel-discover; then
 		 BLASLAPACKLIB=-L"$BLASLAPACK_ROOT -lmkl_lapack -lmkl -lguide -lpthread"
 		else
@@ -894,5 +894,5 @@
 		HAVE_BLACS=yes
 		BLACSINCL=""
-		if test $VENDOR = intel-discover; then
+		if test x$VENDOR = xintel-discover; then
 		 BLACSLIB=-L"$BLACS_ROOT/ -lmkl_blacs_intelmpi_lp64"
 		else