* doc/autoconf.texi (Slashes): Document Tru64 4.0 bug reported by

Jim Meyering.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 66c47d188e99adecaaed4cd670a945b9a7771f09..10c6623f0528b010958ee71b91eabeaaa48be26d 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-10-25  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Slashes): Document Tru64 4.0 bug reported by
+       Jim Meyering.
+
 2006-10-25  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 
        * tests/tools.at (autom4te --force): New test, verifies that

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index f4b43a8028382d3fc41310553cede12f66a0d138..91abeaefe245bd205e3478861a4d11a116db94ec 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -11859,8 +11859,19 @@ $ @kbd{echo abc | tr -t ab //}
 /bc
 @end example
 
+Unpatched Tru64 4.0 @command{sh} adds a slash after @samp{"$var"} if the
+variable is empty and the second double-quote is followed by a word that
+begins and ends with slash:
+
+@example
+$ @kbd{sh -xc 'p=; echo "$p"/ouch/'}
+p=
++ echo //ouch/
+//ouch/
+@end example
+
 However, our understanding is that patches are available, so perhaps
-it's not worth worrying about working around this horrendous bug.
+it's not worth worrying about working around these horrendous bugs.
 
 @node Special Shell Variables
 @section Special Shell Variables