* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Correct the warning

about Solaris /bin/printf '%010000x' 123.  Problem reported by
Bruno Haible.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bd7441e739e89e461362147a0ce971341dbe02aa..a7fe3d112ca6e0d33ac18dfd1dce430fc3730bb1 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-04-29  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Correct the warning
+       about Solaris /bin/printf '%010000x' 123.  Problem reported by
+       Bruno Haible.
+
 2007-04-28  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT): Don't look

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index c2b9628756a2a561fe0ba0949ec0ef19e38a28d4..90a852c1ffef2d1e237498cc358509b1801ed1e5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -12700,11 +12700,10 @@ $ @kbd{printf '\045'}
 bash: printf: `%': missing format character
 @end example
 
-Large outputs may cause trouble.  On Solaris 8 through 10, for example,
-the command @samp{/bin/printf %010000x 123} dumps core.  This particular
-bug should have little practical effect since Solaris shells' builtin
-@command{printf} commands do not have the bug, but it indicates an area
-that other @command{printf} implementations may have trouble in.
+Large outputs may cause trouble.  On Solaris 2.5.1 through 10, for
+example, @file{/usr/bin/printf} is buggy, so when using
+@command{/bin/sh} the command @samp{printf %010000x 123} normally dumps
+core.
 
 
 @item @command{read}