Remove warning against "rm -fr" introduced yesterday;

it seems to have been a false alarm.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c40edc6366e6291d61003de1a2cc91f5d6cf6e0b..7a12c0fd6f11dc5ee245678642374ff5ac5b2be4 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2004-01-05  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
 
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools):
+       Remove warning against "rm -fr" introduced yesterday; it
+       seems to have been a false alarm.
+
        * bin/Makefile.am (autoconf, autoheader, autom4te, autoreconf,
        autoscan, autoupdate, ifnames): Don't use chmod -w.
        * lib/Makefile.am (autom4te.cfg): Likewise.

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 7e7962310c73e2bcd387807b03d70626099998df..a7c0f0693e467900fa7b14c05d2dc5fb1dda2478 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -11290,13 +11290,6 @@ exec > foo
 rm -f foo
 @end example
 
-@item @command{rm}
-@c ---------------
-@prindex @command{rm}
-Avoid @samp{rm -fr}; instead, use @samp{rm -f -r}.  @acronym{POSIX} says
-that scripts must not combine options into a single argument when
-invoking a standard utility like @command{rm}.
-
 @item @command{sed}
 @c ----------------
 @prindex @command{sed}