* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Document that rm

needs operands on NetBSD 2.0.2.  Problem reported by Bruno Haible.

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+2006-10-24  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Document that rm
+       needs operands on NetBSD 2.0.2.  Problem reported by Bruno Haible.
+
 2006-10-24  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 
        * tools/trace.at (autoconf --trace: user macros): Test `$%'.

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@@ -13597,6 +13597,11 @@ This problem no longer exists in Mac OS X 10.4.3.
 @prindex @command{rm}
 The @option{-f} and @option{-r} options are portable.
 
+It is not portable to invoke @command{rm} without operands.  For
+example, on many systems @samp{rm -f -r} (with no other arguments)
+silently succeeds without doing anything, but it fails with a diagnostic
+on Net@acronym{BSD} 2.0.2.
+
 A file might not be removed even if its parent directory is writable
 and searchable.  Many Posix hosts cannot remove a mount point, a named
 stream, a working directory, or a last link to a file that is being