* doc/autoconf.texi: Mention "set -e -x" lossage

under node "Limitations of Builtins".

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a79e6038fd5f04d20ea09c097dfb83f27803ac11..d0c12a6840098442728a0001c011c6073952a93b 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-04-29  Thien-Thi Nguyen  <ttn@gnu.org>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi: Mention "set -e -x" lossage
+       under node "Limitations of Builtins".
+
 2002-04-29  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 
        * doc/install.texi: Better wording for setting variables when

diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index af48ee815a6dfab4f45f19447ef9291faf3e725d..167df0f13a918561423264145dd0bbc60af73cfb 100644 (file)
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ Stu Grossman                grossman@cygnus.com
 Syd Polk                    spolk@cygnus.com
 T.E. Dickey                 dickey@clark.net
 Theodore Ts'o"              tytso@mit.edu
+Thien-Thi Nguyen            ttn@gnu.org
 Thomas Winder               tom@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at
 Tim Van Holder              tim.van.holder@pandora.be
 Tom Lane                    tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 363feb5e06811d96bb09335344252e25a7f5e295..bf62bad376bdcfa4dcb65e5375028df3a0916bb3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -9234,6 +9234,14 @@ processing as soon as a non-option argument is found.  Therefore, use
 set x $my_list; shift
 @end example
 
+Some shells have the "opposite" problem of not recognizing all options
+(e.g., @samp{set -e -x} assigns @samp{-x} to the command line).  It is
+better to elide these:
+
+@example
+set -ex
+@end example
+
 
 @item @command{shift}
 @c ------------------