From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:13:54 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Limitations of Usual Tools): Also list \< and \>, and mention that X-Git-Tag: v2.62~344 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=08843ea698c58197369b57597c24894cbc028ad6;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git (Limitations of Usual Tools): Also list \< and \>, and mention that HP-UX's grep, like the one from Solaris, does not support that syntax. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 0db98012..b6d56088 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ 2007-03-17 Jim Meyering * doc/autoconf.texi: Adjust grammar around use of "heuristics". + (Limitations of Usual Tools): Also list \< and \>, and mention that + HP-UX's grep, like the one from Solaris, does not support that syntax. 2007-03-09 Stepan Kasal diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 389220f5..c1f1abbf 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -13562,8 +13562,8 @@ Portable @command{grep} regular expressions should use @samp{\} only to escape characters in the string @samp{$()*.0123456789[\^@{@}}. For example, alternation, @samp{\|}, is common but Posix does not require its support in basic regular expressions, so it should be avoided in -portable scripts. Solaris @command{grep} does not support it. -Similarly, @samp{\+} and @samp{\?} should be avoided. +portable scripts. Solaris and HP-UX @command{grep} do not support it. +Similarly, @samp{\<}, @samp{\>}, @samp{\+} and @samp{\?} should be avoided. @item @command{join}