From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:21:05 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * doc/autoconf.texi (Slashes): Document Tru64 4.0 bug reported by
X-Git-Tag: AUTOCONF-2.61~19
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=33d227cecee651c1c8206359113f5ebb972593de;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git

* doc/autoconf.texi (Slashes): Document Tru64 4.0 bug reported by
Jim Meyering.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 66c47d188..10c6623f0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-10-25  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+	* doc/autoconf.texi (Slashes): Document Tru64 4.0 bug reported by
+	Jim Meyering.
+
 2006-10-25  Stepan Kasal  <kasal@ucw.cz>
 
 	* tests/tools.at (autom4te --force): New test, verifies that
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index f4b43a802..91abeaefe 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -11859,8 +11859,19 @@ $ @kbd{echo abc | tr -t ab //}
 /bc
 @end example
 
+Unpatched Tru64 4.0 @command{sh} adds a slash after @samp{"$var"} if the
+variable is empty and the second double-quote is followed by a word that
+begins and ends with slash:
+
+@example
+$ @kbd{sh -xc 'p=; echo "$p"/ouch/'}
+p=
++ echo //ouch/
+//ouch/
+@end example
+
 However, our understanding is that patches are available, so perhaps
-it's not worth worrying about working around this horrendous bug.
+it's not worth worrying about working around these horrendous bugs.
 
 @node Special Shell Variables
 @section Special Shell Variables