From: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:44:38 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Redocument AS_DIRNAME, even with its flaws.
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Redocument AS_DIRNAME, even with its flaws.

* doc/autoconf.texi (Common Shell Constructs) <AS_DIRNAME>:
Restore documenatation, since dirname mentions it.
Reported by Peter Johansson.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e216f929..4d028c0a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2009-11-04  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
 
+	Redocument AS_DIRNAME, even with its flaws.
+	* doc/autoconf.texi (Common Shell Constructs) <AS_DIRNAME>:
+	Restore documenatation, since dirname mentions it.
+	Reported by Peter Johansson.
+
 	Update upstream files.
 	* build-aux/announce-gen: Synchronize from upstream.
 	* build-aux/config.guess: Likewise.
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 7ca87715..01778310 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -12964,14 +12964,15 @@ Builtins}).
 @end defmac
 
 @c Deprecated, to be replaced by a better API
-@ignore
 @defmac AS_DIRNAME (@var{file-name})
 @asindex{DIRNAME}
 Output the directory portion of @var{file-name}.  For example,
 if @code{$file} is @samp{/one/two/three}, the command
 @code{dir=`AS_DIRNAME(["$file"])`} sets @code{dir} to @samp{/one/two}.
+
+This interface may be improved in the future to avoid forks and losing
+trailing newlines.
 @end defmac
-@end ignore
 
 @defmac AS_ECHO (@var{word})
 @asindex{ECHO}