From: Ralf Wildenhues Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:48:57 +0000 (+0100) Subject: docs: Tru64/OSF sh treats read as special builtin X-Git-Tag: v2.68b~121 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ac9c534e65eac446064f8570b1749a3826e26f47;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git docs: Tru64/OSF sh treats read as special builtin * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): read may exit upon unreadable or non-existent file with Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 4c8fd490..c314e63e 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2011-01-17 Ralf Wildenhues + + docs: Tru64/OSF sh treats read as special builtin + * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): read may exit + upon unreadable or non-existent file with Tru64/OSF 5.1 sh. + 2011-01-12 Eric Blake docs: fix description of m4_ifval diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 9f5494ee..4cb3a8c6 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -17342,7 +17342,9 @@ Also please see the discussion of the @command{cd} command. @c ----------------- @prindex @command{read} No options are portable, not even support @option{-r} (Solaris -@command{/bin/sh} for example). +@command{/bin/sh} for example). Tru64/OSF 5.1 @command{sh} treats +@command{read} as a special built-in, so it may exit if input is +redirected from a non-existent or unreadable file. @anchor{set}