From: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 16:18:20 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * doc/autoconf.texi (Shell Substitutions): Document `^' vs. `|'.
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* doc/autoconf.texi (Shell Substitutions): Document `^' vs. `|'.
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3cbbe91e2..2289cd17f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-04-05  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+	* doc/autoconf.texi (Shell Substitutions): Document `^' vs. `|'.
+
 2006-04-05  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
 
 	* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Prep AT_*_all, so that an
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 4c788b4de..73f6d52a6 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -11007,6 +11007,11 @@ mishandle them.  For example, Bash 3.1, @samp{ksh88}, @command{pdksh}
 echo $(case x in x) echo hello;; esac)
 @end example
 
+@item ^
+@cindex ^ quoting
+Always quote @samp{^}, otherwise traditional shells such as
+@command{/bin/sh} on Solaris 10 treat this like @samp{|}.
+
 @end table