From: Akim Demaille Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:35:51 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * doc/autoconf.texi: Mention "set -e -x" lossage X-Git-Tag: AUTOCONF-2.53b~94 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d658e7f3bef68e99ad4004b3812dbd77d031f39b;p=thirdparty%2Fautoconf.git * doc/autoconf.texi: Mention "set -e -x" lossage under node "Limitations of Builtins". --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a79e6038f..d0c12a684 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2002-04-29 Thien-Thi Nguyen + + * doc/autoconf.texi: Mention "set -e -x" lossage + under node "Limitations of Builtins". + 2002-04-29 Akim Demaille * doc/install.texi: Better wording for setting variables when diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS index af48ee815..167df0f13 100644 --- a/THANKS +++ b/THANKS @@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ Stu Grossman grossman@cygnus.com Syd Polk spolk@cygnus.com T.E. Dickey dickey@clark.net Theodore Ts'o" tytso@mit.edu +Thien-Thi Nguyen ttn@gnu.org Thomas Winder tom@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at Tim Van Holder tim.van.holder@pandora.be Tom Lane tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 363feb5e0..bf62bad37 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -9234,6 +9234,14 @@ processing as soon as a non-option argument is found. Therefore, use set x $my_list; shift @end example +Some shells have the "opposite" problem of not recognizing all options +(e.g., @samp{set -e -x} assigns @samp{-x} to the command line). It is +better to elide these: + +@example +set -ex +@end example + @item @command{shift} @c ------------------