* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Swap "cd" and

"case" to restore ordering.
Reported by Stepan Kasal.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 59f73a5f041577553ed250e6f85bbb8ca36279dd..17fb8aadd9d41ab92ac4e917097ccee12a6fe9cd 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+2004-09-02  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Swap "cd" and
+       "case" to restore ordering.
+       Reported by Stepan Kasal.
+
 2004-08-26  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 
-       * doc/autoconf.texi: Typos and stylos.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi: Minor typos and stylos.
 
 2004-08-20  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 

diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 554181d01e2bc7c35481bf75db18e41936582423..eb04751156c3f30283ed2c3fb59479bd32f93181 100644 (file)
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ Sander Niemeijer            niemeijer@science-and-technology.nl
 Scott Bambrough             scottb@corelcomputer.com
 Scott Stanton               stanton@scriptics.com
 Simon Leinen                simon@lia.di.epfl.ch
+Stepan Kasal                kasal@ucw.cz
 Stephen Gildea              filtered@against.spam
 Steve Chamberlain           sac@cygnus.com
 Steve Huston                shuston@riverace.com

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 23c94ebf18e87c6aa5349e47558903939ce956ab..aac289033c6fb5cbdb7a6cd72e19f0678771e0a4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -10495,28 +10495,6 @@ if @var{command}; then (exit 1); else :; fi
 The use of @samp{break 2} etc.@: is safe.
 
 
-@item @command{cd}
-@c ---------------------------------
-@prindex @command{cd}
-@acronym{POSIX} 1003.1-2001 requires that @command{cd} must support
-the @option{-L} (``logical'') and @option{-P} (``physical'') options,
-with @option{-L} being the default.  However, traditional shells do
-not support these options, and their @command{cd} command has the
-@option{-P} behavior.
-
-Portable scripts should assume neither option is supported, and should
-assume neither behavior is the default.  This can be a bit tricky,
-since the @acronym{POSIX} default behavior means that, for example,
-@samp{ls ..} and @samp{cd ..} may refer to different directories if
-the current logical directory is a symbolic link.  It is safe to use
-@command{cd @var{dir}} if @var{dir} contains no @file{..} components.
-Also, Autoconf-generated scripts check for this problem when computing
-variables like @code{ac_top_srcdir} (@pxref{Configuration Actions}),
-so it is safe to @command{cd} to these variables.
-
-Also please see the discussion of the @command{pwd} command.
-
-
 @item @command{case}
 @c -----------------
 @prindex @command{case}
@@ -10562,6 +10540,28 @@ $ @kbd{case foo in (foo) echo foo;; esac}
 @end example
 
 
+@item @command{cd}
+@c ---------------
+@prindex @command{cd}
+@acronym{POSIX} 1003.1-2001 requires that @command{cd} must support
+the @option{-L} (``logical'') and @option{-P} (``physical'') options,
+with @option{-L} being the default.  However, traditional shells do
+not support these options, and their @command{cd} command has the
+@option{-P} behavior.
+
+Portable scripts should assume neither option is supported, and should
+assume neither behavior is the default.  This can be a bit tricky,
+since the @acronym{POSIX} default behavior means that, for example,
+@samp{ls ..} and @samp{cd ..} may refer to different directories if
+the current logical directory is a symbolic link.  It is safe to use
+@command{cd @var{dir}} if @var{dir} contains no @file{..} components.
+Also, Autoconf-generated scripts check for this problem when computing
+variables like @code{ac_top_srcdir} (@pxref{Configuration Actions}),
+so it is safe to @command{cd} to these variables.
+
+Also please see the discussion of the @command{pwd} command.
+
+
 @item @command{echo}
 @c -----------------
 @prindex @command{echo}