* doc/install.texi (Defining Variables): Tighten up the

CONFIG_SHELL wording.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c3acfdcbe1f518907dc85e221dbed701414b9457..d5866167f36fb355d890039b7b8f0f8c6b57143b 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2006-02-12  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * doc/install.texi (Defining Variables): Tighten up the
+       CONFIG_SHELL wording.
+
+2006-02-12 Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+       and Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+       * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_BOURNE_COMPATIBLE): Look at the output
+       of (set -o) rather than testing whether (set -o posix) succeeds,
+       to work around a bug in the AIX 5.3 shell.  Problem originally
+       reportd by Howard Chu for libtool.
+
 2006-02-10  J.T. Conklin  <jtc@acorntoolworks.com>
 
        * doc/autoconf.texi (Running the Compiler, Running the Linker):

diff --git a/doc/install.texi b/doc/install.texi
index 0e6e444ad4f1ae3b4d9076a3d65fbd623bf0c0a1..8b2bb2f2e9a7649d0fb368573a6ebd472ddacd61 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/install.texi
+++ b/doc/install.texi
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 @unnumbered Installation Instructions
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
-Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004,
+2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
 unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -228,24 +228,14 @@ causes the specified @command{gcc} to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
 overridden in the site shell script).
 
 @noindent
-Unfortunately, there is a bug in Autoconf 2.60: the command
-
-@example
-/bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
-@end example
-
-@noindent
-doesn't work as it should.  A possible workaround is to set the variable in
-the environment, too:
+Unfortunately, this technique does not work for @env{CONFIG_SHELL} due
+to an Autoconf bug.  Until the bug is fixed you can use this
+workaround:
 
 @example
 CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
 @end example
 
-@noindent
-This problem will be fixed in a future release of Autoconf.
-
-
 @node configure Invocation
 @section @command{configure} Invocation