* doc/autoconf.texi (File System Conventions): Warn about ":"

anywhere in directory names.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a0d7232de6736484fa947354102602aecea07898..390c2f130e4ee40e0d653649329887d1f1b278fe 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-06-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (File System Conventions): Warn about ":"
+       anywhere in directory names.
+
 2006-05-31  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_DO_ECHO): Be even more conservative

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 08bf22e291b22377bfec14835c7fd25289bc6142..c69d71aa1ad4521a0d4c480cf25424c77eabddc2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -10947,7 +10947,9 @@ the following:
 
 Also, file names should not begin with @samp{~} or @samp{-}, and should
 contain neither @samp{-} immediately after @samp{/} nor @samp{~}
-immediately after @samp{:}.
+immediately after @samp{:}.  On Posix-like platforms, directory names
+should not contain @samp{:}, as this runs afoul of @samp{:} used as the
+path separator.
 
 These restrictions apply not only to the files that you distribute, but
 also to the absolute file names of your source, build, and destination