* doc/autoconf.texi (Shellology): Document a quirk in

here-document handling on OpenBSD.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e95aa811a08347522a4018d536d71c272eaf9c1a..29cc6cd6a1c87707674c6fe5ac571ee50d9b6b8d 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-05-04  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Shellology): Document a quirk in
+       here-document handling on OpenBSD.
+
 2001-05-11  Akim Demaille  <akim@epita.fr>
 
        * aclang.m4 (_AC_PROG_PREPROC_WORKS_IFELSE): No longer use the

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 4784cd852fcecff1c17dbed830977e53084ae3a0..9970bacdfa2240ddc0179c15ea7f9923fc5b5223 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -5247,6 +5247,15 @@ To detect whether you are running @command{bash}, test if
 Mode,, Bash @sc{posix} Mode, bash, The GNU Bash Reference Manual}, for
 details.
 
+@item @command{/bin/sh} on OpenBSD
+@cindex @command{/bin/sh} on OpenBSD
+
+@samp{\"} expands to @samp{"} in here-in documents with unquoted
+delimiter in the native @command{/bin/sh} on OpenBSD 2.7.  As a general
+rule, if @samp{\\} expands to @samp{\} use @samp{\\} to get @samp{\}.
+Don't rely on @samp{\} being preserved just because it has no special
+meaning together with the next symbol.
+
 @item @command{/usr/xpg4/bin/sh} on Solaris
 @cindex @command{/usr/xpg4/bin/sh} on Solaris
 The @sc{posix}-compliant Bourne shell on a Solaris system is