* doc/autoconf.texi (Shellology): Mention the problems with bash 2.05's use

  of ANSI quoting in its `set' builtin.

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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-10-23  Tim Van Holder  <tim.van.holder@pandora.be>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Shellology): Mention the problems with bash
+       2.05's use of ANSI quoting in its `set' builtin.
+
 2001-10-22  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
 
        * lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (AC_FUNC_STRERROR_R):

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--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -7507,6 +7507,15 @@ To detect whether you are running @command{bash}, test if
 Mode,, Bash @sc{posix} Mode, bash, The GNU Bash Reference Manual}, for
 details.
 
+@item Bash 2.05 and later
+@cindex Bash 2.05 and later
+Versions 2.05 and later of @command{bash} use a different format for the
+output of the @command{set} builtin, designed to make evaluating this
+output easier.  However, this output is not compatible with earlier
+versions of @command{bash} (or with many other shells, probably).  So if
+you use @command{bash} 2.05 or higher to execute @command{configure},
+you'll need to use @command{bash} 2.05 for all other build tasks as well.
+
 @item @command{/usr/xpg4/bin/sh} on Solaris
 @prindex @command{/usr/xpg4/bin/sh} on Solaris
 The @sc{posix}-compliant Bourne shell on a Solaris system is