* doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables) <IFS>: Document

`$*' and IFS concatenation issue with traditional shells and
bash-2.04.  Report by Seanster@Seanster.com.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index de9bd7d8c0e0c13fd1dcfbe81103ea49ee4b47e1..f47853b9192e6aed5d0bd324377daf5773241d50 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-05-04  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Special Shell Variables) <IFS>: Document
+       `$*' and IFS concatenation issue with traditional shells and
+       bash-2.04.  Report by Seanster@Seanster.com.
+
 2006-05-03  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
        * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Identify more

diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
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--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -11546,7 +11546,9 @@ characters.
 
 The proper value for @code{IFS} (in regular code, not when performing
 splits) is @samp{@key{SPC}@key{TAB}@key{RET}}.  The first character is
-especially important, as it is used to join the arguments in @samp{@@*}.
+especially important, as it is used to join the arguments in @samp{$*};
+however, note that traditional shells, but also bash-2.04, fail to adhere
+to this and join with a space anyway.
 
 @item LANG
 @itemx LC_ALL