Re: Potential bash 2.05 issues with 'set'

[Tim Van Holder]

Something like this, perhaps?

2001-10-21  Tim Van Holder  <address@hidden>

        * doc/autoconf.texi: Mention the issue of bash 2.05's
        `set' builtin.

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RCS file: /cvs/autoconf/doc/autoconf.texi,v
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@@ -7504,6 +7504,15 @@
 Mode,, Bash @sc{posix} Mode, bash, The GNU Bash Reference Manual}, for
 details.

address@hidden Bash 2.05 and later
address@hidden 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