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Re: another batch of minor doc patches


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: another batch of minor doc patches
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:36:05 +0000

> I installed this to accommodate the flurry of last-minute suggestions
> and a few other VPATH/quoting problems I noticed (can't say I caught
> them all....):

Comments on the ChangeLog:

> 
> 2006-06-16  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * doc/autoconf.texi:
...
>       (Making testsuite Scripts, Defining Directories):
>       Quote variable usages better.

You missed mentioning that this added documentation of
clean-local that was previously missing.

...
>       (Special Shell Variables): Note leading ./ or ../, as suggested
>       by Stepan Kasal.

Actually, that was me, not Stepan, and I haven't tested it
everywhere, so we may yet encounter a shell that does not
obey that POSIX rule for cd.  But since you have already
checked it in, we may as well leave it there until proven
otherwise.

-- 
Eric Blake




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