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From: Stefano Lattarini
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:43:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: issue with shell functions and here-documents on
Solaris
* doc/autoconf.texi (Here-Documents): Using a command substitution
in a here-documents being fed to a shell function is unportable.
Problem revealed by the automake testsuite:
---
ChangeLog | 8 ++++++++
doc/autoconf.texi | 13 +++++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0f67f89..ea874f8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2011-12-24 Stefano Lattarini
+
+ docs: issue with shell functions and here-documents on Solaris
+ * doc/autoconf.texi (Here-Documents): Using a command substitution
+ in a here-documents being fed to a shell function is unportable.
+ Problem revealed by the automake testsuite:
+
+
2011-12-07 Paul Eggert
AC_LANG_BOOL_COMPILE_TRY(C): port to g++ with warnings
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index d7d2231..dc938da 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -15239,6 +15239,19 @@ bash-2.04$ @kbd{cat < `echo ok`
+> EOF}
+/tmp/sh199886: cannot open
+$ @kbd{echo $?}
+1
address@hidden example
+
Some shells mishandle large here-documents: for example,
Solaris 10 @command{dtksh} and the UnixWare 7.1.1 Posix shell, which are
derived from Korn shell version M-12/28/93d, mishandle braced variable
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