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commit 9935105de6e18dba029660d60f42b8b81d7ac3c4
Author: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
Date:   Tue Jan 29 07:45:10 2008 -0700

    * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <.>: Mention bash bug.
    
    Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog         |    5 +++++
 doc/autoconf.texi |   10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 42da03c..8d592df 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-01-29  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins) <.>: Mention bash
+       bug.
+
 2008-01-28  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
 
        Fix regression in handling VAR=VALUE arguments to testsuite.
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index f6421d7..9c5b192 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -13598,10 +13598,12 @@ the @samp{x} into account later in the pipe.
 @c --------------
 @prindex @command{.}
 Use @command{.} only with regular files (use @samp{test -f}).  Bash
-2.03, for instance, chokes on @samp{. /dev/null}.  Also, remember that
address@hidden uses @env{PATH} if its argument contains no slashes, so if
-you want to use @command{.} on a file @file{foo} in the current
-directory, you must use @samp{. ./foo}.
+2.03, for instance, chokes on @samp{. /dev/null}.  Remember that
address@hidden uses @env{PATH} if its argument contains no slashes.  Also,
+some shells, including bash 3.2, implicitly append the current directory
+to this @env{PATH} search, even though Posix forbids it.  So if you want
+to use @command{.} on a file @file{foo} in the current directory, you
+must use @samp{. ./foo}.
 
 @item @command{!}
 @c --------------


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