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commit 2105ae97000c7c77442b3a788c90d8fee63bd2b3
Author: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu May 5 08:29:21 2011 -0600

    doc: document dash bug with positional parameters
    
    * doc/autoconf.texi (Shell Substitutions) <${10}>: Document
    a pitfall with $10.
    
    Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog         |    6 ++++++
 doc/autoconf.texi |   12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 14abf51..1fca7bb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-05-05  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
+
+       doc: document dash bug with positional parameters
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Shell Substitutions) <${10}>: Document
+       a pitfall with $10.
+
 2011-04-27  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
 
        docs: document NetBSD join bug
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index b466e56..7ff693f 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -15846,6 +15846,18 @@ $ @kbd{echo address@hidden@}}
 bad substitution
 @end example
 
+Conversely, not all shells obey the Posix rule that when braces are
+omitted, multiple digits beyond a @samp{$} imply the single-digit
+positional parameter expansion concatenated with the remaining literal
+digits.  To work around the issue, you must use braces.
+
address@hidden
+$ @kbd{bash -c 'set a b c d e f g h i j; echo $10 address@hidden@}0'}
+a0 a0
+$ @kbd{dash -c 'set a b c d e f g h i j; echo $10 address@hidden@}0'}
+j a0
address@hidden example
+
 @item address@hidden@var{var}:address@hidden@}
 @c Info cannot handle `:' in index entries.
 @ifnotinfo


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