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Re: [PATCH] docs: mention Solaris here-docs vs. ${a-"b c"}


From: Bob Proulx
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: mention Solaris here-docs vs. ${a-"b c"}
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:43:13 -0600
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14)

Eric Blake wrote:
> * doc/autoconf.texi (Shell Substitutions) <${var:=value}>:
> Document problem of "" within here-docs.
> Reported by Ralf Wildenhues.
> address@hidden must either be a single shell word or be quoted.  Solaris
> address@hidden must either be a single shell word, quoted, or in the
> +context of an unquoted here-document.  Solaris
>  @command{/bin/sh} complains otherwise.

For what it is worth a friend of mine (Hi Ken!) reported to me that
the POSIX shell on HP-UX 11.31 and AIX 5.2 also behave like Solaris.
But that True64 behaved like the others.

Bob



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