* doc/autoconf.texi (File System Conventions): Warn about ":"

anywhere in directory names.
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2006-06-01 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
* doc/autoconf.texi (File System Conventions): Warn about ":"
anywhere in directory names.
2006-05-31 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_DO_ECHO): Be even more conservative

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Also, file names should not begin with @samp{~} or @samp{-}, and should
contain neither @samp{-} immediately after @samp{/} nor @samp{~}
immediately after @samp{:}.
immediately after @samp{:}. On Posix-like platforms, directory names
should not contain @samp{:}, as this runs afoul of @samp{:} used as the
path separator.
These restrictions apply not only to the files that you distribute, but
also to the absolute file names of your source, build, and destination