* doc/autoconf.texi: Mention "set -e -x" lossage

under node "Limitations of Builtins".
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2002-04-29 Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnu.org>
* doc/autoconf.texi: Mention "set -e -x" lossage
under node "Limitations of Builtins".
2002-04-29 Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>
* doc/install.texi: Better wording for setting variables when

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Syd Polk spolk@cygnus.com
T.E. Dickey dickey@clark.net
Theodore Ts'o" tytso@mit.edu
Thien-Thi Nguyen ttn@gnu.org
Thomas Winder tom@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at
Tim Van Holder tim.van.holder@pandora.be
Tom Lane tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us

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@ -9234,6 +9234,14 @@ processing as soon as a non-option argument is found. Therefore, use
set x $my_list; shift
@end example
Some shells have the "opposite" problem of not recognizing all options
(e.g., @samp{set -e -x} assigns @samp{-x} to the command line). It is
better to elide these:
@example
set -ex
@end example
@item @command{shift}
@c ------------------