Remove core.conftest.* too; it's generated by Tru64 5.1.
* lib/autoconf/functions.m4
(AC_FUNC_SETVBUF_REVERSED, AC_FUNC_UTIME_NULL):
Don't bother to remove core files; AC_RUN_IFELSE should do that for you.
a directory whose name contains a special character like space,
newline, or "\".
* doc/autoconf.texi (Installation Directory Variables): Allow
"," in file names. Do not use \@; it's not a portable regexp.
* bin/Makefile.am (edit): Likewise.
* lib/Makefile.am (edit): Likewise.
* tests/Makefile.am (edit): Likewise.
* tests/semantics.at: Likewise.
* tests/torture.at: Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_ARG_PROGRAM): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_SRCDIRS): Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (File System Conventions): Warn about
unportable file names.
* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_DIRCHECK): New macro.
(AC_INIT): Use it.
(_AC_INIT_SRCDIR): Use ac_pwd rather than invoking pwd.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_CONFIG_STATUS): Propagate
ac_pwd, and quote srcdir.
* lib/autotest/general.m4 (AT_INIT): Quote file name args.
".)" needs a following @: if not at the end of a sentence, and
similarly for "!)". "etc." should be preceded by a comma.
"n-th" -> "@var{n}th". pdksh is still buggy, so update its date.
(Input): Mention that AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR's
argument is often called 'build-aux'.
/dev/null, as "configure" shouldn't read stdin, and this insulates
us from problems (e.g., when testing for "cl"). Also, do this
redirection before invoking "hostname" or "uname", and keep the
original input stream available via...
(AS_ORIGINAL_STDIN_FD): ... this new macro.
(_AC_PREPROC_IFELSE, _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE, _AC_LINK_IFELSE): Don't
bother with "</dev/null" since it's now done at the top of
'configure'.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CXX): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (_AC_PROG_FC): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_PATH_PROG_FLAVOR_GNU): Likewise.
* doc/autoconf.texi (File Descriptor Macros): New section.
(Printing Messages): Mention it.
* tests/base.at (Input/Output): New test.
from /dev/null, as "configure" shouldn't read stdin, and this
insulates us from problems (e.g., when testing for "cl").
Suggested by Alexandre Duret-Lutz. Also, do this redirection
before invoking "hostname" or "uname".
(_AC_PREPROC_IFELSE, _AC_COMPILE_IFELSE,
_AC_LINK_IFELSE): Undo previous change, as it's no longer needed.
* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CXX): Don't bother with
"</dev/null" since it's now done at the top of 'configure'.
* lib/autoconf/fortran.m4 (_AC_PROG_FC): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/programs.m4 (_AC_PATH_PROG_FLAVOR_GNU): Likewise.
Also, replace grep with shell pattern-matching, to save a process.
Fix some @code's that should have been @env's, and vice versa.
Sort environment variable names.
Mention that shells no longer inherit IFS.
Don't recommend PATH_SEPARATOR=';' so strongly.
Mention that $RANDOM might expand to the empty string.
"symlink" and "soft link" -> "symbolic link".
Improve mktemp description (reported by Bruno Haible).
