--- Glossary.orig 2003-03-14 12:37:11.000000000 +0200 +++ Glossary 2003-03-14 12:37:38.000000000 +0200 @@ -3440,7 +3440,7 @@ make_set_make="MAKE=$make" # if it doesn't. This uses a comment character to distinguish a - 'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure -D option) + 'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure '-D' option) from an uncomputed value. mallocobj (mallocsrc.U): @@ -3544,7 +3544,7 @@ whole thing is then lower-cased. n (n.U): - This variable contains the -n flag if that is what causes the echo + This variable contains the '-n' flag if that is what causes the echo command to suppress newline. Otherwise it is null. Correct usage is $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c". @@ -4053,9 +4053,9 @@ /bin/sh, though it's possible that some systems will have /bin/ksh, /bin/pdksh, /bin/ash, /bin/bash, or even something such as D:/bin/sh.exe. - This unit comes before Options.U, so you can't set sh with a -D + This unit comes before Options.U, so you can't set sh with a '-D' option, though you can override this (and startsh) - with -O -Dsh=/bin/whatever -Dstartsh=whatever + with '-O -Dsh=/bin/whatever -Dstartsh=whatever' shar (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. @@ -4306,7 +4306,7 @@ spitshell (spitshell.U): This variable contains the command necessary to spit out a runnable - shell on this system. It is either cat or a grep -v for # comments. + shell on this system. It is either cat or a grep '-v' for # comments. srand48_r_proto (d_srand48_r.U): This variable encodes the prototype of srand48_r.