--- Glossary.orig 2006-04-09 12:35:52.000000000 +0200 +++ Glossary 2006-04-09 12:36:00.000000000 +0200 @@ -3537,7 +3537,7 @@ make_set_make (make.U): 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): @@ -3654,7 +3654,7 @@ myuname (Oldconfig.U): 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". @@ -4097,9 +4097,9 @@ sh (sh.U): /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. @@ -4350,7 +4350,7 @@ spackage (package.U): 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. sPRId64 (quadfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to