Something like this, perhaps?
2001-10-21 Tim Van Holder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* doc/autoconf.texi: Mention the issue of bash 2.05's
`set' builtin.
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Mode,, Bash @sc{posix} Mode, bash, The GNU Bash Reference Manual}, for
details.
+@item Bash 2.05 and later
+@cindex Bash 2.05 and later
+Versions 2.05 and later of @command{bash} use a different format for
the
+output of the @command{set} builtin, designed to make evaluating this
+output easier. However, this output is not compatible with earlier
+versions of @command{bash} (or with many other shells, probably). So
if
+you use @command{bash} 2.05 or higher to execute @command{configure},
+you'll need to use @command{bash} 2.05 for all other build tasks as
well.
+
@item @command{/usr/xpg4/bin/sh} on Solaris
@prindex @command{/usr/xpg4/bin/sh} on Solaris
The @sc{posix}-compliant Bourne shell on a Solaris system is
