diffs or instructions to <bash-maintainers@gnu.org> so they can be
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-The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program
-called Autoconf. You only need `configure.in' if you want to change it
+The file `configure.ac' is used to create `configure' by a program
+called Autoconf. You only need `configure.ac' if you want to change it
or regenerate `configure' using a newer version of Autoconf. If you do
this, make sure you are using Autoconf version 2.50 or newer.
options, but it is processed first, so individual options may be
enabled using `enable-FEATURE'.
-All of the following options except for `disabled-builtins' and
-`xpg-echo-default' are enabled by default, unless the operating system
-does not provide the necessary support.
+All of the following options except for `disabled-builtins',
+`directpand-default', and `xpg-echo-default' are enabled by default,
+unless the operating system does not provide the necessary support.
`--enable-alias'
Allow alias expansion and include the `alias' and `unalias'
`--enable-debugger'
Include support for the bash debugger (distributed separately).
+`--enable-direxpand-default'
+ Cause the `direxpand' shell option (*note The Shopt Builtin::) to
+ be enabled by default when the shell starts. It is normally
+ disabled by default.
+
`--enable-directory-stack'
Include support for a `csh'-like directory stack and the `pushd',
`popd', and `dirs' builtins (*note The Directory Stack::).
Set the default value of the EXTGLOB shell option described above
under *note The Shopt Builtin:: to be enabled.
+`--enable-glob-asciirange-default'
+ Set the default value of the GLOBASCIIRANGES shell option described
+ above under *note The Shopt Builtin:: to be enabled. This
+ controls the behavior of character ranges when used in pattern
+ matching bracket expressions.
+
`--enable-help-builtin'
Include the `help' builtin, which displays help on shell builtins
and variables (*note Bash Builtins::).
`--enable-prompt-string-decoding'
Turn on the interpretation of a number of backslash-escaped
characters in the `$PS1', `$PS2', `$PS3', and `$PS4' prompt
- strings. See *note Printing a Prompt::, for a complete list of
- prompt string escape sequences.
+ strings. See *note Controlling the Prompt::, for a complete list
+ of prompt string escape sequences.
`--enable-readline'
Include support for command-line editing and history with the Bash