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diff --git a/doc/backtick.html b/doc/backtick.html
index 91e963a..e5a889d 100644
--- a/doc/backtick.html
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ environment variable, then executes another program.
</p>
<pre>
- backtick [ -i | -I | -D <em>default</em> ] [ -N | -n ] [ -E | -e ] <em>variable</em> { <em>prog1...</em> } <em>prog2...</em>
+ backtick [ -i | -I | -d | -D <em>default</em> ] [ -N | -n ] [ -E | -e ] <em>variable</em> { <em>prog1...</em> } <em>prog2...</em>
</pre>
<ul>
@@ -63,15 +63,17 @@ nonzero:
</p>
<ul>
- <li> <tt>-i</tt>&nbsp;: backtick exits 1. </li>
- <li> <tt>-I</tt>&nbsp;: <em>variable</em> is <strong>removed</strong> from
+ <li> <tt>-i</tt>&nbsp;: backtick exits with an
+<a href="exitcodes.html">approximation</a> of <em>prog1</em>'s exit code,
+or 124 if <em>prog1</em> wrote a null character. This is the default. </li>
+ <li> <tt>-I</tt>: the value of <em>variable</em> is set to whatever
+the start of <em>prog1...</em>'s output is, up to the first null character,
+or to whatever <em>prog1...</em> wrote before crashing; chomping is applied
+if required; then execution proceeds. </li>
+ <li> <tt>-d</tt>&nbsp;: <em>variable</em> is <strong>removed</strong> from
the environment, and execution proceeds. </li>
<li> <tt>-D&nbsp;<em>default</em></tt>&nbsp;: the value of <em>variable</em>
is set to <em>default</em>, and execution proceeds. </li>
- <li> neither of those options: the value of <em>variable</em> is set to whatever
-the start of <em>prog1...</em>'s output is, up to the first null character,
-or to whatever <em>prog1...</em> wrote before crashing;
-then execution proceeds. </li>
</ul>
</body>
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index c708c6d..8222a48 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ shell's syntax, and has no security issues.
<li> A POSIX-compliant system with a standard C development environment </li>
<li> GNU make, version 3.81 or later. </li>
<li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/skalibs/">skalibs</a> version
-2.10.0.1 or later. It's a build-time requirement. It's also a run-time
+2.10.0.2 or later. It's a build-time requirement. It's also a run-time
requirement if you link against the shared version of the skalibs
library. </li>
</ul>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ want nsswitch-like functionality:
<h3> Download </h3>
<ul>
- <li> The current released version of execline is <a href="execline-2.7.0.1.tar.gz">2.7.0.1</a>. </li>
+ <li> The current released version of execline is <a href="execline-2.8.0.0.tar.gz">2.8.0.0</a>. </li>
<li> Alternatively, you can checkout a copy of the
<a href="//git.skarnet.org/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/execline/">execline
git repository</a>:
diff --git a/doc/upgrade.html b/doc/upgrade.html
index eac79a7..b30f6ac 100644
--- a/doc/upgrade.html
+++ b/doc/upgrade.html
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
<h1> What has changed in execline </h1>
+<h2> in 2.8.0.0 </h2>
+
+<ul>
+ <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/skalibs/">skalibs</a>
+dependency bumped to 2.10.0.2. </li>
+ <li> <a href="backtick.html">backtick</a> options have changed
+slightly, and now propagates subprocess failure by default. </li>
+</ul>
+
<h2> in 2.7.0.1 </h2>
<ul>