Re: autoconf weirdness

[Joachim Reichel <joachim.reichel@gmx.de>]

Hello Brian,

> I am trying to update configure in shellutils-2.0.11 with
> the woody version of autoconf.
>
> First I had to rename instances of AC_SHELL_IFELSE to AS_IF.
>
> However, now I get this weird first few lines:
>
> --- cut ---
> #! /bin/sh
> # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
> # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.53.
> #
> # Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
> # Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> # This configure script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
> # gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
>  ECHO_N= ECHO_C='
> ' ECHO_T='      ' ;;
>   *c*,*  ) ECHO_N=-n ECHO_C= ECHO_T= ;;
>   *)       ECHO_N= ECHO_C='\c' ECHO_T= ;;
> esac


I once got this error message when I defined a macro before the use of 
AC_INIT. autoconf2.13 didn't complain, but autoconf2.5x produced the 
piece of code shown above.

Regards,
  Joachim