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Bug#31803: marked as done (Autoconf AC_PATH_PROG macro problem...)

Your message dated Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:02:22 +0000
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has caused the Debian Bug report #31803,
regarding Autoconf AC_PATH_PROG macro problem...
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Package: autoconf
Installed-Size: 707
Version: 2.12-12

This configure.in script gets processed wrong:
=======
AC_INIT

AC_ARG_WITH(perl, [--with-perl=FILE  Which perl executable to use],
            PERL_PATH="${with_perl}", AC_PATH_PROG(PERL_PATH, perl))
=======

What I think the problem is:
  AC_PATH_PROG(PERL_PATH, perl) contains a case expression, one close paren
in that expression gets eaten by something...

Comes out looking like this:
>  case "$PERL_PATH" in
>  /*
>fi
>
>  ac_cv_path_PERL_PATH="$PERL_PATH" # Let the user override the test with a path.
>  ;;

Should look like this:
>  case "$PERL_PATH" in
>  /*)
>  ac_cv_path_PERL_PATH="$PERL_PATH" # Let the user override the test with a path.
>  ;;

What I think the fix is:
  Modify acgeneral.m4 around line 1341 and 1344 so that these case
statements have their ')' escaped from whatever is munching on them.

1340 [case "[$]$1" in
1341   /*)
1342   ac_cv_path_$1="[$]$1" # Let the user override the test with a path.
1343   ;;
1344   *)

  Thanks,
    Mike Simons
    msimons@fsimons01.erols.com

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Version: 2.13-69+rm

Dear submitter,

as the package autoconf2.13 has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1081135

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.

Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
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