2005-09-27  Stepan Kasal  <address@hidden>

	* tests/semantics.at (AC_C_BIGENDIAN): Pass --force to autoheader,
	  in case the computer is too quick.  Double quote the configure.ac
	  snippets.

	* tests/local.at (AT_CHECK_AUTOCONF): Always pass --force to prevent
	  problems if the testsuite were running too fast.

Index: tests/local.at
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/tests/local.at,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -r1.21 local.at
--- tests/local.at	7 Jul 2005 23:56:25 -0000	1.21
+++ tests/local.at	27 Sep 2005 15:45:32 -0000
@@ -200,8 +200,10 @@
 
 # AT_CHECK_AUTOCONF(ARGS, [EXIT-STATUS = 0], STDOUT, STDERR)
 # ----------------------------------------------------------
+# We always use "--force", to prevent problems with timestamps if the testsuite
+# were running too fast.
 m4_define([AT_CHECK_AUTOCONF],
-[AT_CHECK([autoconf $1], [$2], [$3], [$4])
+[AT_CHECK([autoconf --force $1], [$2], [$3], [$4])
 if test -s configure; then
   AT_CHECK_SHELL_SYNTAX(configure)
 fi
Index: tests/semantics.at
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/tests/semantics.at,v
retrieving revision 1.51
diff -u -r1.51 semantics.at
--- tests/semantics.at	6 Sep 2005 15:34:06 -0000	1.51
+++ tests/semantics.at	27 Sep 2005 15:45:33 -0000
@@ -468,13 +468,13 @@
 # cross-compiling or not.
 
 _AT_CHECK_AC_MACRO(
-  [AC_C_BIGENDIAN([ac_endian=big],[ac_endian=little],[ac_endian=unknown])
+  [[AC_C_BIGENDIAN([ac_endian=big],[ac_endian=little],[ac_endian=unknown])
    echo $ac_endian > at-endian
-])
+]])
 
 rm -f config.hin  # So that next run of autoheader is quiet.
 _AT_CHECK_AC_MACRO(
-  [cross_compiling=yes
+  [[cross_compiling=yes
    AC_C_BIGENDIAN([ac_endian=big],[ac_endian=little],[ac_endian=unknown])
    ac_prevendian=`cat at-endian`
    # Check that we have found the same result as in the previous run
@@ -484,11 +484,12 @@
    if test $ac_endian != $ac_prevendian && test $ac_endian != unknown; then
      AC_MSG_ERROR([unexpected endianness: first run found '$ac_prevendian' but second run found '$ac_endian'])
    fi
-])
+]])
 
 # Make sure AC_C_BIGENDIAN with no argument will define WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-AT_CONFIGURE_AC([AC_C_BIGENDIAN])
-AT_CHECK_AUTOHEADER
+AT_CONFIGURE_AC([[AC_C_BIGENDIAN]])
+# --force is necessary, the computer might be too fast.
+AT_CHECK_AUTOHEADER([--force])
 AT_CHECK([grep WORDS_BIGENDIAN config.hin], [], [ignore])
 
 AT_CLEANUP(at-endian)