Re: new behavior in M4 1.4.5 breaks autoconf "make check"

[Eric Blake]

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According to Paul Eggert on 7/17/2006 11:31 AM:
> Apparently a post-1.4.4b change to M4 changed one of its diagnostics?

Yes, I intentionally changed the diagnostics to be closer to GNU coding
standards.  There are still some fixes to be made before it is compliant,
but now filenames are quoted, and messages start with lowercase.

> Anyway, the new diagnostic in M4 1.4.5 breaks Autoconf's "make check".
> I assume this change is permanent so I have installed the following
> into Autoconf.

It's always a little dangerous to make the testsuite depend on the exact
text of the error message of a third-party program, but in this case, it
will help ensure that automake users upgrade their m4 installation.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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