2006-09-12  Stepan Kasal  <address@hidden>

	* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR): Remove a
	  mistaken comment; the path has to be relative.
	(AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR): Likewise; moreover, do not check for
	  the existence of the dir at configure time.

Index: lib/autoconf/general.m4
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/lib/autoconf/general.m4,v
retrieving revision 1.928
diff -u -r1.928 general.m4
--- lib/autoconf/general.m4	2 Sep 2006 05:37:08 -0000	1.928
+++ lib/autoconf/general.m4	12 Sep 2006 18:04:48 -0000
@@ -1565,7 +1565,6 @@
 # ----------------------
 # Find install-sh, config.sub, config.guess, and Cygnus configure
 # in directory DIR.  These are auxiliary files used in configuration.
-# DIR can be either absolute or relative to $srcdir.
 AC_DEFUN([AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR],
 [AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIRS($1 "$srcdir"/$1)])
 
@@ -1627,15 +1626,7 @@
 # AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(DIR)
 # ------------------------
 # Declare directory containing additional macros for aclocal.
-# DIR can be either absolute or relative to $srcdir.
-AC_DEFUN([AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR],
-[case $1 in
-  [[\\/]]* | ?:[[\\/]]* ) ac_macro_dir=$1         ;;
-  *)                      ac_macro_dir=$srcdir/$1 ;;
-esac
-test -d "$ac_macro_dir" ||
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find macro directory `$1'])
-])# AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR
+AC_DEFUN([AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR], [])