Re: Autoconf 2.50 is released

[Akim Demaille]

| If I have a file named "a.*" in my configuration directory, I
| can't configure:
| 
|       checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c
|       checking for cc... (cached) cc
|       checking for gcc... (cached) cc
|       checking for gcc... (cached) cc
|       checking for C compiler default output... a.file
|       checking whether the C compiler works... configure: error: cannot run C 
compiled programs.
|       If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
| 
| The interesting line seems to be:
| 
|       [for ac_file in `ls a.exe conftest.exe a.* conftest conftest.* 
2>/dev/null`; do
| 
| in aclang.m4.
| 
| I have no idea how necessary this test is, but it's a pretty
| strong statement about who owns the filesystem name space!

Please *post public*.

That's when we look for a.exe or a.out.  Thanks!

An obvious ``fix'' would be first to ls a.* (before the compilation)
and subtract these afterwards.