Re: 'make check' test 6 fail, native hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00, autoconf 2.50 and autoconf 2.50b

[Michael Elizabeth Chastain]

The example in autoconf.texi isn't accurate.

  address@hidden native]$ echo foo | /bin/awk '/foo|^bar/ { print }'
  foo
  address@hidden native]$ echo bar | /bin/awk '/foo|^bar/ { print }'
  bar
  address@hidden native]$ echo foo | /bin/awk '/^bar|foo/ { print }'
  foo
  address@hidden native]$ echo bar | /bin/awk '/^bar|foo/ { print }'
  bar

But:

  address@hidden native]$ echo xfoo | /bin/awk '/foo|^bar/ { print }'

This means the "echo foo | $AWK '/foo|^bar$/'" test will spuriously
succeed.

My second problem is that I have a tough time regenerating all the
dependent files from the new autoconf.in / configure.in (there is no
bootstrap script and I don't even want to try autoreconf).  Can you do
this and send me a patch versus a pristine 2.50b tarball that
includes the updated "configure" ?

MichaelC