Index: lib/autoconf/status.m4
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RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/lib/autoconf/status.m4,v
retrieving revision 1.103
diff -u -r1.103 status.m4
--- lib/autoconf/status.m4	19 May 2006 21:02:10 -0000	1.103
+++ lib/autoconf/status.m4	22 May 2006 08:47:23 -0000
@@ -660,7 +660,10 @@
 [s,^[	 #]*u.*,/* & */,]' >>conftest.defines
 
 # Break up conftest.defines:
-ac_max_sed_lines=m4_eval(_AC_SED_CMD_LIMIT - 4)
+ac_max_sed_lines=m4_eval(_AC_SED_CMD_LIMIT - 3)
+# Well, to work around problems with the size of the script, use a smaller
+# limit:
+ac_max_sed_lines=60
 
 # First sed command is:	 sed -f defines.sed $ac_file_inputs >"$tmp/out1"
 # Second one is:	 sed -f defines.sed "$tmp/out1" >"$tmp/out2"