[sr #110397] autoconf 2.70: autotest.m4 error

Follow-up Comment #16, sr #110397 (project autoconf): I ran into this too, and installing GNU m4 1.4.18 before configuring autoconf did fix it. ___ Reply to this item at: __

Re: Option doesn't work properly when backporting to version 2.69

Proposing patch fixing this issue. Inspired by expansion of the datarootdir option. 1. diff --git a/lib/autoconf/status.m4 b/lib/autoconf/status.m4 2. index ca8cb69..9028701 100644 3. --- a/lib/autoconf/status.m4 4. +++ b/lib/autoconf/status.m4 5. @@ -645,6 +645,35 @@ esac 6. _