patch to missing check

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b0e3dc26c7cf086426aa335dc24ef691e17eb5ee..bea0e352d94fc23ef5d56a541cfa0b1c87f748c1 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Fri Apr 25 12:33:23 1997  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
+       * m4/missing.m4: Redirect stdin of testee.  From Bill Fenner.
+
        * automake.in (output_yacc_build_rule): Generate rule to create .h
        file.
        (handle_footer): Generate unique, sorted list of suffixes.

diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 9226c9cce7cd6e941453908deb5e5cb6c2dce675..9e8c07416429f35823ae3985b92c17e996e9e79a 100644 (file)
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Akim Demaille <demaille@inf.enst.fr>
 Alexander V. Lukyanov <lav@yars.free.net>
 Andreas Schwab <schwab@lamothe.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
 Anthony Green <green@cygnus.com>
+Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
 David A. Swierczek <swiercze@mr.med.ge.com>
 David Zaroski <cz253@cleveland.Freenet.Edu>
 Dieter Baron <dillo@stieltjes.smc.univie.ac.at>

diff --git a/m4/missing.m4 b/m4/missing.m4
index cdfb753c9f546d271e2fefc264eca1b3c3ce77b3..39178df201c7846b220231fb7b3c771924a96eee 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/missing.m4
+++ b/m4/missing.m4
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ AC_DEFUN(AM_MISSING_PROG,
 [AC_MSG_CHECKING(for working $2)
 # Run test in a subshell; some versions of sh will print an error if
 # an executable is not found, even if stderr is redirected.
-if ($2 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+# Redirect stdin to placate older versions of autoconf.  Sigh.
+if ($2 --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then
    $1=$2
    AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
 else