* lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_DO_ECHO): Likewise.
* lib/autoconf/status.m4 (_AC_OUTPUT_FILES_PREPARE): Restore
font-lock balance.
* lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (AS_MKDIR_P): Likewise.
+ * lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_DO_ECHO): Likewise.
* configure: Regenerate.
Clean up 'make dist' of previous patch.
AC_DEFUN([_AC_DO_ECHO],
[m4_if([$1], [$ac_try], [], [ac_try="$1"
])dnl
-dnl If the string contains '"', '`', or '\', then just echo it rather
+dnl If the string contains '\"', '`', or '\\', then just echo it rather
dnl than expanding it. This is a hack, but it is safer, while also
dnl typically expanding simple substrings like '$CC', which is what we want.
dnl