fix AC_SYS_INTERPRETER

diff --git a/acspecific.m4 b/acspecific.m4
index d61ac5055ded95b571c6df2164724f20d090397e..dba47d44ce6f8eb27e099a3e59629b7af750a136 100644 (file)
--- a/acspecific.m4
+++ b/acspecific.m4
@@ -1327,7 +1327,9 @@ dnl ### Checks for operating system services
 dnl
 dnl
 AC_DEFUN(AC_SYS_INTERPRETER,
-[AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether [#]! works in shell scripts)
+[# Pull the hash mark out of the macro call to avoid m4 problems.
+ac_msg="whether #! works in shell scripts"
+AC_MSG_CHECKING($ac_msg)
 AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_sys_interpreter,
 [echo '#!/bin/cat
 exit 69

diff --git a/lib/autoconf/specific.m4 b/lib/autoconf/specific.m4
index d61ac5055ded95b571c6df2164724f20d090397e..dba47d44ce6f8eb27e099a3e59629b7af750a136 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/autoconf/specific.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/specific.m4
@@ -1327,7 +1327,9 @@ dnl ### Checks for operating system services
 dnl
 dnl
 AC_DEFUN(AC_SYS_INTERPRETER,
-[AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether [#]! works in shell scripts)
+[# Pull the hash mark out of the macro call to avoid m4 problems.
+ac_msg="whether #! works in shell scripts"
+AC_MSG_CHECKING($ac_msg)
 AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_sys_interpreter,
 [echo '#!/bin/cat
 exit 69