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@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Things it would be nice to maybe do someday:
 
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-* Fix AC_REQUIRE interrupting messages.
+* Prevent AC_REQUIRE from interrupting messages.  I have a patch to do this,
+but it makes autoconf take 3 times as long to run.
 
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@@ -16,15 +17,16 @@ Things it would be nice to maybe do someday:
 
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-* Look at Jim Avera's code to allow [ and ] in patterns and AC_DEFINE args.
+* Look at Jim Avera's code to allow [ and ] in egrep patterns and
+AC_DEFINE args.
 
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-* Support host and target dependent hints for things that can't be
-automatically determined.  Perhaps this could replace or supplement
-the current ad-hoc macros for Dynix, SCO, ISC, etc.  Or, perhaps there
-should be macros for certain functions (statfs, wait) or classes of
-functions (POSIX, NIS) that do everything necessary, instead.
+* Replace the current ad-hoc macros for Dynix, SCO, ISC, etc.
+Perhaps there should be macros for certain functions (statfs, wait) or
+classes of functions (POSIX, NIS) that do everything necessary, instead.
+Select the right CONFIG_SHELL automatically (Ultrix, Lynx esp.)
+Select the right C compiler and POSIX/ANSI C options automatically.
 
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@@ -75,14 +77,6 @@ in a dnl comment.  (Seems to be hard.)
 
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-* Select the right CONFIG_SHELL automatically (Ultrix, Lynx esp.)
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-* Select the right C compiler or POSIX/ANSI C options automatically.
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 * Look at user contributed macros: prototypes, IEEE double precision math, 
 shared libraries, various other things.