Re: 2.49e problems with gcc

[Thomas E. Dickey]

On Wed, 9 May 2001, Matthew Schalit wrote:

>
> Hi folks,
>
> I raised this problem once before, where I can't
> boostrap CVS gcc using autoconf 2.49e
>
> Gcc builds just fine with 2.13.
>
> Summary:
> ---------
>   autoconf -l . gets run and fails with a gm4
>   recursion limit of 250 exceeded.

check/see if it (gcc's configure script) uses changequote().
That feature is broken in the current alpha versions of autoconf,
has been reported a few times (and shows up with this symptom).

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