Error message doesn't say, "error"

[Bruce Korb]

Without some clear marker, it is more than a little hard to find.
This is line 414 of 619 lines of typescript text:

 configure.ac:9: version `sharutils_version' doesn't follow Gnits standards

that includes 140 lines of warning messages all caused by gnulib
macros.  By the way, I didn't find this:
http://www.amath.washington.edu/~lf/tutorials/autoconf/gnits/gnits.html#SEC13
helpful to resolve the gnits problem.  So, I haven't any idea what
the gnitty complaint might be:
> m4_define([sharutils_version], [4.7.1])

Any help at all would be appreciated.  The sharutils build
has been broken for a couple of years now.  Thanks!

Regards, Bruce

P.S. I will just remove "gnits" for now.  It's too hard.