>>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Roskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Pavel> Hello!  This line needs to be rewritten so that it works both
Pavel> with autoconf-2.13 and autoconf-2.49a and causes no warnings
Pavel> from Autoconf:

Pavel> AC_MSG_CHECKING(extra library \"$i\")

Pavel> $i needs to be expanded, quotes need to be printed.

Pavel> Is it possible at all, or there is no such thing as portable
Pavel> configure.in?

Pavel> The problem is that the above line comes from a macro file that
Pavel> is shared between many GNOME programs. I have no powers to
Pavel> switch every GNOME developer to autoconf-2.49a

Then your suggestion is the right one, as awful as it may seem.
Another possibility would be to simply turn off the warning, but
personally I'd like to keep it: the proper way should always have been

AC_MSG_CHECKING([extra library "$i"])

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