>> Sometimes this error is really an error. That is why we save and
>> optionally restore the exit status around the message printing. Let's
>> make this work correctly instead of breaking it.
Akim> I believe my patch is correct, note the $exit_status = 1.
I was just responding to your comment. I haven't read this patch yet.
Akim> - &am_conf_line_error ($configure_ac, $line,
Akim> - "$message$trailer");
Akim> + print STDERR "$configure_ac:$line: $message$trailer\n";
This is wrong because $line is not necessarily a line number.
It can be the name of a macro.
Tom