Debian sid reports m4 --version as
GNU M4 1.4.3
Written by Rene' Seindal.
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
notice the captial M.
Index: config/auto/m4.pl
===================================================================
--- config/auto/m4.pl (revision 8140)
+++ config/auto/m4.pl (working copy)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
sub runstep {
# This seems to work for GNU m4 1.4.2
my $a = capture_output( 'm4', '--version' ) || '';
- my $has_gnu_m4 = ( $a =~ m/^GNU m4 / ) ? 1 : 0;
+ my $has_gnu_m4 = ( $a =~ m/^GNU [mM]4 / ) ? 1 : 0;
Configure::Data->set(has_gnu_m4 => $has_gnu_m4);
Patch attached,
Kevin Tew
Index: config/auto/m4.pl
===================================================================
--- config/auto/m4.pl (revision 8140)
+++ config/auto/m4.pl (working copy)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
sub runstep {
# This seems to work for GNU m4 1.4.2
my $a = capture_output( 'm4', '--version' ) || '';
- my $has_gnu_m4 = ( $a =~ m/^GNU m4 / ) ? 1 : 0;
+ my $has_gnu_m4 = ( $a =~ m/^GNU [mM]4 / ) ? 1 : 0;
Configure::Data->set(has_gnu_m4 => $has_gnu_m4);
