>>>> "sjt" == Stephen J Turnbull
<stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
sjt> Did you actually run autoconf? Did it take longer than
sjt> usual? Normally on my 1GHz PPC Mac "Panther" it takes about
sjt> 20 seconds to run autoconf 2.59; with Andreas' patch I killed
sjt> the process after 15 min, about 5 min CPU.
Confirmed on Debian GNU/Linux 'sid', Pentium II 450MHz. Clock time
41s, CPU 34s for a successful run without the patch, killed without
finishing after 2m 17s, 1m 47s CPU, with the patch. Debian package
autoconf_2.59a-3_all.deb.
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