Re: autoconf 2.60 runs into an endless loop

That said, I'm quite embarrassed about the long delay between submission of patches to make 2.5x work and our acceptance and release of a configure.ac compatible with 2.5x. If you wish to find out what's going on and submit a patch, *I* promise that this time I'll make sure we give it timely attention. Also, Malcolm Purvis and Jerry James might be more interested, but Malcolm hasn't been terribly active in recent weeks, and Jerry has declared that his time is limited. So maybe you'll get a nibble from one of them, but for now at least I wanted to tell you that a 3rd party patch will get prompt attention.