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commit af1e1f2b9dd88cdabf6d27a5942ab17f4818ba5e
Author: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu Apr 10 13:57:36 2008 -0600

    AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION might contain arbitrary macro names.
    
    * doc/autoconf.texi (Versioning): Mention problem with expansion.
    * tests/tools.at (autoconf: AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION): Adjust test.
    
    Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog         |    6 ++++++
 doc/autoconf.texi |    9 +++++++++
 tests/tools.at    |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 70528e5..776565c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-04-10  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
+
+       AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION might contain arbitrary macro names.
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Versioning): Mention problem with expansion.
+       * tests/tools.at (autoconf: AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION): Adjust test.
+
 2008-04-09  Slava Sysoltsev <address@hidden>  (tiny change)
 
        Flush buffered output before exit.
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 49ade0f..8b10387 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -1839,6 +1839,15 @@ conditional fallbacks based on when a feature was added 
to Autoconf,
 rather than using @code{AC_PREREQ} to require the newer version of
 Autoconf.  However, remember that the Autoconf philosophy favors feature
 checks over version checks.
+
+You should never expand this macro directly, but instead use
address@hidden([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION])}.  This is because some users might
+have a beta version of Autoconf installed, with arbitrary letters
+included in its version string.  This means it is possible for the
+version string to contain the name of a defined macro, such that
+expanding @code{AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION} would trigger the expansion of that
+macro during rescanning, and change the version string to be different
+than what you intended to check.
 @end defmac
 
 @node Notices
diff --git a/tests/tools.at b/tests/tools.at
index 7d5de53..9e13689 100644
--- a/tests/tools.at
+++ b/tests/tools.at
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ AT_SETUP([autoconf: AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION])
 
 AT_DATA([configure.ac],
 [[AC_INIT
-version AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION version
+version m4@&address@hidden([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]) version
 AC_OUTPUT
 ]])
 


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