RE: AC_PATH_PROG fails in 2.53?

[Stephen F. Booth]

> Well, it just happens that you have a problem with something which can
> be named a bug, but it turns out it is also bound to something which
> is a problem in Autoconf.  This problem is that we should not use `:'
> in this argument.  The reason is that on an architecture such as DOS,
> where the `:' is `;', then your
> 
>         AC_PATH_PROG(CGICC_CONFIG, cgicc-config, no, [$1/bin:$PATH])
> 
> requires *two* different splits.  So, would you consider it a shame to
> ask you to write
> 
>         AC_PATH_PROG(CGICC_CONFIG, cgicc-config, no, [$1/bin $PATH])
> 
> instead?  I will explain this in the documentation once I have also
> collected other opinions from this list.

I'll be happy to make that change.  That's certainly something I would
not have caught.  Thanks for your help!