2005-05-20  Stepan Kasal  <address@hidden>

	* ./lib/autoconf/general.m4 (_AC_INIT_PREPARE): Simplify the init
	  of confdefs.h .

Index: lib/autoconf/general.m4
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RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/lib/autoconf/general.m4,v
retrieving revision 1.856
diff -u -r1.856 general.m4
--- lib/autoconf/general.m4	17 May 2005 09:29:05 -0000	1.856
+++ lib/autoconf/general.m4	20 May 2005 07:52:18 -0000
@@ -1288,10 +1288,9 @@
 
 # confdefs.h avoids OS command line length limits that DEFS can exceed.
 rm -f -r conftest* confdefs.h
-# AIX cpp loses on an empty file, so make sure it contains at least a newline.
-# NextStep 3.3 (patch 3) loses unless the first echo outputs at least 14 bytes.
-ac_space=' '
-echo "$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space$ac_space" >confdefs.h
+dnl AIX cpp loses on an empty file, NextStep 3.3 (patch 3) loses on a file
+dnl containing less than 14 bytes (including the newline).
+dnl But the defines below solve this problem.
 
 # Predefined preprocessor variables.
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PACKAGE_NAME], ["$PACKAGE_NAME"],