--- ChangeLog.old	2005-09-26 15:22:52.000000000 -0700
+++ ChangeLog	2005-09-26 16:31:55.389977074 -0700
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-09-26  Tim Rice  <address@hidden>
+
+	* tests/defs.m4sh <AUTORECONF>: Allow variable override.
+
 2005-09-26  Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>
 
 	* HACKING: Only update libltdl version info before release.
--- tests/defs.m4sh.old	2005-08-24 06:39:51.000000000 -0700
+++ tests/defs.m4sh	2005-09-26 16:27:42.929977009 -0700
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 m4_include([general.m4sh])
 
 : ${AUTOCONF="autoconf"}
+: ${AUTORECONF="autoreconf"}
 : ${LIBTOOL="./libtool"}
 
 # Sed that helps us avoid accidentally triggering echo(1) options like -n.
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@
 
     func_msg "Configuring in $my_dir"
 
-    test -f "$my_testdir/configure" || autoreconf --force --install $my_testdir
+    test -f "$my_testdir/configure" || ${AUTORECONF} --force --install $my_testdir
     if test -f "$my_testdir/configure"; then
 
       eval func_msg $SHELL "$my_testdir/configure" $my_args