--- configure.orig	Mon Dec 18 20:07:44 2006
+++ configure	Mon Dec 18 20:08:18 2006
@@ -2307,43 +2307,6 @@ fi
 done
 test -n "$M4" || M4="m4"
 
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether m4 supports frozen files" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking whether m4 supports frozen files... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4=no
-if test x"$M4" != x; then
-  case `$M4 --help < /dev/null 2>&1` in
-    *reload-state*) ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4=yes ;;
-  esac
-fi
-fi
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4" >&6; }
-if test $ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4 = yes ; then
-  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking how m4 supports trace files" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking how m4 supports trace files... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile+set}" = set; then
-  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
-else
-  case `$M4 --help < /dev/null 2>&1` in
-    *debugfile*) ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile=--debugfile ;;
-    *) ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile=--error-output ;;
-  esac
-fi
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile" >&6; }
-  M4_DEBUGFILE=$ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile
-
-fi
-
-if test x"$ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4" != xyes; then
-  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: GNU M4 1.4 is required" >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: GNU M4 1.4 is required" >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
-fi
-
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