Cross compiling check fails in AC_TEST_PROGRAM in autoconf 1.0

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From: Ian Lance Taylor
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 10:51

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The cross compiling check in AC_TEST_PROGRAM in autoconf 1.0 is wrong,
in that if you are not cross-compiling it will assume that you are.
Here is a patch, which should be self-explanatory.

--- /disk4/ian/gnu/autoconf-1.0/acgeneral.m4	Mon Jul 20 01:09:47 1992
+++ acgeneral.m4	Sun Jul 26 14:43:19 1992
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
 )dnl
 dnl
 define(AC_TEST_PROGRAM,
-[AC_PROVIDE([$0])ifelse([$4], , , [AC_REQUIRE([AC_CROSS_CHECK])if $cross_compiling
+[AC_PROVIDE([$0])ifelse([$4], , , [AC_REQUIRE([AC_CROSS_CHECK])if test -n "$cross_compiling"
 then
   $4
 else

Sorry I never noticed this before.
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