current glibc vs debian sid

[Paul Eggert]

> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:44:35 +0200
> From: Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com>

> I've sent patches to the autoconf people a while ago, but it seems
> they haven't been applied yet. A lot of autoconf stuff may be bitten
> by this bug, not just glibc.

Can you please give more detail about those patches?  I briefly
searched the Autoconf archives for messages from you about ppc, but
found only

<http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/autoconf-patches/2000-January/003661.html>

and this doesn't seem to be relevant.