diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8268a9dc..2263f617 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.
 #
 #
-# Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2017, 2020-2023 Free Software Foundation,
+# Inc.
 #
 #
 # This configure script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
@@ -14,63 +15,65 @@
 
 # Be more Bourne compatible
 DUALCASE=1; export DUALCASE # for MKS sh
-if test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
+if test ${ZSH_VERSION+y} && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1
+then :
   emulate sh
   NULLCMD=:
   # Pre-4.2 versions of Zsh do word splitting on ${1+"$@"}, which
   # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
   alias -g '${1+"$@"}'='"$@"'
   setopt NO_GLOB_SUBST
-else
-  case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in #(
+else case e in #(
+  e) case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in #(
   *posix*) :
     set -o posix ;; #(
   *) :
      ;;
+esac ;;
 esac
 fi
 
 
+
+# Reset variables that may have inherited troublesome values from
+# the environment.
+
+# IFS needs to be set, to space, tab, and newline, in precisely that order.
+# (If _AS_PATH_WALK were called with IFS unset, it would have the
+# side effect of setting IFS to empty, thus disabling word splitting.)
+# Quoting is to prevent editors from complaining about space-tab.
 as_nl='
 '
 export as_nl
-# Printing a long string crashes Solaris 7 /usr/bin/printf.
-as_echo='\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
-as_echo=$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo
-as_echo=$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo
-# Prefer a ksh shell builtin over an external printf program on Solaris,
-# but without wasting forks for bash or zsh.
-if test -z "$BASH_VERSION$ZSH_VERSION" \
-    && (test "X`print -r -- $as_echo`" = "X$as_echo") 2>/dev/null; then
-  as_echo='print -r --'
-  as_echo_n='print -rn --'
-elif (test "X`printf %s $as_echo`" = "X$as_echo") 2>/dev/null; then
-  as_echo='printf %s\n'
-  as_echo_n='printf %s'
-else
-  if test "X`(/usr/ucb/echo -n -n $as_echo) 2>/dev/null`" = "X-n $as_echo"; then
-    as_echo_body='eval /usr/ucb/echo -n "$1$as_nl"'
-    as_echo_n='/usr/ucb/echo -n'
-  else
-    as_echo_body='eval expr "X$1" : "X\\(.*\\)"'
-    as_echo_n_body='eval
-      arg=$1;
-      case $arg in #(
-      *"$as_nl"*)
-	expr "X$arg" : "X\\(.*\\)$as_nl";
-	arg=`expr "X$arg" : ".*$as_nl\\(.*\\)"`;;
-      esac;
-      expr "X$arg" : "X\\(.*\\)" | tr -d "$as_nl"
-    '
-    export as_echo_n_body
-    as_echo_n='sh -c $as_echo_n_body as_echo'
-  fi
-  export as_echo_body
-  as_echo='sh -c $as_echo_body as_echo'
-fi
+IFS=" ""	$as_nl"
+
+PS1='$ '
+PS2='> '
+PS4='+ '
+
+# Ensure predictable behavior from utilities with locale-dependent output.
+LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL
+LANGUAGE=C
+export LANGUAGE
+
+# We cannot yet rely on "unset" to work, but we need these variables
+# to be unset--not just set to an empty or harmless value--now, to
+# avoid bugs in old shells (e.g. pre-3.0 UWIN ksh).  This construct
+# also avoids known problems related to "unset" and subshell syntax
+# in other old shells (e.g. bash 2.01 and pdksh 5.2.14).
+for as_var in BASH_ENV ENV MAIL MAILPATH CDPATH
+do eval test \${$as_var+y} \
+  && ( (unset $as_var) || exit 1) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset $as_var || :
+done
+
+# Ensure that fds 0, 1, and 2 are open.
+if (exec 3>&0) 2>/dev/null; then :; else exec 0</dev/null; fi
+if (exec 3>&1) 2>/dev/null; then :; else exec 1>/dev/null; fi
+if (exec 3>&2)            ; then :; else exec 2>/dev/null; fi
 
 # The user is always right.
-if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
+if ${PATH_SEPARATOR+false} :; then
   PATH_SEPARATOR=:
   (PATH='/bin;/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
     (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
@@ -79,13 +82,6 @@ if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
 fi
 
 
-# IFS
-# We need space, tab and new line, in precisely that order.  Quoting is
-# there to prevent editors from complaining about space-tab.
-# (If _AS_PATH_WALK were called with IFS unset, it would disable word
-# splitting by setting IFS to empty value.)
-IFS=" ""	$as_nl"
-
 # Find who we are.  Look in the path if we contain no directory separator.
 as_myself=
 case $0 in #((
@@ -94,43 +90,27 @@ case $0 in #((
 for as_dir in $PATH
 do
   IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    test -r "$as_dir/$0" && as_myself=$as_dir/$0 && break
+  case $as_dir in #(((
+    '') as_dir=./ ;;
+    */) ;;
+    *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
+  esac
+    test -r "$as_dir$0" && as_myself=$as_dir$0 && break
   done
 IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
      ;;
 esac
-# We did not find ourselves, most probably we were run as `sh COMMAND'
+# We did not find ourselves, most probably we were run as 'sh COMMAND'
 # in which case we are not to be found in the path.
 if test "x$as_myself" = x; then
   as_myself=$0
 fi
 if test ! -f "$as_myself"; then
-  $as_echo "$as_myself: error: cannot find myself; rerun with an absolute file name" >&2
+  printf "%s\n" "$as_myself: error: cannot find myself; rerun with an absolute file name" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# Unset variables that we do not need and which cause bugs (e.g. in
-# pre-3.0 UWIN ksh).  But do not cause bugs in bash 2.01; the "|| exit 1"
-# suppresses any "Segmentation fault" message there.  '((' could
-# trigger a bug in pdksh 5.2.14.
-for as_var in BASH_ENV ENV MAIL MAILPATH
-do eval test x\${$as_var+set} = xset \
-  && ( (unset $as_var) || exit 1) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset $as_var || :
-done
-PS1='$ '
-PS2='> '
-PS4='+ '
-
-# NLS nuisances.
-LC_ALL=C
-export LC_ALL
-LANGUAGE=C
-export LANGUAGE
-
-# CDPATH.
-(unset CDPATH) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset CDPATH
 
 # Use a proper internal environment variable to ensure we don't fall
   # into an infinite loop, continuously re-executing ourselves.
@@ -151,26 +131,28 @@ case $- in # ((((
 esac
 exec $CONFIG_SHELL $as_opts "$as_myself" ${1+"$@"}
 # Admittedly, this is quite paranoid, since all the known shells bail
-# out after a failed `exec'.
-$as_echo "$0: could not re-execute with $CONFIG_SHELL" >&2
-as_fn_exit 255
+# out after a failed 'exec'.
+printf "%s\n" "$0: could not re-execute with $CONFIG_SHELL" >&2
+exit 255
   fi
   # We don't want this to propagate to other subprocesses.
           { _as_can_reexec=; unset _as_can_reexec;}
 if test "x$CONFIG_SHELL" = x; then
-  as_bourne_compatible="if test -n \"\${ZSH_VERSION+set}\" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
+  as_bourne_compatible="if test \${ZSH_VERSION+y} && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1
+then :
   emulate sh
   NULLCMD=:
   # Pre-4.2 versions of Zsh do word splitting on \${1+\"\$@\"}, which
   # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
   alias -g '\${1+\"\$@\"}'='\"\$@\"'
   setopt NO_GLOB_SUBST
-else
-  case \`(set -o) 2>/dev/null\` in #(
+else case e in #(
+  e) case \`(set -o) 2>/dev/null\` in #(
   *posix*) :
     set -o posix ;; #(
   *) :
      ;;
+esac ;;
 esac
 fi
 "
@@ -185,41 +167,54 @@ as_fn_success || { exitcode=1; echo as_fn_success failed.; }
 as_fn_failure && { exitcode=1; echo as_fn_failure succeeded.; }
 as_fn_ret_success || { exitcode=1; echo as_fn_ret_success failed.; }
 as_fn_ret_failure && { exitcode=1; echo as_fn_ret_failure succeeded.; }
-if ( set x; as_fn_ret_success y && test x = \"\$1\" ); then :
+if ( set x; as_fn_ret_success y && test x = \"\$1\" )
+then :
 
-else
-  exitcode=1; echo positional parameters were not saved.
+else case e in #(
+  e) exitcode=1; echo positional parameters were not saved. ;;
+esac
 fi
 test x\$exitcode = x0 || exit 1
+blah=\$(echo \$(echo blah))
+test x\"\$blah\" = xblah || exit 1
 test -x / || exit 1"
   as_suggested="  as_lineno_1=";as_suggested=$as_suggested$LINENO;as_suggested=$as_suggested" as_lineno_1a=\$LINENO
   as_lineno_2=";as_suggested=$as_suggested$LINENO;as_suggested=$as_suggested" as_lineno_2a=\$LINENO
   eval 'test \"x\$as_lineno_1'\$as_run'\" != \"x\$as_lineno_2'\$as_run'\" &&
   test \"x\`expr \$as_lineno_1'\$as_run' + 1\`\" = \"x\$as_lineno_2'\$as_run'\"' || exit 1"
-  if (eval "$as_required") 2>/dev/null; then :
+  if (eval "$as_required") 2>/dev/null
+then :
   as_have_required=yes
-else
-  as_have_required=no
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_have_required=no ;;
+esac
 fi
-  if test x$as_have_required = xyes && (eval "$as_suggested") 2>/dev/null; then :
+  if test x$as_have_required = xyes && (eval "$as_suggested") 2>/dev/null
+then :
 
-else
-  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
 as_found=false
 for as_dir in /bin$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/bin$PATH_SEPARATOR$PATH
 do
   IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+  case $as_dir in #(((
+    '') as_dir=./ ;;
+    */) ;;
+    *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
+  esac
   as_found=:
   case $as_dir in #(
 	 /*)
 	   for as_base in sh bash ksh sh5; do
 	     # Try only shells that exist, to save several forks.
-	     as_shell=$as_dir/$as_base
+	     as_shell=$as_dir$as_base
 	     if { test -f "$as_shell" || test -f "$as_shell.exe"; } &&
-		    { $as_echo "$as_bourne_compatible""$as_required" | as_run=a "$as_shell"; } 2>/dev/null; then :
+		    as_run=a "$as_shell" -c "$as_bourne_compatible""$as_required" 2>/dev/null
+then :
   CONFIG_SHELL=$as_shell as_have_required=yes
-		   if { $as_echo "$as_bourne_compatible""$as_suggested" | as_run=a "$as_shell"; } 2>/dev/null; then :
+		   if as_run=a "$as_shell" -c "$as_bourne_compatible""$as_suggested" 2>/dev/null
+then :
   break 2
 fi
 fi
@@ -227,14 +222,22 @@ fi
        esac
   as_found=false
 done
-$as_found || { if { test -f "$SHELL" || test -f "$SHELL.exe"; } &&
-	      { $as_echo "$as_bourne_compatible""$as_required" | as_run=a "$SHELL"; } 2>/dev/null; then :
-  CONFIG_SHELL=$SHELL as_have_required=yes
-fi; }
 IFS=$as_save_IFS
+if $as_found
+then :
+
+else case e in #(
+  e) if { test -f "$SHELL" || test -f "$SHELL.exe"; } &&
+	      as_run=a "$SHELL" -c "$as_bourne_compatible""$as_required" 2>/dev/null
+then :
+  CONFIG_SHELL=$SHELL as_have_required=yes
+fi ;;
+esac
+fi
 
 
-      if test "x$CONFIG_SHELL" != x; then :
+      if test "x$CONFIG_SHELL" != x
+then :
   export CONFIG_SHELL
              # We cannot yet assume a decent shell, so we have to provide a
 # neutralization value for shells without unset; and this also
@@ -251,25 +254,27 @@ case $- in # ((((
 esac
 exec $CONFIG_SHELL $as_opts "$as_myself" ${1+"$@"}
 # Admittedly, this is quite paranoid, since all the known shells bail
-# out after a failed `exec'.
-$as_echo "$0: could not re-execute with $CONFIG_SHELL" >&2
+# out after a failed 'exec'.
+printf "%s\n" "$0: could not re-execute with $CONFIG_SHELL" >&2
 exit 255
 fi
 
-    if test x$as_have_required = xno; then :
-  $as_echo "$0: This script requires a shell more modern than all"
-  $as_echo "$0: the shells that I found on your system."
-  if test x${ZSH_VERSION+set} = xset ; then
-    $as_echo "$0: In particular, zsh $ZSH_VERSION has bugs and should"
-    $as_echo "$0: be upgraded to zsh 4.3.4 or later."
+    if test x$as_have_required = xno
+then :
+  printf "%s\n" "$0: This script requires a shell more modern than all"
+  printf "%s\n" "$0: the shells that I found on your system."
+  if test ${ZSH_VERSION+y} ; then
+    printf "%s\n" "$0: In particular, zsh $ZSH_VERSION has bugs and should"
+    printf "%s\n" "$0: be upgraded to zsh 4.3.4 or later."
   else
-    $as_echo "$0: Please tell bug-autoconf@gnu.org about your system,
+    printf "%s\n" "$0: Please tell bug-autoconf@gnu.org about your system,
 $0: including any error possibly output before this
 $0: message. Then install a modern shell, or manually run
 $0: the script under such a shell if you do have one."
   fi
   exit 1
-fi
+fi ;;
+esac
 fi
 fi
 SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
@@ -290,6 +295,7 @@ as_fn_unset ()
 }
 as_unset=as_fn_unset
 
+
 # as_fn_set_status STATUS
 # -----------------------
 # Set $? to STATUS, without forking.
@@ -321,7 +327,7 @@ as_fn_mkdir_p ()
     as_dirs=
     while :; do
       case $as_dir in #(
-      *\'*) as_qdir=`$as_echo "$as_dir" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; #'(
+      *\'*) as_qdir=`printf "%s\n" "$as_dir" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; #'(
       *) as_qdir=$as_dir;;
       esac
       as_dirs="'$as_qdir' $as_dirs"
@@ -330,7 +336,7 @@ $as_expr X"$as_dir" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X"$as_dir" |
+printf "%s\n" X"$as_dir" |
     sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -369,16 +375,18 @@ as_fn_executable_p ()
 # advantage of any shell optimizations that allow amortized linear growth over
 # repeated appends, instead of the typical quadratic growth present in naive
 # implementations.
-if (eval "as_var=1; as_var+=2; test x\$as_var = x12") 2>/dev/null; then :
+if (eval "as_var=1; as_var+=2; test x\$as_var = x12") 2>/dev/null
+then :
   eval 'as_fn_append ()
   {
     eval $1+=\$2
   }'
-else
-  as_fn_append ()
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_fn_append ()
   {
     eval $1=\$$1\$2
-  }
+  } ;;
+esac
 fi # as_fn_append
 
 # as_fn_arith ARG...
@@ -386,16 +394,18 @@ fi # as_fn_append
 # Perform arithmetic evaluation on the ARGs, and store the result in the
 # global $as_val. Take advantage of shells that can avoid forks. The arguments
 # must be portable across $(()) and expr.
-if (eval "test \$(( 1 + 1 )) = 2") 2>/dev/null; then :
+if (eval "test \$(( 1 + 1 )) = 2") 2>/dev/null
+then :
   eval 'as_fn_arith ()
   {
     as_val=$(( $* ))
   }'
-else
-  as_fn_arith ()
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_fn_arith ()
   {
     as_val=`expr "$@" || test $? -eq 1`
-  }
+  } ;;
+esac
 fi # as_fn_arith
 
 
@@ -409,9 +419,9 @@ as_fn_error ()
   as_status=$1; test $as_status -eq 0 && as_status=1
   if test "$4"; then
     as_lineno=${as_lineno-"$3"} as_lineno_stack=as_lineno_stack=$as_lineno_stack
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: $2" >&$4
+    printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: $2" >&$4
   fi
-  $as_echo "$as_me: error: $2" >&2
+  printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: $2" >&2
   as_fn_exit $as_status
 } # as_fn_error
 
@@ -438,7 +448,7 @@ as_me=`$as_basename -- "$0" ||
 $as_expr X/"$0" : '.*/\([^/][^/]*\)/*$' \| \
 	 X"$0" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$0" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X/"$0" |
+printf "%s\n" X/"$0" |
     sed '/^.*\/\([^/][^/]*\)\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -471,6 +481,8 @@ as_cr_alnum=$as_cr_Letters$as_cr_digits
     /[$]LINENO/=
   ' <$as_myself |
     sed '
+      t clear
+      :clear
       s/[$]LINENO.*/&-/
       t lineno
       b
@@ -482,7 +494,7 @@ as_cr_alnum=$as_cr_Letters$as_cr_digits
       s/-\n.*//
     ' >$as_me.lineno &&
   chmod +x "$as_me.lineno" ||
-    { $as_echo "$as_me: error: cannot create $as_me.lineno; rerun with a POSIX shell" >&2; as_fn_exit 1; }
+    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: cannot create $as_me.lineno; rerun with a POSIX shell" >&2; as_fn_exit 1; }
 
   # If we had to re-execute with $CONFIG_SHELL, we're ensured to have
   # already done that, so ensure we don't try to do so again and fall
@@ -496,6 +508,10 @@ as_cr_alnum=$as_cr_Letters$as_cr_digits
   exit
 }
 
+
+# Determine whether it's possible to make 'echo' print without a newline.
+# These variables are no longer used directly by Autoconf, but are AC_SUBSTed
+# for compatibility with existing Makefiles.
 ECHO_C= ECHO_N= ECHO_T=
 case `echo -n x` in #(((((
 -n*)
@@ -509,6 +525,12 @@ case `echo -n x` in #(((((
   ECHO_N='-n';;
 esac
 
+# For backward compatibility with old third-party macros, we provide
+# the shell variables $as_echo and $as_echo_n.  New code should use
+# AS_ECHO(["message"]) and AS_ECHO_N(["message"]), respectively.
+as_echo='printf %s\n'
+as_echo_n='printf %s'
+
 rm -f conf$$ conf$$.exe conf$$.file
 if test -d conf$$.dir; then
   rm -f conf$$.dir/conf$$.file
@@ -520,9 +542,9 @@ if (echo >conf$$.file) 2>/dev/null; then
   if ln -s conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
     as_ln_s='ln -s'
     # ... but there are two gotchas:
-    # 1) On MSYS, both `ln -s file dir' and `ln file dir' fail.
-    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; `ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
-    # In both cases, we have to default to `cp -pR'.
+    # 1) On MSYS, both 'ln -s file dir' and 'ln file dir' fail.
+    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; 'ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
+    # In both cases, we have to default to 'cp -pR'.
     ln -s conf$$.file conf$$.dir 2>/dev/null && test ! -f conf$$.exe ||
       as_ln_s='cp -pR'
   elif ln conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -547,10 +569,12 @@ as_test_x='test -x'
 as_executable_p=as_fn_executable_p
 
 # Sed expression to map a string onto a valid CPP name.
-as_tr_cpp="eval sed 'y%*$as_cr_letters%P$as_cr_LETTERS%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g'"
+as_sed_cpp="y%*$as_cr_letters%P$as_cr_LETTERS%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g"
+as_tr_cpp="eval sed '$as_sed_cpp'" # deprecated
 
 # Sed expression to map a string onto a valid variable name.
-as_tr_sh="eval sed 'y%*+%pp%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g'"
+as_sed_sh="y%*+%pp%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g"
+as_tr_sh="eval sed '$as_sed_sh'" # deprecated
 
 
 test -n "$DJDIR" || exec 7<&0 </dev/null
@@ -574,12 +598,12 @@ MFLAGS=
 MAKEFLAGS=
 
 # Identity of this package.
-PACKAGE_NAME=
-PACKAGE_TARNAME=
-PACKAGE_VERSION=
-PACKAGE_STRING=
-PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=
-PACKAGE_URL=
+PACKAGE_NAME=''
+PACKAGE_TARNAME=''
+PACKAGE_VERSION=''
+PACKAGE_STRING=''
+PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
+PACKAGE_URL=''
 
 ac_unique_file="NEWS"
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
@@ -699,8 +723,6 @@ do
   *)    ac_optarg=yes ;;
   esac
 
-  # Accept the important Cygnus configure options, so we can diagnose typos.
-
   case $ac_dashdash$ac_option in
   --)
     ac_dashdash=yes ;;
@@ -741,9 +763,9 @@ do
     ac_useropt=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x-*disable-\(.*\)'`
     # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
     expr "x$ac_useropt" : ".*[^-+._$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      as_fn_error $? "invalid feature name: $ac_useropt"
+      as_fn_error $? "invalid feature name: '$ac_useropt'"
     ac_useropt_orig=$ac_useropt
-    ac_useropt=`$as_echo "$ac_useropt" | sed 's/[-+.]/_/g'`
+    ac_useropt=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_useropt" | sed 's/[-+.]/_/g'`
     case $ac_user_opts in
       *"
 "enable_$ac_useropt"
@@ -767,9 +789,9 @@ do
     ac_useropt=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x-*enable-\([^=]*\)'`
     # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
     expr "x$ac_useropt" : ".*[^-+._$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      as_fn_error $? "invalid feature name: $ac_useropt"
+      as_fn_error $? "invalid feature name: '$ac_useropt'"
     ac_useropt_orig=$ac_useropt
-    ac_useropt=`$as_echo "$ac_useropt" | sed 's/[-+.]/_/g'`
+    ac_useropt=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_useropt" | sed 's/[-+.]/_/g'`
     case $ac_user_opts in
       *"
 "enable_$ac_useropt"
@@ -980,9 +1002,9 @@ do
     ac_useropt=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x-*with-\([^=]*\)'`
     # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
     expr "x$ac_useropt" : ".*[^-+._$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      as_fn_error $? "invalid package name: $ac_useropt"
+      as_fn_error $? "invalid package name: '$ac_useropt'"
     ac_useropt_orig=$ac_useropt
-    ac_useropt=`$as_echo "$ac_useropt" | sed 's/[-+.]/_/g'`
+    ac_useropt=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_useropt" | sed 's/[-+.]/_/g'`
     case $ac_user_opts in
       *"
 "with_$ac_useropt"
@@ -996,9 +1018,9 @@ do
     ac_useropt=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x-*without-\(.*\)'`
     # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
     expr "x$ac_useropt" : ".*[^-+._$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      as_fn_error $? "invalid package name: $ac_useropt"
+      as_fn_error $? "invalid package name: '$ac_useropt'"
     ac_useropt_orig=$ac_useropt
-    ac_useropt=`$as_echo "$ac_useropt" | sed 's/[-+.]/_/g'`
+    ac_useropt=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_useropt" | sed 's/[-+.]/_/g'`
     case $ac_user_opts in
       *"
 "with_$ac_useropt"
@@ -1026,8 +1048,8 @@ do
   | --x-librar=* | --x-libra=* | --x-libr=* | --x-lib=* | --x-li=* | --x-l=*)
     x_libraries=$ac_optarg ;;
 
-  -*) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized option: \`$ac_option'
-Try \`$0 --help' for more information"
+  -*) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized option: '$ac_option'
+Try '$0 --help' for more information"
     ;;
 
   *=*)
@@ -1035,16 +1057,16 @@ Try \`$0 --help' for more information"
     # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
     case $ac_envvar in #(
       '' | [0-9]* | *[!_$as_cr_alnum]* )
-      as_fn_error $? "invalid variable name: \`$ac_envvar'" ;;
+      as_fn_error $? "invalid variable name: '$ac_envvar'" ;;
     esac
     eval $ac_envvar=\$ac_optarg
     export $ac_envvar ;;
 
   *)
     # FIXME: should be removed in autoconf 3.0.
-    $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target" >&2
+    printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target" >&2
     expr "x$ac_option" : ".*[^-._$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: invalid host type: $ac_option" >&2
+      printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: invalid host type: $ac_option" >&2
     : "${build_alias=$ac_option} ${host_alias=$ac_option} ${target_alias=$ac_option}"
     ;;
 
@@ -1060,7 +1082,7 @@ if test -n "$ac_unrecognized_opts"; then
   case $enable_option_checking in
     no) ;;
     fatal) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" ;;
-    *)     $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2 ;;
+    *)     printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2 ;;
   esac
 fi
 
@@ -1085,7 +1107,7 @@ do
   as_fn_error $? "expected an absolute directory name for --$ac_var: $ac_val"
 done
 
-# There might be people who depend on the old broken behavior: `$host'
+# There might be people who depend on the old broken behavior: '$host'
 # used to hold the argument of --host etc.
 # FIXME: To remove some day.
 build=$build_alias
@@ -1124,7 +1146,7 @@ $as_expr X"$as_myself" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
 	 X"$as_myself" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
 	 X"$as_myself" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$as_myself" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X"$as_myself" |
+printf "%s\n" X"$as_myself" |
     sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -1153,7 +1175,7 @@ if test ! -r "$srcdir/$ac_unique_file"; then
   test "$ac_srcdir_defaulted" = yes && srcdir="$ac_confdir or .."
   as_fn_error $? "cannot find sources ($ac_unique_file) in $srcdir"
 fi
-ac_msg="sources are in $srcdir, but \`cd $srcdir' does not work"
+ac_msg="sources are in $srcdir, but 'cd $srcdir' does not work"
 ac_abs_confdir=`(
 	cd "$srcdir" && test -r "./$ac_unique_file" || as_fn_error $? "$ac_msg"
 	pwd)`
@@ -1181,7 +1203,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures this package to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+'configure' configures this package to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1195,11 +1217,11 @@ Configuration:
       --help=short        display options specific to this package
       --help=recursive    display the short help of all the included packages
   -V, --version           display version information and exit
-  -q, --quiet, --silent   do not print \`checking ...' messages
+  -q, --quiet, --silent   do not print 'checking ...' messages
       --cache-file=FILE   cache test results in FILE [disabled]
-  -C, --config-cache      alias for \`--cache-file=config.cache'
+  -C, --config-cache      alias for '--cache-file=config.cache'
   -n, --no-create         do not create output files
-      --srcdir=DIR        find the sources in DIR [configure dir or \`..']
+      --srcdir=DIR        find the sources in DIR [configure dir or '..']
 
 Installation directories:
   --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
@@ -1207,10 +1229,10 @@ Installation directories:
   --exec-prefix=EPREFIX   install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
                           [PREFIX]
 
-By default, \`make install' will install all the files in
-\`$ac_default_prefix/bin', \`$ac_default_prefix/lib' etc.  You can specify
-an installation prefix other than \`$ac_default_prefix' using \`--prefix',
-for instance \`--prefix=\$HOME'.
+By default, 'make install' will install all the files in
+'$ac_default_prefix/bin', '$ac_default_prefix/lib' etc.  You can specify
+an installation prefix other than '$ac_default_prefix' using '--prefix',
+for instance '--prefix=\$HOME'.
 
 For better control, use the options below.
 
@@ -1261,9 +1283,9 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "recursive"; then
 case "$ac_dir" in
 .) ac_dir_suffix= ac_top_builddir_sub=. ac_top_build_prefix= ;;
 *)
-  ac_dir_suffix=/`$as_echo "$ac_dir" | sed 's|^\.[\\/]||'`
+  ac_dir_suffix=/`printf "%s\n" "$ac_dir" | sed 's|^\.[\\/]||'`
   # A ".." for each directory in $ac_dir_suffix.
-  ac_top_builddir_sub=`$as_echo "$ac_dir_suffix" | sed 's|/[^\\/]*|/..|g;s|/||'`
+  ac_top_builddir_sub=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_dir_suffix" | sed 's|/[^\\/]*|/..|g;s|/||'`
   case $ac_top_builddir_sub in
   "") ac_top_builddir_sub=. ac_top_build_prefix= ;;
   *)  ac_top_build_prefix=$ac_top_builddir_sub/ ;;
@@ -1291,7 +1313,8 @@ esac
 ac_abs_srcdir=$ac_abs_top_srcdir$ac_dir_suffix
 
     cd "$ac_dir" || { ac_status=$?; continue; }
-    # Check for guested configure.
+    # Check for configure.gnu first; this name is used for a wrapper for
+    # Metaconfig's "Configure" on case-insensitive file systems.
     if test -f "$ac_srcdir/configure.gnu"; then
       echo &&
       $SHELL "$ac_srcdir/configure.gnu" --help=recursive
@@ -1299,7 +1322,7 @@ ac_abs_srcdir=$ac_abs_top_srcdir$ac_dir_suffix
       echo &&
       $SHELL "$ac_srcdir/configure" --help=recursive
     else
-      $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: no configuration information is in $ac_dir" >&2
+      printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: no configuration information is in $ac_dir" >&2
     fi || ac_status=$?
     cd "$ac_pwd" || { ac_status=$?; break; }
   done
@@ -1309,9 +1332,9 @@ test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 configure
-generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
+generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72
 
-Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This configure script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
 _ACEOF
@@ -1321,14 +1344,34 @@ fi
 ## ------------------------ ##
 ## Autoconf initialization. ##
 ## ------------------------ ##
+ac_configure_args_raw=
+for ac_arg
+do
+  case $ac_arg in
+  *\'*)
+    ac_arg=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_arg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
+  esac
+  as_fn_append ac_configure_args_raw " '$ac_arg'"
+done
+
+case $ac_configure_args_raw in
+  *$as_nl*)
+    ac_safe_unquote= ;;
+  *)
+    ac_unsafe_z='|&;<>()$`\\"*?[ ''	' # This string ends in space, tab.
+    ac_unsafe_a="$ac_unsafe_z#~"
+    ac_safe_unquote="s/ '\\([^$ac_unsafe_a][^$ac_unsafe_z]*\\)'/ \\1/g"
+    ac_configure_args_raw=`      printf "%s\n" "$ac_configure_args_raw" | sed "$ac_safe_unquote"`;;
+esac
+
 cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
 It was created by $as_me, which was
-generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
+generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
-  $ $0 $@
+  $ $0$ac_configure_args_raw
 
 _ACEOF
 exec 5>>config.log
@@ -1361,8 +1404,12 @@ as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
 for as_dir in $PATH
 do
   IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    $as_echo "PATH: $as_dir"
+  case $as_dir in #(((
+    '') as_dir=./ ;;
+    */) ;;
+    *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
+  esac
+    printf "%s\n" "PATH: $as_dir"
   done
 IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
@@ -1397,7 +1444,7 @@ do
     | -silent | --silent | --silen | --sile | --sil)
       continue ;;
     *\'*)
-      ac_arg=`$as_echo "$ac_arg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
+      ac_arg=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_arg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
     esac
     case $ac_pass in
     1) as_fn_append ac_configure_args0 " '$ac_arg'" ;;
@@ -1432,11 +1479,13 @@ done
 # WARNING: Use '\'' to represent an apostrophe within the trap.
 # WARNING: Do not start the trap code with a newline, due to a FreeBSD 4.0 bug.
 trap 'exit_status=$?
+  # Sanitize IFS.
+  IFS=" ""	$as_nl"
   # Save into config.log some information that might help in debugging.
   {
     echo
 
-    $as_echo "## ---------------- ##
+    printf "%s\n" "## ---------------- ##
 ## Cache variables. ##
 ## ---------------- ##"
     echo
@@ -1447,8 +1496,8 @@ trap 'exit_status=$?
     case $ac_val in #(
     *${as_nl}*)
       case $ac_var in #(
-      *_cv_*) { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
+      *_cv_*) { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
       esac
       case $ac_var in #(
       _ | IFS | as_nl) ;; #(
@@ -1472,7 +1521,7 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
 )
     echo
 
-    $as_echo "## ----------------- ##
+    printf "%s\n" "## ----------------- ##
 ## Output variables. ##
 ## ----------------- ##"
     echo
@@ -1480,14 +1529,14 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
     do
       eval ac_val=\$$ac_var
       case $ac_val in
-      *\'\''*) ac_val=`$as_echo "$ac_val" | sed "s/'\''/'\''\\\\\\\\'\'''\''/g"`;;
+      *\'\''*) ac_val=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_val" | sed "s/'\''/'\''\\\\\\\\'\'''\''/g"`;;
       esac
-      $as_echo "$ac_var='\''$ac_val'\''"
+      printf "%s\n" "$ac_var='\''$ac_val'\''"
     done | sort
     echo
 
     if test -n "$ac_subst_files"; then
-      $as_echo "## ------------------- ##
+      printf "%s\n" "## ------------------- ##
 ## File substitutions. ##
 ## ------------------- ##"
       echo
@@ -1495,15 +1544,15 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
       do
 	eval ac_val=\$$ac_var
 	case $ac_val in
-	*\'\''*) ac_val=`$as_echo "$ac_val" | sed "s/'\''/'\''\\\\\\\\'\'''\''/g"`;;
+	*\'\''*) ac_val=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_val" | sed "s/'\''/'\''\\\\\\\\'\'''\''/g"`;;
 	esac
-	$as_echo "$ac_var='\''$ac_val'\''"
+	printf "%s\n" "$ac_var='\''$ac_val'\''"
       done | sort
       echo
     fi
 
     if test -s confdefs.h; then
-      $as_echo "## ----------- ##
+      printf "%s\n" "## ----------- ##
 ## confdefs.h. ##
 ## ----------- ##"
       echo
@@ -1511,8 +1560,8 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
       echo
     fi
     test "$ac_signal" != 0 &&
-      $as_echo "$as_me: caught signal $ac_signal"
-    $as_echo "$as_me: exit $exit_status"
+      printf "%s\n" "$as_me: caught signal $ac_signal"
+    printf "%s\n" "$as_me: exit $exit_status"
   } >&5
   rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* &&
     rm -f -r conftest* confdefs* conf$$* $ac_clean_files &&
@@ -1526,65 +1575,50 @@ ac_signal=0
 # confdefs.h avoids OS command line length limits that DEFS can exceed.
 rm -f -r conftest* confdefs.h
 
-$as_echo "/* confdefs.h */" > confdefs.h
+printf "%s\n" "/* confdefs.h */" > confdefs.h
 
 # Predefined preprocessor variables.
 
-cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define PACKAGE_NAME "$PACKAGE_NAME"
-_ACEOF
+printf "%s\n" "#define PACKAGE_NAME \"$PACKAGE_NAME\"" >>confdefs.h
 
-cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "$PACKAGE_TARNAME"
-_ACEOF
+printf "%s\n" "#define PACKAGE_TARNAME \"$PACKAGE_TARNAME\"" >>confdefs.h
 
-cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "$PACKAGE_VERSION"
-_ACEOF
+printf "%s\n" "#define PACKAGE_VERSION \"$PACKAGE_VERSION\"" >>confdefs.h
 
-cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define PACKAGE_STRING "$PACKAGE_STRING"
-_ACEOF
+printf "%s\n" "#define PACKAGE_STRING \"$PACKAGE_STRING\"" >>confdefs.h
 
-cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "$PACKAGE_BUGREPORT"
-_ACEOF
+printf "%s\n" "#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT \"$PACKAGE_BUGREPORT\"" >>confdefs.h
 
-cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define PACKAGE_URL "$PACKAGE_URL"
-_ACEOF
+printf "%s\n" "#define PACKAGE_URL \"$PACKAGE_URL\"" >>confdefs.h
 
 
 # Let the site file select an alternate cache file if it wants to.
 # Prefer an explicitly selected file to automatically selected ones.
-ac_site_file1=NONE
-ac_site_file2=NONE
 if test -n "$CONFIG_SITE"; then
-  # We do not want a PATH search for config.site.
-  case $CONFIG_SITE in #((
-    -*)  ac_site_file1=./$CONFIG_SITE;;
-    */*) ac_site_file1=$CONFIG_SITE;;
-    *)   ac_site_file1=./$CONFIG_SITE;;
-  esac
+  ac_site_files="$CONFIG_SITE"
 elif test "x$prefix" != xNONE; then
-  ac_site_file1=$prefix/share/config.site
-  ac_site_file2=$prefix/etc/config.site
+  ac_site_files="$prefix/share/config.site $prefix/etc/config.site"
 else
-  ac_site_file1=$ac_default_prefix/share/config.site
-  ac_site_file2=$ac_default_prefix/etc/config.site
+  ac_site_files="$ac_default_prefix/share/config.site $ac_default_prefix/etc/config.site"
 fi
-for ac_site_file in "$ac_site_file1" "$ac_site_file2"
+
+for ac_site_file in $ac_site_files
 do
-  test "x$ac_site_file" = xNONE && continue
-  if test /dev/null != "$ac_site_file" && test -r "$ac_site_file"; then
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: loading site script $ac_site_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: loading site script $ac_site_file" >&6;}
+  case $ac_site_file in #(
+  */*) :
+     ;; #(
+  *) :
+    ac_site_file=./$ac_site_file ;;
+esac
+  if test -f "$ac_site_file" && test -r "$ac_site_file"; then
+    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: loading site script $ac_site_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: loading site script $ac_site_file" >&6;}
     sed 's/^/| /' "$ac_site_file" >&5
     . "$ac_site_file" \
-      || { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+      || { { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in '$ac_pwd':" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: in '$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
 as_fn_error $? "failed to load site script $ac_site_file
-See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
+See 'config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
   fi
 done
 
@@ -1592,16 +1626,16 @@ if test -r "$cache_file"; then
   # Some versions of bash will fail to source /dev/null (special files
   # actually), so we avoid doing that.  DJGPP emulates it as a regular file.
   if test /dev/null != "$cache_file" && test -f "$cache_file"; then
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: loading cache $cache_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: loading cache $cache_file" >&6;}
+    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: loading cache $cache_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: loading cache $cache_file" >&6;}
     case $cache_file in
       [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]* ) . "$cache_file";;
       *)                      . "./$cache_file";;
     esac
   fi
 else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating cache $cache_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: creating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating cache $cache_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: creating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
   >$cache_file
 fi
 
@@ -1615,12 +1649,12 @@ for ac_var in $ac_precious_vars; do
   eval ac_new_val=\$ac_env_${ac_var}_value
   case $ac_old_set,$ac_new_set in
     set,)
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: \`$ac_var' was set to \`$ac_old_val' in the previous run" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: \`$ac_var' was set to \`$ac_old_val' in the previous run" >&2;}
+      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: '$ac_var' was set to '$ac_old_val' in the previous run" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: '$ac_var' was set to '$ac_old_val' in the previous run" >&2;}
       ac_cache_corrupted=: ;;
     ,set)
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: \`$ac_var' was not set in the previous run" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: \`$ac_var' was not set in the previous run" >&2;}
+      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: '$ac_var' was not set in the previous run" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: '$ac_var' was not set in the previous run" >&2;}
       ac_cache_corrupted=: ;;
     ,);;
     *)
@@ -1629,24 +1663,24 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: error: \`$ac_var' was not set in the previous run" >&2;}
 	ac_old_val_w=`echo x $ac_old_val`
 	ac_new_val_w=`echo x $ac_new_val`
 	if test "$ac_old_val_w" != "$ac_new_val_w"; then
-	  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: \`$ac_var' has changed since the previous run:" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: \`$ac_var' has changed since the previous run:" >&2;}
+	  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: '$ac_var' has changed since the previous run:" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: '$ac_var' has changed since the previous run:" >&2;}
 	  ac_cache_corrupted=:
 	else
-	  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: warning: ignoring whitespace changes in \`$ac_var' since the previous run:" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: warning: ignoring whitespace changes in \`$ac_var' since the previous run:" >&2;}
+	  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: warning: ignoring whitespace changes in '$ac_var' since the previous run:" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: warning: ignoring whitespace changes in '$ac_var' since the previous run:" >&2;}
 	  eval $ac_var=\$ac_old_val
 	fi
-	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}:   former value:  \`$ac_old_val'" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me:   former value:  \`$ac_old_val'" >&2;}
-	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}:   current value: \`$ac_new_val'" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me:   current value: \`$ac_new_val'" >&2;}
+	{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}:   former value:  '$ac_old_val'" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me:   former value:  '$ac_old_val'" >&2;}
+	{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}:   current value: '$ac_new_val'" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me:   current value: '$ac_new_val'" >&2;}
       fi;;
   esac
   # Pass precious variables to config.status.
   if test "$ac_new_set" = set; then
     case $ac_new_val in
-    *\'*) ac_arg=$ac_var=`$as_echo "$ac_new_val" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
+    *\'*) ac_arg=$ac_var=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_new_val" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
     *) ac_arg=$ac_var=$ac_new_val ;;
     esac
     case " $ac_configure_args " in
@@ -1656,11 +1690,12 @@ $as_echo "$as_me:   current value: \`$ac_new_val'" >&2;}
   fi
 done
 if $ac_cache_corrupted; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: changes in the environment can compromise the build" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: changes in the environment can compromise the build" >&2;}
-  as_fn_error $? "run \`make distclean' and/or \`rm $cache_file' and start over" "$LINENO" 5
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in '$ac_pwd':" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: in '$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: changes in the environment can compromise the build" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: changes in the environment can compromise the build" >&2;}
+  as_fn_error $? "run '${MAKE-make} distclean' and/or 'rm $cache_file'
+	    and start over" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 ## -------------------- ##
 ## Main body of script. ##
@@ -1704,8 +1739,8 @@ cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # config.status only pays attention to the cache file if you give it
 # the --recheck option to rerun configure.
 #
-# `ac_cv_env_foo' variables (set or unset) will be overridden when
-# loading this file, other *unset* `ac_cv_foo' will be assigned the
+# 'ac_cv_env_foo' variables (set or unset) will be overridden when
+# loading this file, other *unset* 'ac_cv_foo' will be assigned the
 # following values.
 
 _ACEOF
@@ -1721,8 +1756,8 @@ _ACEOF
     case $ac_val in #(
     *${as_nl}*)
       case $ac_var in #(
-      *_cv_*) { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
+      *_cv_*) { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
       esac
       case $ac_var in #(
       _ | IFS | as_nl) ;; #(
@@ -1735,14 +1770,14 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
   (set) 2>&1 |
     case $as_nl`(ac_space=' '; set) 2>&1` in #(
     *${as_nl}ac_space=\ *)
-      # `set' does not quote correctly, so add quotes: double-quote
+      # 'set' does not quote correctly, so add quotes: double-quote
       # substitution turns \\\\ into \\, and sed turns \\ into \.
       sed -n \
 	"s/'/'\\\\''/g;
 	  s/^\\([_$as_cr_alnum]*_cv_[_$as_cr_alnum]*\\)=\\(.*\\)/\\1='\\2'/p"
       ;; #(
     *)
-      # `set' quotes correctly as required by POSIX, so do not add quotes.
+      # 'set' quotes correctly as required by POSIX, so do not add quotes.
       sed -n "/^[_$as_cr_alnum]*_cv_[_$as_cr_alnum]*=/p"
       ;;
     esac |
@@ -1752,15 +1787,15 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
      /^ac_cv_env_/b end
      t clear
      :clear
-     s/^\([^=]*\)=\(.*[{}].*\)$/test "${\1+set}" = set || &/
+     s/^\([^=]*\)=\(.*[{}].*\)$/test ${\1+y} || &/
      t end
      s/^\([^=]*\)=\(.*\)$/\1=${\1=\2}/
      :end' >>confcache
 if diff "$cache_file" confcache >/dev/null 2>&1; then :; else
   if test -w "$cache_file"; then
     if test "x$cache_file" != "x/dev/null"; then
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: updating cache $cache_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: updating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
+      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: updating cache $cache_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: updating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
       if test ! -f "$cache_file" || test -h "$cache_file"; then
 	cat confcache >"$cache_file"
       else
@@ -1774,8 +1809,8 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: updating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
       fi
     fi
   else
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&6;}
+    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&6;}
   fi
 fi
 rm -f confcache
@@ -1806,9 +1841,7 @@ s/^[	 ]*#[	 ]*define[	 ][	 ]*\([^	 ][^	 ]*\)[	 ]*\(.*\)/-D\1=\2/g
 t quote
 b any
 :quote
-s/[	 `~#$^&*(){}\\|;'\''"<>?]/\\&/g
-s/\[/\\&/g
-s/\]/\\&/g
+s/[][	 `~#$^&*(){}\\|;'\''"<>?]/\\&/g
 s/\$/$$/g
 H
 :any
@@ -1828,7 +1861,7 @@ U=
 for ac_i in : $LIBOBJS; do test "x$ac_i" = x: && continue
   # 1. Remove the extension, and $U if already installed.
   ac_script='s/\$U\././;s/\.o$//;s/\.obj$//'
-  ac_i=`$as_echo "$ac_i" | sed "$ac_script"`
+  ac_i=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_i" | sed "$ac_script"`
   # 2. Prepend LIBOBJDIR.  When used with automake>=1.10 LIBOBJDIR
   #    will be set to the directory where LIBOBJS objects are built.
   as_fn_append ac_libobjs " \${LIBOBJDIR}$ac_i\$U.$ac_objext"
@@ -1844,8 +1877,8 @@ LTLIBOBJS=$ac_ltlibobjs
 ac_write_fail=0
 ac_clean_files_save=$ac_clean_files
 ac_clean_files="$ac_clean_files $CONFIG_STATUS"
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&6;}
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&6;}
 as_write_fail=0
 cat >$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ASEOF || as_write_fail=1
 #! $SHELL
@@ -1868,63 +1901,65 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ASEOF || as_write_fail=1
 
 # Be more Bourne compatible
 DUALCASE=1; export DUALCASE # for MKS sh
-if test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
+if test ${ZSH_VERSION+y} && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1
+then :
   emulate sh
   NULLCMD=:
   # Pre-4.2 versions of Zsh do word splitting on ${1+"$@"}, which
   # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
   alias -g '${1+"$@"}'='"$@"'
   setopt NO_GLOB_SUBST
-else
-  case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in #(
+else case e in #(
+  e) case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in #(
   *posix*) :
     set -o posix ;; #(
   *) :
      ;;
+esac ;;
 esac
 fi
 
 
+
+# Reset variables that may have inherited troublesome values from
+# the environment.
+
+# IFS needs to be set, to space, tab, and newline, in precisely that order.
+# (If _AS_PATH_WALK were called with IFS unset, it would have the
+# side effect of setting IFS to empty, thus disabling word splitting.)
+# Quoting is to prevent editors from complaining about space-tab.
 as_nl='
 '
 export as_nl
-# Printing a long string crashes Solaris 7 /usr/bin/printf.
-as_echo='\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
-as_echo=$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo
-as_echo=$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo
-# Prefer a ksh shell builtin over an external printf program on Solaris,
-# but without wasting forks for bash or zsh.
-if test -z "$BASH_VERSION$ZSH_VERSION" \
-    && (test "X`print -r -- $as_echo`" = "X$as_echo") 2>/dev/null; then
-  as_echo='print -r --'
-  as_echo_n='print -rn --'
-elif (test "X`printf %s $as_echo`" = "X$as_echo") 2>/dev/null; then
-  as_echo='printf %s\n'
-  as_echo_n='printf %s'
-else
-  if test "X`(/usr/ucb/echo -n -n $as_echo) 2>/dev/null`" = "X-n $as_echo"; then
-    as_echo_body='eval /usr/ucb/echo -n "$1$as_nl"'
-    as_echo_n='/usr/ucb/echo -n'
-  else
-    as_echo_body='eval expr "X$1" : "X\\(.*\\)"'
-    as_echo_n_body='eval
-      arg=$1;
-      case $arg in #(
-      *"$as_nl"*)
-	expr "X$arg" : "X\\(.*\\)$as_nl";
-	arg=`expr "X$arg" : ".*$as_nl\\(.*\\)"`;;
-      esac;
-      expr "X$arg" : "X\\(.*\\)" | tr -d "$as_nl"
-    '
-    export as_echo_n_body
-    as_echo_n='sh -c $as_echo_n_body as_echo'
-  fi
-  export as_echo_body
-  as_echo='sh -c $as_echo_body as_echo'
-fi
+IFS=" ""	$as_nl"
+
+PS1='$ '
+PS2='> '
+PS4='+ '
+
+# Ensure predictable behavior from utilities with locale-dependent output.
+LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL
+LANGUAGE=C
+export LANGUAGE
+
+# We cannot yet rely on "unset" to work, but we need these variables
+# to be unset--not just set to an empty or harmless value--now, to
+# avoid bugs in old shells (e.g. pre-3.0 UWIN ksh).  This construct
+# also avoids known problems related to "unset" and subshell syntax
+# in other old shells (e.g. bash 2.01 and pdksh 5.2.14).
+for as_var in BASH_ENV ENV MAIL MAILPATH CDPATH
+do eval test \${$as_var+y} \
+  && ( (unset $as_var) || exit 1) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset $as_var || :
+done
+
+# Ensure that fds 0, 1, and 2 are open.
+if (exec 3>&0) 2>/dev/null; then :; else exec 0</dev/null; fi
+if (exec 3>&1) 2>/dev/null; then :; else exec 1>/dev/null; fi
+if (exec 3>&2)            ; then :; else exec 2>/dev/null; fi
 
 # The user is always right.
-if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
+if ${PATH_SEPARATOR+false} :; then
   PATH_SEPARATOR=:
   (PATH='/bin;/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
     (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
@@ -1933,13 +1968,6 @@ if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
 fi
 
 
-# IFS
-# We need space, tab and new line, in precisely that order.  Quoting is
-# there to prevent editors from complaining about space-tab.
-# (If _AS_PATH_WALK were called with IFS unset, it would disable word
-# splitting by setting IFS to empty value.)
-IFS=" ""	$as_nl"
-
 # Find who we are.  Look in the path if we contain no directory separator.
 as_myself=
 case $0 in #((
@@ -1948,43 +1976,27 @@ case $0 in #((
 for as_dir in $PATH
 do
   IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    test -r "$as_dir/$0" && as_myself=$as_dir/$0 && break
+  case $as_dir in #(((
+    '') as_dir=./ ;;
+    */) ;;
+    *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
+  esac
+    test -r "$as_dir$0" && as_myself=$as_dir$0 && break
   done
 IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
      ;;
 esac
-# We did not find ourselves, most probably we were run as `sh COMMAND'
+# We did not find ourselves, most probably we were run as 'sh COMMAND'
 # in which case we are not to be found in the path.
 if test "x$as_myself" = x; then
   as_myself=$0
 fi
 if test ! -f "$as_myself"; then
-  $as_echo "$as_myself: error: cannot find myself; rerun with an absolute file name" >&2
+  printf "%s\n" "$as_myself: error: cannot find myself; rerun with an absolute file name" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# Unset variables that we do not need and which cause bugs (e.g. in
-# pre-3.0 UWIN ksh).  But do not cause bugs in bash 2.01; the "|| exit 1"
-# suppresses any "Segmentation fault" message there.  '((' could
-# trigger a bug in pdksh 5.2.14.
-for as_var in BASH_ENV ENV MAIL MAILPATH
-do eval test x\${$as_var+set} = xset \
-  && ( (unset $as_var) || exit 1) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset $as_var || :
-done
-PS1='$ '
-PS2='> '
-PS4='+ '
-
-# NLS nuisances.
-LC_ALL=C
-export LC_ALL
-LANGUAGE=C
-export LANGUAGE
-
-# CDPATH.
-(unset CDPATH) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset CDPATH
 
 
 # as_fn_error STATUS ERROR [LINENO LOG_FD]
@@ -1997,9 +2009,9 @@ as_fn_error ()
   as_status=$1; test $as_status -eq 0 && as_status=1
   if test "$4"; then
     as_lineno=${as_lineno-"$3"} as_lineno_stack=as_lineno_stack=$as_lineno_stack
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: $2" >&$4
+    printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: $2" >&$4
   fi
-  $as_echo "$as_me: error: $2" >&2
+  printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: $2" >&2
   as_fn_exit $as_status
 } # as_fn_error
 
@@ -2030,22 +2042,25 @@ as_fn_unset ()
   { eval $1=; unset $1;}
 }
 as_unset=as_fn_unset
+
 # as_fn_append VAR VALUE
 # ----------------------
 # Append the text in VALUE to the end of the definition contained in VAR. Take
 # advantage of any shell optimizations that allow amortized linear growth over
 # repeated appends, instead of the typical quadratic growth present in naive
 # implementations.
-if (eval "as_var=1; as_var+=2; test x\$as_var = x12") 2>/dev/null; then :
+if (eval "as_var=1; as_var+=2; test x\$as_var = x12") 2>/dev/null
+then :
   eval 'as_fn_append ()
   {
     eval $1+=\$2
   }'
-else
-  as_fn_append ()
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_fn_append ()
   {
     eval $1=\$$1\$2
-  }
+  } ;;
+esac
 fi # as_fn_append
 
 # as_fn_arith ARG...
@@ -2053,16 +2068,18 @@ fi # as_fn_append
 # Perform arithmetic evaluation on the ARGs, and store the result in the
 # global $as_val. Take advantage of shells that can avoid forks. The arguments
 # must be portable across $(()) and expr.
-if (eval "test \$(( 1 + 1 )) = 2") 2>/dev/null; then :
+if (eval "test \$(( 1 + 1 )) = 2") 2>/dev/null
+then :
   eval 'as_fn_arith ()
   {
     as_val=$(( $* ))
   }'
-else
-  as_fn_arith ()
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_fn_arith ()
   {
     as_val=`expr "$@" || test $? -eq 1`
-  }
+  } ;;
+esac
 fi # as_fn_arith
 
 
@@ -2089,7 +2106,7 @@ as_me=`$as_basename -- "$0" ||
 $as_expr X/"$0" : '.*/\([^/][^/]*\)/*$' \| \
 	 X"$0" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$0" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X/"$0" |
+printf "%s\n" X/"$0" |
     sed '/^.*\/\([^/][^/]*\)\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -2111,6 +2128,10 @@ as_cr_Letters=$as_cr_letters$as_cr_LETTERS
 as_cr_digits='0123456789'
 as_cr_alnum=$as_cr_Letters$as_cr_digits
 
+
+# Determine whether it's possible to make 'echo' print without a newline.
+# These variables are no longer used directly by Autoconf, but are AC_SUBSTed
+# for compatibility with existing Makefiles.
 ECHO_C= ECHO_N= ECHO_T=
 case `echo -n x` in #(((((
 -n*)
@@ -2124,6 +2145,12 @@ case `echo -n x` in #(((((
   ECHO_N='-n';;
 esac
 
+# For backward compatibility with old third-party macros, we provide
+# the shell variables $as_echo and $as_echo_n.  New code should use
+# AS_ECHO(["message"]) and AS_ECHO_N(["message"]), respectively.
+as_echo='printf %s\n'
+as_echo_n='printf %s'
+
 rm -f conf$$ conf$$.exe conf$$.file
 if test -d conf$$.dir; then
   rm -f conf$$.dir/conf$$.file
@@ -2135,9 +2162,9 @@ if (echo >conf$$.file) 2>/dev/null; then
   if ln -s conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
     as_ln_s='ln -s'
     # ... but there are two gotchas:
-    # 1) On MSYS, both `ln -s file dir' and `ln file dir' fail.
-    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; `ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
-    # In both cases, we have to default to `cp -pR'.
+    # 1) On MSYS, both 'ln -s file dir' and 'ln file dir' fail.
+    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; 'ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
+    # In both cases, we have to default to 'cp -pR'.
     ln -s conf$$.file conf$$.dir 2>/dev/null && test ! -f conf$$.exe ||
       as_ln_s='cp -pR'
   elif ln conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -2165,7 +2192,7 @@ as_fn_mkdir_p ()
     as_dirs=
     while :; do
       case $as_dir in #(
-      *\'*) as_qdir=`$as_echo "$as_dir" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; #'(
+      *\'*) as_qdir=`printf "%s\n" "$as_dir" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; #'(
       *) as_qdir=$as_dir;;
       esac
       as_dirs="'$as_qdir' $as_dirs"
@@ -2174,7 +2201,7 @@ $as_expr X"$as_dir" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X"$as_dir" |
+printf "%s\n" X"$as_dir" |
     sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -2218,10 +2245,12 @@ as_test_x='test -x'
 as_executable_p=as_fn_executable_p
 
 # Sed expression to map a string onto a valid CPP name.
-as_tr_cpp="eval sed 'y%*$as_cr_letters%P$as_cr_LETTERS%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g'"
+as_sed_cpp="y%*$as_cr_letters%P$as_cr_LETTERS%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g"
+as_tr_cpp="eval sed '$as_sed_cpp'" # deprecated
 
 # Sed expression to map a string onto a valid variable name.
-as_tr_sh="eval sed 'y%*+%pp%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g'"
+as_sed_sh="y%*+%pp%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g"
+as_tr_sh="eval sed '$as_sed_sh'" # deprecated
 
 
 exec 6>&1
@@ -2237,7 +2266,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
 This file was extended by $as_me, which was
-generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
+generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
   CONFIG_HEADERS  = $CONFIG_HEADERS
@@ -2265,7 +2294,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_usage="\
-\`$as_me' instantiates files and other configuration actions
+'$as_me' instantiates files and other configuration actions
 from templates according to the current configuration.  Unless the files
 and actions are specified as TAGs, all are instantiated by default.
 
@@ -2290,14 +2319,16 @@ $config_links
 Report bugs to the package provider."
 
 _ACEOF
+ac_cs_config=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_configure_args" | sed "$ac_safe_unquote"`
+ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
-ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
+ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
 config.status
-configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
+configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
-Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This config.status script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it."
 
@@ -2334,28 +2365,28 @@ do
   -recheck | --recheck | --rechec | --reche | --rech | --rec | --re | --r)
     ac_cs_recheck=: ;;
   --version | --versio | --versi | --vers | --ver | --ve | --v | -V )
-    $as_echo "$ac_cs_version"; exit ;;
+    printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_version"; exit ;;
   --config | --confi | --conf | --con | --co | --c )
-    $as_echo "$ac_cs_config"; exit ;;
+    printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config"; exit ;;
   --debug | --debu | --deb | --de | --d | -d )
     debug=: ;;
   --file | --fil | --fi | --f )
     $ac_shift
     case $ac_optarg in
-    *\'*) ac_optarg=`$as_echo "$ac_optarg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
+    *\'*) ac_optarg=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_optarg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
     '') as_fn_error $? "missing file argument" ;;
     esac
     as_fn_append CONFIG_FILES " '$ac_optarg'"
     ac_need_defaults=false;;
   --he | --h |  --help | --hel | -h )
-    $as_echo "$ac_cs_usage"; exit ;;
+    printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_usage"; exit ;;
   -q | -quiet | --quiet | --quie | --qui | --qu | --q \
   | -silent | --silent | --silen | --sile | --sil | --si | --s)
     ac_cs_silent=: ;;
 
   # This is an error.
-  -*) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized option: \`$1'
-Try \`$0 --help' for more information." ;;
+  -*) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized option: '$1'
+Try '$0 --help' for more information." ;;
 
   *) as_fn_append ac_config_targets " $1"
      ac_need_defaults=false ;;
@@ -2376,7 +2407,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 if \$ac_cs_recheck; then
   set X $SHELL '$0' $ac_configure_args \$ac_configure_extra_args --no-create --no-recursion
   shift
-  \$as_echo "running CONFIG_SHELL=$SHELL \$*" >&6
+  \printf "%s\n" "running CONFIG_SHELL=$SHELL \$*" >&6
   CONFIG_SHELL='$SHELL'
   export CONFIG_SHELL
   exec "\$@"
@@ -2390,7 +2421,7 @@ exec 5>>config.log
   sed 'h;s/./-/g;s/^.../## /;s/...$/ ##/;p;x;p;x' <<_ASBOX
 ## Running $as_me. ##
 _ASBOX
-  $as_echo "$ac_log"
+  printf "%s\n" "$ac_log"
 } >&5
 
 _ACEOF
@@ -2411,7 +2442,7 @@ do
     "utils/epics/simLink") CONFIG_LINKS="$CONFIG_LINKS utils/epics/simLink:src/epics/simLink" ;;
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
 
-  *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
+  *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: '$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   esac
 done
 
@@ -2421,8 +2452,8 @@ done
 # We use the long form for the default assignment because of an extremely
 # bizarre bug on SunOS 4.1.3.
 if $ac_need_defaults; then
-  test "${CONFIG_FILES+set}" = set || CONFIG_FILES=$config_files
-  test "${CONFIG_LINKS+set}" = set || CONFIG_LINKS=$config_links
+  test ${CONFIG_FILES+y} || CONFIG_FILES=$config_files
+  test ${CONFIG_LINKS+y} || CONFIG_LINKS=$config_links
 fi
 
 # Have a temporary directory for convenience.  Make it in the build tree
@@ -2430,7 +2461,7 @@ fi
 # creating and moving files from /tmp can sometimes cause problems.
 # Hook for its removal unless debugging.
 # Note that there is a small window in which the directory will not be cleaned:
-# after its creation but before its name has been assigned to `$tmp'.
+# after its creation but before its name has been assigned to '$tmp'.
 $debug ||
 {
   tmp= ac_tmp=
@@ -2454,7 +2485,7 @@ ac_tmp=$tmp
 
 # Set up the scripts for CONFIG_FILES section.
 # No need to generate them if there are no CONFIG_FILES.
-# This happens for instance with `./config.status config.h'.
+# This happens for instance with './config.status config.h'.
 if test -n "$CONFIG_FILES"; then
 
 
@@ -2620,7 +2651,7 @@ do
   esac
   case $ac_mode$ac_tag in
   :[FHL]*:*);;
-  :L* | :C*:*) as_fn_error $? "invalid tag \`$ac_tag'" "$LINENO" 5;;
+  :L* | :C*:*) as_fn_error $? "invalid tag '$ac_tag'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   :[FH]-) ac_tag=-:-;;
   :[FH]*) ac_tag=$ac_tag:$ac_tag.in;;
   esac
@@ -2642,33 +2673,33 @@ do
       -) ac_f="$ac_tmp/stdin";;
       *) # Look for the file first in the build tree, then in the source tree
 	 # (if the path is not absolute).  The absolute path cannot be DOS-style,
-	 # because $ac_f cannot contain `:'.
+	 # because $ac_f cannot contain ':'.
 	 test -f "$ac_f" ||
 	   case $ac_f in
 	   [\\/$]*) false;;
 	   *) test -f "$srcdir/$ac_f" && ac_f="$srcdir/$ac_f";;
 	   esac ||
-	   as_fn_error 1 "cannot find input file: \`$ac_f'" "$LINENO" 5;;
+	   as_fn_error 1 "cannot find input file: '$ac_f'" "$LINENO" 5;;
       esac
-      case $ac_f in *\'*) ac_f=`$as_echo "$ac_f" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; esac
+      case $ac_f in *\'*) ac_f=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_f" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; esac
       as_fn_append ac_file_inputs " '$ac_f'"
     done
 
-    # Let's still pretend it is `configure' which instantiates (i.e., don't
+    # Let's still pretend it is 'configure' which instantiates (i.e., don't
     # use $as_me), people would be surprised to read:
     #    /* config.h.  Generated by config.status.  */
     configure_input='Generated from '`
-	  $as_echo "$*" | sed 's|^[^:]*/||;s|:[^:]*/|, |g'
+	  printf "%s\n" "$*" | sed 's|^[^:]*/||;s|:[^:]*/|, |g'
 	`' by configure.'
     if test x"$ac_file" != x-; then
       configure_input="$ac_file.  $configure_input"
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $ac_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: creating $ac_file" >&6;}
+      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $ac_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: creating $ac_file" >&6;}
     fi
     # Neutralize special characters interpreted by sed in replacement strings.
     case $configure_input in #(
     *\&* | *\|* | *\\* )
-       ac_sed_conf_input=`$as_echo "$configure_input" |
+       ac_sed_conf_input=`printf "%s\n" "$configure_input" |
        sed 's/[\\\\&|]/\\\\&/g'`;; #(
     *) ac_sed_conf_input=$configure_input;;
     esac
@@ -2685,7 +2716,7 @@ $as_expr X"$ac_file" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
 	 X"$ac_file" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
 	 X"$ac_file" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$ac_file" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X"$ac_file" |
+printf "%s\n" X"$ac_file" |
     sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -2709,9 +2740,9 @@ $as_echo X"$ac_file" |
 case "$ac_dir" in
 .) ac_dir_suffix= ac_top_builddir_sub=. ac_top_build_prefix= ;;
 *)
-  ac_dir_suffix=/`$as_echo "$ac_dir" | sed 's|^\.[\\/]||'`
+  ac_dir_suffix=/`printf "%s\n" "$ac_dir" | sed 's|^\.[\\/]||'`
   # A ".." for each directory in $ac_dir_suffix.
-  ac_top_builddir_sub=`$as_echo "$ac_dir_suffix" | sed 's|/[^\\/]*|/..|g;s|/||'`
+  ac_top_builddir_sub=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_dir_suffix" | sed 's|/[^\\/]*|/..|g;s|/||'`
   case $ac_top_builddir_sub in
   "") ac_top_builddir_sub=. ac_top_build_prefix= ;;
   *)  ac_top_build_prefix=$ac_top_builddir_sub/ ;;
@@ -2764,8 +2795,8 @@ ac_sed_dataroot='
 case `eval "sed -n \"\$ac_sed_dataroot\" $ac_file_inputs"` in
 *datarootdir*) ac_datarootdir_seen=yes;;
 *@datadir@*|*@docdir@*|*@infodir@*|*@localedir@*|*@mandir@*)
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&2;}
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&2;}
 _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
   ac_datarootdir_hack='
@@ -2778,7 +2809,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 esac
 _ACEOF
 
-# Neutralize VPATH when `$srcdir' = `.'.
+# Neutralize VPATH when '$srcdir' = '.'.
 # Shell code in configure.ac might set extrasub.
 # FIXME: do we really want to maintain this feature?
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
@@ -2807,9 +2838,9 @@ test -z "$ac_datarootdir_hack$ac_datarootdir_seen" &&
   { ac_out=`sed -n '/\${datarootdir}/p' "$ac_tmp/out"`; test -n "$ac_out"; } &&
   { ac_out=`sed -n '/^[	 ]*datarootdir[	 ]*:*=/p' \
       "$ac_tmp/out"`; test -z "$ac_out"; } &&
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable \`datarootdir'
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable 'datarootdir'
 which seems to be undefined.  Please make sure it is defined" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable \`datarootdir'
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable 'datarootdir'
 which seems to be undefined.  Please make sure it is defined" >&2;}
 
   rm -f "$ac_tmp/stdin"
@@ -2833,8 +2864,8 @@ which seems to be undefined.  Please make sure it is defined" >&2;}
       ac_source=$srcdir/$ac_source
     fi
 
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&6;}
+    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&6;}
 
     if test ! -r "$ac_source"; then
       as_fn_error $? "$ac_source: file not found" "$LINENO" 5
@@ -2892,8 +2923,8 @@ if test "$no_create" != yes; then
   $ac_cs_success || as_fn_exit 1
 fi
 if test -n "$ac_unrecognized_opts" && test "$enable_option_checking" != no; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
 fi
 
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files utils/epics/util/Makefile:src/epics/util/Makefile.in"
@@ -2908,8 +2939,8 @@ cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # config.status only pays attention to the cache file if you give it
 # the --recheck option to rerun configure.
 #
-# `ac_cv_env_foo' variables (set or unset) will be overridden when
-# loading this file, other *unset* `ac_cv_foo' will be assigned the
+# 'ac_cv_env_foo' variables (set or unset) will be overridden when
+# loading this file, other *unset* 'ac_cv_foo' will be assigned the
 # following values.
 
 _ACEOF
@@ -2925,8 +2956,8 @@ _ACEOF
     case $ac_val in #(
     *${as_nl}*)
       case $ac_var in #(
-      *_cv_*) { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
+      *_cv_*) { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
       esac
       case $ac_var in #(
       _ | IFS | as_nl) ;; #(
@@ -2939,14 +2970,14 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
   (set) 2>&1 |
     case $as_nl`(ac_space=' '; set) 2>&1` in #(
     *${as_nl}ac_space=\ *)
-      # `set' does not quote correctly, so add quotes: double-quote
+      # 'set' does not quote correctly, so add quotes: double-quote
       # substitution turns \\\\ into \\, and sed turns \\ into \.
       sed -n \
 	"s/'/'\\\\''/g;
 	  s/^\\([_$as_cr_alnum]*_cv_[_$as_cr_alnum]*\\)=\\(.*\\)/\\1='\\2'/p"
       ;; #(
     *)
-      # `set' quotes correctly as required by POSIX, so do not add quotes.
+      # 'set' quotes correctly as required by POSIX, so do not add quotes.
       sed -n "/^[_$as_cr_alnum]*_cv_[_$as_cr_alnum]*=/p"
       ;;
     esac |
@@ -2956,15 +2987,15 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
      /^ac_cv_env_/b end
      t clear
      :clear
-     s/^\([^=]*\)=\(.*[{}].*\)$/test "${\1+set}" = set || &/
+     s/^\([^=]*\)=\(.*[{}].*\)$/test ${\1+y} || &/
      t end
      s/^\([^=]*\)=\(.*\)$/\1=${\1=\2}/
      :end' >>confcache
 if diff "$cache_file" confcache >/dev/null 2>&1; then :; else
   if test -w "$cache_file"; then
     if test "x$cache_file" != "x/dev/null"; then
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: updating cache $cache_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: updating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
+      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: updating cache $cache_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: updating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
       if test ! -f "$cache_file" || test -h "$cache_file"; then
 	cat confcache >"$cache_file"
       else
@@ -2978,8 +3009,8 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: updating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
       fi
     fi
   else
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&6;}
+    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&6;}
   fi
 fi
 rm -f confcache
@@ -3010,9 +3041,7 @@ s/^[	 ]*#[	 ]*define[	 ][	 ]*\([^	 ][^	 ]*\)[	 ]*\(.*\)/-D\1=\2/g
 t quote
 b any
 :quote
-s/[	 `~#$^&*(){}\\|;'\''"<>?]/\\&/g
-s/\[/\\&/g
-s/\]/\\&/g
+s/[][	 `~#$^&*(){}\\|;'\''"<>?]/\\&/g
 s/\$/$$/g
 H
 :any
@@ -3032,7 +3061,7 @@ U=
 for ac_i in : $LIBOBJS; do test "x$ac_i" = x: && continue
   # 1. Remove the extension, and $U if already installed.
   ac_script='s/\$U\././;s/\.o$//;s/\.obj$//'
-  ac_i=`$as_echo "$ac_i" | sed "$ac_script"`
+  ac_i=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_i" | sed "$ac_script"`
   # 2. Prepend LIBOBJDIR.  When used with automake>=1.10 LIBOBJDIR
   #    will be set to the directory where LIBOBJS objects are built.
   as_fn_append ac_libobjs " \${LIBOBJDIR}$ac_i\$U.$ac_objext"
@@ -3048,8 +3077,8 @@ LTLIBOBJS=$ac_ltlibobjs
 ac_write_fail=0
 ac_clean_files_save=$ac_clean_files
 ac_clean_files="$ac_clean_files $CONFIG_STATUS"
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&6;}
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&6;}
 as_write_fail=0
 cat >$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ASEOF || as_write_fail=1
 #! $SHELL
@@ -3072,63 +3101,65 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ASEOF || as_write_fail=1
 
 # Be more Bourne compatible
 DUALCASE=1; export DUALCASE # for MKS sh
-if test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
+if test ${ZSH_VERSION+y} && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1
+then :
   emulate sh
   NULLCMD=:
   # Pre-4.2 versions of Zsh do word splitting on ${1+"$@"}, which
   # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
   alias -g '${1+"$@"}'='"$@"'
   setopt NO_GLOB_SUBST
-else
-  case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in #(
+else case e in #(
+  e) case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in #(
   *posix*) :
     set -o posix ;; #(
   *) :
      ;;
+esac ;;
 esac
 fi
 
 
+
+# Reset variables that may have inherited troublesome values from
+# the environment.
+
+# IFS needs to be set, to space, tab, and newline, in precisely that order.
+# (If _AS_PATH_WALK were called with IFS unset, it would have the
+# side effect of setting IFS to empty, thus disabling word splitting.)
+# Quoting is to prevent editors from complaining about space-tab.
 as_nl='
 '
 export as_nl
-# Printing a long string crashes Solaris 7 /usr/bin/printf.
-as_echo='\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
-as_echo=$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo
-as_echo=$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo
-# Prefer a ksh shell builtin over an external printf program on Solaris,
-# but without wasting forks for bash or zsh.
-if test -z "$BASH_VERSION$ZSH_VERSION" \
-    && (test "X`print -r -- $as_echo`" = "X$as_echo") 2>/dev/null; then
-  as_echo='print -r --'
-  as_echo_n='print -rn --'
-elif (test "X`printf %s $as_echo`" = "X$as_echo") 2>/dev/null; then
-  as_echo='printf %s\n'
-  as_echo_n='printf %s'
-else
-  if test "X`(/usr/ucb/echo -n -n $as_echo) 2>/dev/null`" = "X-n $as_echo"; then
-    as_echo_body='eval /usr/ucb/echo -n "$1$as_nl"'
-    as_echo_n='/usr/ucb/echo -n'
-  else
-    as_echo_body='eval expr "X$1" : "X\\(.*\\)"'
-    as_echo_n_body='eval
-      arg=$1;
-      case $arg in #(
-      *"$as_nl"*)
-	expr "X$arg" : "X\\(.*\\)$as_nl";
-	arg=`expr "X$arg" : ".*$as_nl\\(.*\\)"`;;
-      esac;
-      expr "X$arg" : "X\\(.*\\)" | tr -d "$as_nl"
-    '
-    export as_echo_n_body
-    as_echo_n='sh -c $as_echo_n_body as_echo'
-  fi
-  export as_echo_body
-  as_echo='sh -c $as_echo_body as_echo'
-fi
+IFS=" ""	$as_nl"
+
+PS1='$ '
+PS2='> '
+PS4='+ '
+
+# Ensure predictable behavior from utilities with locale-dependent output.
+LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL
+LANGUAGE=C
+export LANGUAGE
+
+# We cannot yet rely on "unset" to work, but we need these variables
+# to be unset--not just set to an empty or harmless value--now, to
+# avoid bugs in old shells (e.g. pre-3.0 UWIN ksh).  This construct
+# also avoids known problems related to "unset" and subshell syntax
+# in other old shells (e.g. bash 2.01 and pdksh 5.2.14).
+for as_var in BASH_ENV ENV MAIL MAILPATH CDPATH
+do eval test \${$as_var+y} \
+  && ( (unset $as_var) || exit 1) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset $as_var || :
+done
+
+# Ensure that fds 0, 1, and 2 are open.
+if (exec 3>&0) 2>/dev/null; then :; else exec 0</dev/null; fi
+if (exec 3>&1) 2>/dev/null; then :; else exec 1>/dev/null; fi
+if (exec 3>&2)            ; then :; else exec 2>/dev/null; fi
 
 # The user is always right.
-if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
+if ${PATH_SEPARATOR+false} :; then
   PATH_SEPARATOR=:
   (PATH='/bin;/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
     (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
@@ -3137,13 +3168,6 @@ if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
 fi
 
 
-# IFS
-# We need space, tab and new line, in precisely that order.  Quoting is
-# there to prevent editors from complaining about space-tab.
-# (If _AS_PATH_WALK were called with IFS unset, it would disable word
-# splitting by setting IFS to empty value.)
-IFS=" ""	$as_nl"
-
 # Find who we are.  Look in the path if we contain no directory separator.
 as_myself=
 case $0 in #((
@@ -3152,43 +3176,27 @@ case $0 in #((
 for as_dir in $PATH
 do
   IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    test -r "$as_dir/$0" && as_myself=$as_dir/$0 && break
+  case $as_dir in #(((
+    '') as_dir=./ ;;
+    */) ;;
+    *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
+  esac
+    test -r "$as_dir$0" && as_myself=$as_dir$0 && break
   done
 IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
      ;;
 esac
-# We did not find ourselves, most probably we were run as `sh COMMAND'
+# We did not find ourselves, most probably we were run as 'sh COMMAND'
 # in which case we are not to be found in the path.
 if test "x$as_myself" = x; then
   as_myself=$0
 fi
 if test ! -f "$as_myself"; then
-  $as_echo "$as_myself: error: cannot find myself; rerun with an absolute file name" >&2
+  printf "%s\n" "$as_myself: error: cannot find myself; rerun with an absolute file name" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# Unset variables that we do not need and which cause bugs (e.g. in
-# pre-3.0 UWIN ksh).  But do not cause bugs in bash 2.01; the "|| exit 1"
-# suppresses any "Segmentation fault" message there.  '((' could
-# trigger a bug in pdksh 5.2.14.
-for as_var in BASH_ENV ENV MAIL MAILPATH
-do eval test x\${$as_var+set} = xset \
-  && ( (unset $as_var) || exit 1) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset $as_var || :
-done
-PS1='$ '
-PS2='> '
-PS4='+ '
-
-# NLS nuisances.
-LC_ALL=C
-export LC_ALL
-LANGUAGE=C
-export LANGUAGE
-
-# CDPATH.
-(unset CDPATH) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset CDPATH
 
 
 # as_fn_error STATUS ERROR [LINENO LOG_FD]
@@ -3201,9 +3209,9 @@ as_fn_error ()
   as_status=$1; test $as_status -eq 0 && as_status=1
   if test "$4"; then
     as_lineno=${as_lineno-"$3"} as_lineno_stack=as_lineno_stack=$as_lineno_stack
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: $2" >&$4
+    printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: $2" >&$4
   fi
-  $as_echo "$as_me: error: $2" >&2
+  printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: $2" >&2
   as_fn_exit $as_status
 } # as_fn_error
 
@@ -3234,22 +3242,25 @@ as_fn_unset ()
   { eval $1=; unset $1;}
 }
 as_unset=as_fn_unset
+
 # as_fn_append VAR VALUE
 # ----------------------
 # Append the text in VALUE to the end of the definition contained in VAR. Take
 # advantage of any shell optimizations that allow amortized linear growth over
 # repeated appends, instead of the typical quadratic growth present in naive
 # implementations.
-if (eval "as_var=1; as_var+=2; test x\$as_var = x12") 2>/dev/null; then :
+if (eval "as_var=1; as_var+=2; test x\$as_var = x12") 2>/dev/null
+then :
   eval 'as_fn_append ()
   {
     eval $1+=\$2
   }'
-else
-  as_fn_append ()
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_fn_append ()
   {
     eval $1=\$$1\$2
-  }
+  } ;;
+esac
 fi # as_fn_append
 
 # as_fn_arith ARG...
@@ -3257,16 +3268,18 @@ fi # as_fn_append
 # Perform arithmetic evaluation on the ARGs, and store the result in the
 # global $as_val. Take advantage of shells that can avoid forks. The arguments
 # must be portable across $(()) and expr.
-if (eval "test \$(( 1 + 1 )) = 2") 2>/dev/null; then :
+if (eval "test \$(( 1 + 1 )) = 2") 2>/dev/null
+then :
   eval 'as_fn_arith ()
   {
     as_val=$(( $* ))
   }'
-else
-  as_fn_arith ()
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_fn_arith ()
   {
     as_val=`expr "$@" || test $? -eq 1`
-  }
+  } ;;
+esac
 fi # as_fn_arith
 
 
@@ -3293,7 +3306,7 @@ as_me=`$as_basename -- "$0" ||
 $as_expr X/"$0" : '.*/\([^/][^/]*\)/*$' \| \
 	 X"$0" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$0" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X/"$0" |
+printf "%s\n" X/"$0" |
     sed '/^.*\/\([^/][^/]*\)\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -3315,6 +3328,10 @@ as_cr_Letters=$as_cr_letters$as_cr_LETTERS
 as_cr_digits='0123456789'
 as_cr_alnum=$as_cr_Letters$as_cr_digits
 
+
+# Determine whether it's possible to make 'echo' print without a newline.
+# These variables are no longer used directly by Autoconf, but are AC_SUBSTed
+# for compatibility with existing Makefiles.
 ECHO_C= ECHO_N= ECHO_T=
 case `echo -n x` in #(((((
 -n*)
@@ -3328,6 +3345,12 @@ case `echo -n x` in #(((((
   ECHO_N='-n';;
 esac
 
+# For backward compatibility with old third-party macros, we provide
+# the shell variables $as_echo and $as_echo_n.  New code should use
+# AS_ECHO(["message"]) and AS_ECHO_N(["message"]), respectively.
+as_echo='printf %s\n'
+as_echo_n='printf %s'
+
 rm -f conf$$ conf$$.exe conf$$.file
 if test -d conf$$.dir; then
   rm -f conf$$.dir/conf$$.file
@@ -3339,9 +3362,9 @@ if (echo >conf$$.file) 2>/dev/null; then
   if ln -s conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
     as_ln_s='ln -s'
     # ... but there are two gotchas:
-    # 1) On MSYS, both `ln -s file dir' and `ln file dir' fail.
-    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; `ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
-    # In both cases, we have to default to `cp -pR'.
+    # 1) On MSYS, both 'ln -s file dir' and 'ln file dir' fail.
+    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; 'ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
+    # In both cases, we have to default to 'cp -pR'.
     ln -s conf$$.file conf$$.dir 2>/dev/null && test ! -f conf$$.exe ||
       as_ln_s='cp -pR'
   elif ln conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -3369,7 +3392,7 @@ as_fn_mkdir_p ()
     as_dirs=
     while :; do
       case $as_dir in #(
-      *\'*) as_qdir=`$as_echo "$as_dir" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; #'(
+      *\'*) as_qdir=`printf "%s\n" "$as_dir" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; #'(
       *) as_qdir=$as_dir;;
       esac
       as_dirs="'$as_qdir' $as_dirs"
@@ -3378,7 +3401,7 @@ $as_expr X"$as_dir" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X"$as_dir" |
+printf "%s\n" X"$as_dir" |
     sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -3422,10 +3445,12 @@ as_test_x='test -x'
 as_executable_p=as_fn_executable_p
 
 # Sed expression to map a string onto a valid CPP name.
-as_tr_cpp="eval sed 'y%*$as_cr_letters%P$as_cr_LETTERS%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g'"
+as_sed_cpp="y%*$as_cr_letters%P$as_cr_LETTERS%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g"
+as_tr_cpp="eval sed '$as_sed_cpp'" # deprecated
 
 # Sed expression to map a string onto a valid variable name.
-as_tr_sh="eval sed 'y%*+%pp%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g'"
+as_sed_sh="y%*+%pp%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g"
+as_tr_sh="eval sed '$as_sed_sh'" # deprecated
 
 
 exec 6>&1
@@ -3441,7 +3466,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
 This file was extended by $as_me, which was
-generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
+generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
   CONFIG_HEADERS  = $CONFIG_HEADERS
@@ -3469,7 +3494,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_usage="\
-\`$as_me' instantiates files and other configuration actions
+'$as_me' instantiates files and other configuration actions
 from templates according to the current configuration.  Unless the files
 and actions are specified as TAGs, all are instantiated by default.
 
@@ -3494,14 +3519,16 @@ $config_links
 Report bugs to the package provider."
 
 _ACEOF
+ac_cs_config=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_configure_args" | sed "$ac_safe_unquote"`
+ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
-ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
+ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
 config.status
-configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
+configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
-Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This config.status script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it."
 
@@ -3538,28 +3565,28 @@ do
   -recheck | --recheck | --rechec | --reche | --rech | --rec | --re | --r)
     ac_cs_recheck=: ;;
   --version | --versio | --versi | --vers | --ver | --ve | --v | -V )
-    $as_echo "$ac_cs_version"; exit ;;
+    printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_version"; exit ;;
   --config | --confi | --conf | --con | --co | --c )
-    $as_echo "$ac_cs_config"; exit ;;
+    printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config"; exit ;;
   --debug | --debu | --deb | --de | --d | -d )
     debug=: ;;
   --file | --fil | --fi | --f )
     $ac_shift
     case $ac_optarg in
-    *\'*) ac_optarg=`$as_echo "$ac_optarg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
+    *\'*) ac_optarg=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_optarg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
     '') as_fn_error $? "missing file argument" ;;
     esac
     as_fn_append CONFIG_FILES " '$ac_optarg'"
     ac_need_defaults=false;;
   --he | --h |  --help | --hel | -h )
-    $as_echo "$ac_cs_usage"; exit ;;
+    printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_usage"; exit ;;
   -q | -quiet | --quiet | --quie | --qui | --qu | --q \
   | -silent | --silent | --silen | --sile | --sil | --si | --s)
     ac_cs_silent=: ;;
 
   # This is an error.
-  -*) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized option: \`$1'
-Try \`$0 --help' for more information." ;;
+  -*) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized option: '$1'
+Try '$0 --help' for more information." ;;
 
   *) as_fn_append ac_config_targets " $1"
      ac_need_defaults=false ;;
@@ -3580,7 +3607,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 if \$ac_cs_recheck; then
   set X $SHELL '$0' $ac_configure_args \$ac_configure_extra_args --no-create --no-recursion
   shift
-  \$as_echo "running CONFIG_SHELL=$SHELL \$*" >&6
+  \printf "%s\n" "running CONFIG_SHELL=$SHELL \$*" >&6
   CONFIG_SHELL='$SHELL'
   export CONFIG_SHELL
   exec "\$@"
@@ -3594,7 +3621,7 @@ exec 5>>config.log
   sed 'h;s/./-/g;s/^.../## /;s/...$/ ##/;p;x;p;x' <<_ASBOX
 ## Running $as_me. ##
 _ASBOX
-  $as_echo "$ac_log"
+  printf "%s\n" "$ac_log"
 } >&5
 
 _ACEOF
@@ -3616,7 +3643,7 @@ do
     "Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile" ;;
     "utils/epics/util/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES utils/epics/util/Makefile:src/epics/util/Makefile.in" ;;
 
-  *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
+  *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: '$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   esac
 done
 
@@ -3626,8 +3653,8 @@ done
 # We use the long form for the default assignment because of an extremely
 # bizarre bug on SunOS 4.1.3.
 if $ac_need_defaults; then
-  test "${CONFIG_FILES+set}" = set || CONFIG_FILES=$config_files
-  test "${CONFIG_LINKS+set}" = set || CONFIG_LINKS=$config_links
+  test ${CONFIG_FILES+y} || CONFIG_FILES=$config_files
+  test ${CONFIG_LINKS+y} || CONFIG_LINKS=$config_links
 fi
 
 # Have a temporary directory for convenience.  Make it in the build tree
@@ -3635,7 +3662,7 @@ fi
 # creating and moving files from /tmp can sometimes cause problems.
 # Hook for its removal unless debugging.
 # Note that there is a small window in which the directory will not be cleaned:
-# after its creation but before its name has been assigned to `$tmp'.
+# after its creation but before its name has been assigned to '$tmp'.
 $debug ||
 {
   tmp= ac_tmp=
@@ -3659,7 +3686,7 @@ ac_tmp=$tmp
 
 # Set up the scripts for CONFIG_FILES section.
 # No need to generate them if there are no CONFIG_FILES.
-# This happens for instance with `./config.status config.h'.
+# This happens for instance with './config.status config.h'.
 if test -n "$CONFIG_FILES"; then
 
 
@@ -3825,7 +3852,7 @@ do
   esac
   case $ac_mode$ac_tag in
   :[FHL]*:*);;
-  :L* | :C*:*) as_fn_error $? "invalid tag \`$ac_tag'" "$LINENO" 5;;
+  :L* | :C*:*) as_fn_error $? "invalid tag '$ac_tag'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   :[FH]-) ac_tag=-:-;;
   :[FH]*) ac_tag=$ac_tag:$ac_tag.in;;
   esac
@@ -3847,33 +3874,33 @@ do
       -) ac_f="$ac_tmp/stdin";;
       *) # Look for the file first in the build tree, then in the source tree
 	 # (if the path is not absolute).  The absolute path cannot be DOS-style,
-	 # because $ac_f cannot contain `:'.
+	 # because $ac_f cannot contain ':'.
 	 test -f "$ac_f" ||
 	   case $ac_f in
 	   [\\/$]*) false;;
 	   *) test -f "$srcdir/$ac_f" && ac_f="$srcdir/$ac_f";;
 	   esac ||
-	   as_fn_error 1 "cannot find input file: \`$ac_f'" "$LINENO" 5;;
+	   as_fn_error 1 "cannot find input file: '$ac_f'" "$LINENO" 5;;
       esac
-      case $ac_f in *\'*) ac_f=`$as_echo "$ac_f" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; esac
+      case $ac_f in *\'*) ac_f=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_f" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; esac
       as_fn_append ac_file_inputs " '$ac_f'"
     done
 
-    # Let's still pretend it is `configure' which instantiates (i.e., don't
+    # Let's still pretend it is 'configure' which instantiates (i.e., don't
     # use $as_me), people would be surprised to read:
     #    /* config.h.  Generated by config.status.  */
     configure_input='Generated from '`
-	  $as_echo "$*" | sed 's|^[^:]*/||;s|:[^:]*/|, |g'
+	  printf "%s\n" "$*" | sed 's|^[^:]*/||;s|:[^:]*/|, |g'
 	`' by configure.'
     if test x"$ac_file" != x-; then
       configure_input="$ac_file.  $configure_input"
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $ac_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: creating $ac_file" >&6;}
+      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $ac_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: creating $ac_file" >&6;}
     fi
     # Neutralize special characters interpreted by sed in replacement strings.
     case $configure_input in #(
     *\&* | *\|* | *\\* )
-       ac_sed_conf_input=`$as_echo "$configure_input" |
+       ac_sed_conf_input=`printf "%s\n" "$configure_input" |
        sed 's/[\\\\&|]/\\\\&/g'`;; #(
     *) ac_sed_conf_input=$configure_input;;
     esac
@@ -3890,7 +3917,7 @@ $as_expr X"$ac_file" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
 	 X"$ac_file" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
 	 X"$ac_file" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$ac_file" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X"$ac_file" |
+printf "%s\n" X"$ac_file" |
     sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -3914,9 +3941,9 @@ $as_echo X"$ac_file" |
 case "$ac_dir" in
 .) ac_dir_suffix= ac_top_builddir_sub=. ac_top_build_prefix= ;;
 *)
-  ac_dir_suffix=/`$as_echo "$ac_dir" | sed 's|^\.[\\/]||'`
+  ac_dir_suffix=/`printf "%s\n" "$ac_dir" | sed 's|^\.[\\/]||'`
   # A ".." for each directory in $ac_dir_suffix.
-  ac_top_builddir_sub=`$as_echo "$ac_dir_suffix" | sed 's|/[^\\/]*|/..|g;s|/||'`
+  ac_top_builddir_sub=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_dir_suffix" | sed 's|/[^\\/]*|/..|g;s|/||'`
   case $ac_top_builddir_sub in
   "") ac_top_builddir_sub=. ac_top_build_prefix= ;;
   *)  ac_top_build_prefix=$ac_top_builddir_sub/ ;;
@@ -3969,8 +3996,8 @@ ac_sed_dataroot='
 case `eval "sed -n \"\$ac_sed_dataroot\" $ac_file_inputs"` in
 *datarootdir*) ac_datarootdir_seen=yes;;
 *@datadir@*|*@docdir@*|*@infodir@*|*@localedir@*|*@mandir@*)
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&2;}
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&2;}
 _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
   ac_datarootdir_hack='
@@ -3983,7 +4010,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 esac
 _ACEOF
 
-# Neutralize VPATH when `$srcdir' = `.'.
+# Neutralize VPATH when '$srcdir' = '.'.
 # Shell code in configure.ac might set extrasub.
 # FIXME: do we really want to maintain this feature?
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
@@ -4012,9 +4039,9 @@ test -z "$ac_datarootdir_hack$ac_datarootdir_seen" &&
   { ac_out=`sed -n '/\${datarootdir}/p' "$ac_tmp/out"`; test -n "$ac_out"; } &&
   { ac_out=`sed -n '/^[	 ]*datarootdir[	 ]*:*=/p' \
       "$ac_tmp/out"`; test -z "$ac_out"; } &&
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable \`datarootdir'
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable 'datarootdir'
 which seems to be undefined.  Please make sure it is defined" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable \`datarootdir'
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable 'datarootdir'
 which seems to be undefined.  Please make sure it is defined" >&2;}
 
   rm -f "$ac_tmp/stdin"
@@ -4038,8 +4065,8 @@ which seems to be undefined.  Please make sure it is defined" >&2;}
       ac_source=$srcdir/$ac_source
     fi
 
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&6;}
+    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&6;}
 
     if test ! -r "$ac_source"; then
       as_fn_error $? "$ac_source: file not found" "$LINENO" 5
@@ -4097,8 +4124,8 @@ if test "$no_create" != yes; then
   $ac_cs_success || as_fn_exit 1
 fi
 if test -n "$ac_unrecognized_opts" && test "$enable_option_checking" != no; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
 fi
 
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files doc/doxygen.cfg"
@@ -4113,8 +4140,8 @@ cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # config.status only pays attention to the cache file if you give it
 # the --recheck option to rerun configure.
 #
-# `ac_cv_env_foo' variables (set or unset) will be overridden when
-# loading this file, other *unset* `ac_cv_foo' will be assigned the
+# 'ac_cv_env_foo' variables (set or unset) will be overridden when
+# loading this file, other *unset* 'ac_cv_foo' will be assigned the
 # following values.
 
 _ACEOF
@@ -4130,8 +4157,8 @@ _ACEOF
     case $ac_val in #(
     *${as_nl}*)
       case $ac_var in #(
-      *_cv_*) { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
+      *_cv_*) { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
       esac
       case $ac_var in #(
       _ | IFS | as_nl) ;; #(
@@ -4144,14 +4171,14 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
   (set) 2>&1 |
     case $as_nl`(ac_space=' '; set) 2>&1` in #(
     *${as_nl}ac_space=\ *)
-      # `set' does not quote correctly, so add quotes: double-quote
+      # 'set' does not quote correctly, so add quotes: double-quote
       # substitution turns \\\\ into \\, and sed turns \\ into \.
       sed -n \
 	"s/'/'\\\\''/g;
 	  s/^\\([_$as_cr_alnum]*_cv_[_$as_cr_alnum]*\\)=\\(.*\\)/\\1='\\2'/p"
       ;; #(
     *)
-      # `set' quotes correctly as required by POSIX, so do not add quotes.
+      # 'set' quotes correctly as required by POSIX, so do not add quotes.
       sed -n "/^[_$as_cr_alnum]*_cv_[_$as_cr_alnum]*=/p"
       ;;
     esac |
@@ -4161,15 +4188,15 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
      /^ac_cv_env_/b end
      t clear
      :clear
-     s/^\([^=]*\)=\(.*[{}].*\)$/test "${\1+set}" = set || &/
+     s/^\([^=]*\)=\(.*[{}].*\)$/test ${\1+y} || &/
      t end
      s/^\([^=]*\)=\(.*\)$/\1=${\1=\2}/
      :end' >>confcache
 if diff "$cache_file" confcache >/dev/null 2>&1; then :; else
   if test -w "$cache_file"; then
     if test "x$cache_file" != "x/dev/null"; then
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: updating cache $cache_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: updating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
+      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: updating cache $cache_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: updating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
       if test ! -f "$cache_file" || test -h "$cache_file"; then
 	cat confcache >"$cache_file"
       else
@@ -4183,8 +4210,8 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: updating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
       fi
     fi
   else
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&6;}
+    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&6;}
   fi
 fi
 rm -f confcache
@@ -4215,9 +4242,7 @@ s/^[	 ]*#[	 ]*define[	 ][	 ]*\([^	 ][^	 ]*\)[	 ]*\(.*\)/-D\1=\2/g
 t quote
 b any
 :quote
-s/[	 `~#$^&*(){}\\|;'\''"<>?]/\\&/g
-s/\[/\\&/g
-s/\]/\\&/g
+s/[][	 `~#$^&*(){}\\|;'\''"<>?]/\\&/g
 s/\$/$$/g
 H
 :any
@@ -4237,7 +4262,7 @@ U=
 for ac_i in : $LIBOBJS; do test "x$ac_i" = x: && continue
   # 1. Remove the extension, and $U if already installed.
   ac_script='s/\$U\././;s/\.o$//;s/\.obj$//'
-  ac_i=`$as_echo "$ac_i" | sed "$ac_script"`
+  ac_i=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_i" | sed "$ac_script"`
   # 2. Prepend LIBOBJDIR.  When used with automake>=1.10 LIBOBJDIR
   #    will be set to the directory where LIBOBJS objects are built.
   as_fn_append ac_libobjs " \${LIBOBJDIR}$ac_i\$U.$ac_objext"
@@ -4253,8 +4278,8 @@ LTLIBOBJS=$ac_ltlibobjs
 ac_write_fail=0
 ac_clean_files_save=$ac_clean_files
 ac_clean_files="$ac_clean_files $CONFIG_STATUS"
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&6;}
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&6;}
 as_write_fail=0
 cat >$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ASEOF || as_write_fail=1
 #! $SHELL
@@ -4277,63 +4302,65 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ASEOF || as_write_fail=1
 
 # Be more Bourne compatible
 DUALCASE=1; export DUALCASE # for MKS sh
-if test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
+if test ${ZSH_VERSION+y} && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1
+then :
   emulate sh
   NULLCMD=:
   # Pre-4.2 versions of Zsh do word splitting on ${1+"$@"}, which
   # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
   alias -g '${1+"$@"}'='"$@"'
   setopt NO_GLOB_SUBST
-else
-  case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in #(
+else case e in #(
+  e) case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in #(
   *posix*) :
     set -o posix ;; #(
   *) :
      ;;
+esac ;;
 esac
 fi
 
 
+
+# Reset variables that may have inherited troublesome values from
+# the environment.
+
+# IFS needs to be set, to space, tab, and newline, in precisely that order.
+# (If _AS_PATH_WALK were called with IFS unset, it would have the
+# side effect of setting IFS to empty, thus disabling word splitting.)
+# Quoting is to prevent editors from complaining about space-tab.
 as_nl='
 '
 export as_nl
-# Printing a long string crashes Solaris 7 /usr/bin/printf.
-as_echo='\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
-as_echo=$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo
-as_echo=$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo
-# Prefer a ksh shell builtin over an external printf program on Solaris,
-# but without wasting forks for bash or zsh.
-if test -z "$BASH_VERSION$ZSH_VERSION" \
-    && (test "X`print -r -- $as_echo`" = "X$as_echo") 2>/dev/null; then
-  as_echo='print -r --'
-  as_echo_n='print -rn --'
-elif (test "X`printf %s $as_echo`" = "X$as_echo") 2>/dev/null; then
-  as_echo='printf %s\n'
-  as_echo_n='printf %s'
-else
-  if test "X`(/usr/ucb/echo -n -n $as_echo) 2>/dev/null`" = "X-n $as_echo"; then
-    as_echo_body='eval /usr/ucb/echo -n "$1$as_nl"'
-    as_echo_n='/usr/ucb/echo -n'
-  else
-    as_echo_body='eval expr "X$1" : "X\\(.*\\)"'
-    as_echo_n_body='eval
-      arg=$1;
-      case $arg in #(
-      *"$as_nl"*)
-	expr "X$arg" : "X\\(.*\\)$as_nl";
-	arg=`expr "X$arg" : ".*$as_nl\\(.*\\)"`;;
-      esac;
-      expr "X$arg" : "X\\(.*\\)" | tr -d "$as_nl"
-    '
-    export as_echo_n_body
-    as_echo_n='sh -c $as_echo_n_body as_echo'
-  fi
-  export as_echo_body
-  as_echo='sh -c $as_echo_body as_echo'
-fi
+IFS=" ""	$as_nl"
+
+PS1='$ '
+PS2='> '
+PS4='+ '
+
+# Ensure predictable behavior from utilities with locale-dependent output.
+LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL
+LANGUAGE=C
+export LANGUAGE
+
+# We cannot yet rely on "unset" to work, but we need these variables
+# to be unset--not just set to an empty or harmless value--now, to
+# avoid bugs in old shells (e.g. pre-3.0 UWIN ksh).  This construct
+# also avoids known problems related to "unset" and subshell syntax
+# in other old shells (e.g. bash 2.01 and pdksh 5.2.14).
+for as_var in BASH_ENV ENV MAIL MAILPATH CDPATH
+do eval test \${$as_var+y} \
+  && ( (unset $as_var) || exit 1) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset $as_var || :
+done
+
+# Ensure that fds 0, 1, and 2 are open.
+if (exec 3>&0) 2>/dev/null; then :; else exec 0</dev/null; fi
+if (exec 3>&1) 2>/dev/null; then :; else exec 1>/dev/null; fi
+if (exec 3>&2)            ; then :; else exec 2>/dev/null; fi
 
 # The user is always right.
-if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
+if ${PATH_SEPARATOR+false} :; then
   PATH_SEPARATOR=:
   (PATH='/bin;/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
     (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
@@ -4342,13 +4369,6 @@ if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
 fi
 
 
-# IFS
-# We need space, tab and new line, in precisely that order.  Quoting is
-# there to prevent editors from complaining about space-tab.
-# (If _AS_PATH_WALK were called with IFS unset, it would disable word
-# splitting by setting IFS to empty value.)
-IFS=" ""	$as_nl"
-
 # Find who we are.  Look in the path if we contain no directory separator.
 as_myself=
 case $0 in #((
@@ -4357,43 +4377,27 @@ case $0 in #((
 for as_dir in $PATH
 do
   IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    test -r "$as_dir/$0" && as_myself=$as_dir/$0 && break
+  case $as_dir in #(((
+    '') as_dir=./ ;;
+    */) ;;
+    *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
+  esac
+    test -r "$as_dir$0" && as_myself=$as_dir$0 && break
   done
 IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
      ;;
 esac
-# We did not find ourselves, most probably we were run as `sh COMMAND'
+# We did not find ourselves, most probably we were run as 'sh COMMAND'
 # in which case we are not to be found in the path.
 if test "x$as_myself" = x; then
   as_myself=$0
 fi
 if test ! -f "$as_myself"; then
-  $as_echo "$as_myself: error: cannot find myself; rerun with an absolute file name" >&2
+  printf "%s\n" "$as_myself: error: cannot find myself; rerun with an absolute file name" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# Unset variables that we do not need and which cause bugs (e.g. in
-# pre-3.0 UWIN ksh).  But do not cause bugs in bash 2.01; the "|| exit 1"
-# suppresses any "Segmentation fault" message there.  '((' could
-# trigger a bug in pdksh 5.2.14.
-for as_var in BASH_ENV ENV MAIL MAILPATH
-do eval test x\${$as_var+set} = xset \
-  && ( (unset $as_var) || exit 1) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset $as_var || :
-done
-PS1='$ '
-PS2='> '
-PS4='+ '
-
-# NLS nuisances.
-LC_ALL=C
-export LC_ALL
-LANGUAGE=C
-export LANGUAGE
-
-# CDPATH.
-(unset CDPATH) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset CDPATH
 
 
 # as_fn_error STATUS ERROR [LINENO LOG_FD]
@@ -4406,9 +4410,9 @@ as_fn_error ()
   as_status=$1; test $as_status -eq 0 && as_status=1
   if test "$4"; then
     as_lineno=${as_lineno-"$3"} as_lineno_stack=as_lineno_stack=$as_lineno_stack
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: $2" >&$4
+    printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: $2" >&$4
   fi
-  $as_echo "$as_me: error: $2" >&2
+  printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: $2" >&2
   as_fn_exit $as_status
 } # as_fn_error
 
@@ -4439,22 +4443,25 @@ as_fn_unset ()
   { eval $1=; unset $1;}
 }
 as_unset=as_fn_unset
+
 # as_fn_append VAR VALUE
 # ----------------------
 # Append the text in VALUE to the end of the definition contained in VAR. Take
 # advantage of any shell optimizations that allow amortized linear growth over
 # repeated appends, instead of the typical quadratic growth present in naive
 # implementations.
-if (eval "as_var=1; as_var+=2; test x\$as_var = x12") 2>/dev/null; then :
+if (eval "as_var=1; as_var+=2; test x\$as_var = x12") 2>/dev/null
+then :
   eval 'as_fn_append ()
   {
     eval $1+=\$2
   }'
-else
-  as_fn_append ()
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_fn_append ()
   {
     eval $1=\$$1\$2
-  }
+  } ;;
+esac
 fi # as_fn_append
 
 # as_fn_arith ARG...
@@ -4462,16 +4469,18 @@ fi # as_fn_append
 # Perform arithmetic evaluation on the ARGs, and store the result in the
 # global $as_val. Take advantage of shells that can avoid forks. The arguments
 # must be portable across $(()) and expr.
-if (eval "test \$(( 1 + 1 )) = 2") 2>/dev/null; then :
+if (eval "test \$(( 1 + 1 )) = 2") 2>/dev/null
+then :
   eval 'as_fn_arith ()
   {
     as_val=$(( $* ))
   }'
-else
-  as_fn_arith ()
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_fn_arith ()
   {
     as_val=`expr "$@" || test $? -eq 1`
-  }
+  } ;;
+esac
 fi # as_fn_arith
 
 
@@ -4498,7 +4507,7 @@ as_me=`$as_basename -- "$0" ||
 $as_expr X/"$0" : '.*/\([^/][^/]*\)/*$' \| \
 	 X"$0" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$0" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X/"$0" |
+printf "%s\n" X/"$0" |
     sed '/^.*\/\([^/][^/]*\)\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -4520,6 +4529,10 @@ as_cr_Letters=$as_cr_letters$as_cr_LETTERS
 as_cr_digits='0123456789'
 as_cr_alnum=$as_cr_Letters$as_cr_digits
 
+
+# Determine whether it's possible to make 'echo' print without a newline.
+# These variables are no longer used directly by Autoconf, but are AC_SUBSTed
+# for compatibility with existing Makefiles.
 ECHO_C= ECHO_N= ECHO_T=
 case `echo -n x` in #(((((
 -n*)
@@ -4533,6 +4546,12 @@ case `echo -n x` in #(((((
   ECHO_N='-n';;
 esac
 
+# For backward compatibility with old third-party macros, we provide
+# the shell variables $as_echo and $as_echo_n.  New code should use
+# AS_ECHO(["message"]) and AS_ECHO_N(["message"]), respectively.
+as_echo='printf %s\n'
+as_echo_n='printf %s'
+
 rm -f conf$$ conf$$.exe conf$$.file
 if test -d conf$$.dir; then
   rm -f conf$$.dir/conf$$.file
@@ -4544,9 +4563,9 @@ if (echo >conf$$.file) 2>/dev/null; then
   if ln -s conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
     as_ln_s='ln -s'
     # ... but there are two gotchas:
-    # 1) On MSYS, both `ln -s file dir' and `ln file dir' fail.
-    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; `ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
-    # In both cases, we have to default to `cp -pR'.
+    # 1) On MSYS, both 'ln -s file dir' and 'ln file dir' fail.
+    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; 'ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
+    # In both cases, we have to default to 'cp -pR'.
     ln -s conf$$.file conf$$.dir 2>/dev/null && test ! -f conf$$.exe ||
       as_ln_s='cp -pR'
   elif ln conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -4574,7 +4593,7 @@ as_fn_mkdir_p ()
     as_dirs=
     while :; do
       case $as_dir in #(
-      *\'*) as_qdir=`$as_echo "$as_dir" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; #'(
+      *\'*) as_qdir=`printf "%s\n" "$as_dir" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; #'(
       *) as_qdir=$as_dir;;
       esac
       as_dirs="'$as_qdir' $as_dirs"
@@ -4583,7 +4602,7 @@ $as_expr X"$as_dir" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X"$as_dir" |
+printf "%s\n" X"$as_dir" |
     sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -4627,10 +4646,12 @@ as_test_x='test -x'
 as_executable_p=as_fn_executable_p
 
 # Sed expression to map a string onto a valid CPP name.
-as_tr_cpp="eval sed 'y%*$as_cr_letters%P$as_cr_LETTERS%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g'"
+as_sed_cpp="y%*$as_cr_letters%P$as_cr_LETTERS%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g"
+as_tr_cpp="eval sed '$as_sed_cpp'" # deprecated
 
 # Sed expression to map a string onto a valid variable name.
-as_tr_sh="eval sed 'y%*+%pp%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g'"
+as_sed_sh="y%*+%pp%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g"
+as_tr_sh="eval sed '$as_sed_sh'" # deprecated
 
 
 exec 6>&1
@@ -4646,7 +4667,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
 This file was extended by $as_me, which was
-generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
+generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
   CONFIG_HEADERS  = $CONFIG_HEADERS
@@ -4674,7 +4695,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_usage="\
-\`$as_me' instantiates files and other configuration actions
+'$as_me' instantiates files and other configuration actions
 from templates according to the current configuration.  Unless the files
 and actions are specified as TAGs, all are instantiated by default.
 
@@ -4699,14 +4720,16 @@ $config_links
 Report bugs to the package provider."
 
 _ACEOF
+ac_cs_config=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_configure_args" | sed "$ac_safe_unquote"`
+ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
-ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
+ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
 config.status
-configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
+configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
-Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This config.status script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it."
 
@@ -4743,28 +4766,28 @@ do
   -recheck | --recheck | --rechec | --reche | --rech | --rec | --re | --r)
     ac_cs_recheck=: ;;
   --version | --versio | --versi | --vers | --ver | --ve | --v | -V )
-    $as_echo "$ac_cs_version"; exit ;;
+    printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_version"; exit ;;
   --config | --confi | --conf | --con | --co | --c )
-    $as_echo "$ac_cs_config"; exit ;;
+    printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config"; exit ;;
   --debug | --debu | --deb | --de | --d | -d )
     debug=: ;;
   --file | --fil | --fi | --f )
     $ac_shift
     case $ac_optarg in
-    *\'*) ac_optarg=`$as_echo "$ac_optarg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
+    *\'*) ac_optarg=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_optarg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
     '') as_fn_error $? "missing file argument" ;;
     esac
     as_fn_append CONFIG_FILES " '$ac_optarg'"
     ac_need_defaults=false;;
   --he | --h |  --help | --hel | -h )
-    $as_echo "$ac_cs_usage"; exit ;;
+    printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_usage"; exit ;;
   -q | -quiet | --quiet | --quie | --qui | --qu | --q \
   | -silent | --silent | --silen | --sile | --sil | --si | --s)
     ac_cs_silent=: ;;
 
   # This is an error.
-  -*) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized option: \`$1'
-Try \`$0 --help' for more information." ;;
+  -*) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized option: '$1'
+Try '$0 --help' for more information." ;;
 
   *) as_fn_append ac_config_targets " $1"
      ac_need_defaults=false ;;
@@ -4785,7 +4808,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 if \$ac_cs_recheck; then
   set X $SHELL '$0' $ac_configure_args \$ac_configure_extra_args --no-create --no-recursion
   shift
-  \$as_echo "running CONFIG_SHELL=$SHELL \$*" >&6
+  \printf "%s\n" "running CONFIG_SHELL=$SHELL \$*" >&6
   CONFIG_SHELL='$SHELL'
   export CONFIG_SHELL
   exec "\$@"
@@ -4799,7 +4822,7 @@ exec 5>>config.log
   sed 'h;s/./-/g;s/^.../## /;s/...$/ ##/;p;x;p;x' <<_ASBOX
 ## Running $as_me. ##
 _ASBOX
-  $as_echo "$ac_log"
+  printf "%s\n" "$ac_log"
 } >&5
 
 _ACEOF
@@ -4822,7 +4845,7 @@ do
     "utils/epics/util/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES utils/epics/util/Makefile:src/epics/util/Makefile.in" ;;
     "doc/doxygen.cfg") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES doc/doxygen.cfg" ;;
 
-  *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
+  *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: '$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   esac
 done
 
@@ -4832,8 +4855,8 @@ done
 # We use the long form for the default assignment because of an extremely
 # bizarre bug on SunOS 4.1.3.
 if $ac_need_defaults; then
-  test "${CONFIG_FILES+set}" = set || CONFIG_FILES=$config_files
-  test "${CONFIG_LINKS+set}" = set || CONFIG_LINKS=$config_links
+  test ${CONFIG_FILES+y} || CONFIG_FILES=$config_files
+  test ${CONFIG_LINKS+y} || CONFIG_LINKS=$config_links
 fi
 
 # Have a temporary directory for convenience.  Make it in the build tree
@@ -4841,7 +4864,7 @@ fi
 # creating and moving files from /tmp can sometimes cause problems.
 # Hook for its removal unless debugging.
 # Note that there is a small window in which the directory will not be cleaned:
-# after its creation but before its name has been assigned to `$tmp'.
+# after its creation but before its name has been assigned to '$tmp'.
 $debug ||
 {
   tmp= ac_tmp=
@@ -4865,7 +4888,7 @@ ac_tmp=$tmp
 
 # Set up the scripts for CONFIG_FILES section.
 # No need to generate them if there are no CONFIG_FILES.
-# This happens for instance with `./config.status config.h'.
+# This happens for instance with './config.status config.h'.
 if test -n "$CONFIG_FILES"; then
 
 
@@ -5031,7 +5054,7 @@ do
   esac
   case $ac_mode$ac_tag in
   :[FHL]*:*);;
-  :L* | :C*:*) as_fn_error $? "invalid tag \`$ac_tag'" "$LINENO" 5;;
+  :L* | :C*:*) as_fn_error $? "invalid tag '$ac_tag'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   :[FH]-) ac_tag=-:-;;
   :[FH]*) ac_tag=$ac_tag:$ac_tag.in;;
   esac
@@ -5053,33 +5076,33 @@ do
       -) ac_f="$ac_tmp/stdin";;
       *) # Look for the file first in the build tree, then in the source tree
 	 # (if the path is not absolute).  The absolute path cannot be DOS-style,
-	 # because $ac_f cannot contain `:'.
+	 # because $ac_f cannot contain ':'.
 	 test -f "$ac_f" ||
 	   case $ac_f in
 	   [\\/$]*) false;;
 	   *) test -f "$srcdir/$ac_f" && ac_f="$srcdir/$ac_f";;
 	   esac ||
-	   as_fn_error 1 "cannot find input file: \`$ac_f'" "$LINENO" 5;;
+	   as_fn_error 1 "cannot find input file: '$ac_f'" "$LINENO" 5;;
       esac
-      case $ac_f in *\'*) ac_f=`$as_echo "$ac_f" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; esac
+      case $ac_f in *\'*) ac_f=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_f" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; esac
       as_fn_append ac_file_inputs " '$ac_f'"
     done
 
-    # Let's still pretend it is `configure' which instantiates (i.e., don't
+    # Let's still pretend it is 'configure' which instantiates (i.e., don't
     # use $as_me), people would be surprised to read:
     #    /* config.h.  Generated by config.status.  */
     configure_input='Generated from '`
-	  $as_echo "$*" | sed 's|^[^:]*/||;s|:[^:]*/|, |g'
+	  printf "%s\n" "$*" | sed 's|^[^:]*/||;s|:[^:]*/|, |g'
 	`' by configure.'
     if test x"$ac_file" != x-; then
       configure_input="$ac_file.  $configure_input"
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $ac_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: creating $ac_file" >&6;}
+      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $ac_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: creating $ac_file" >&6;}
     fi
     # Neutralize special characters interpreted by sed in replacement strings.
     case $configure_input in #(
     *\&* | *\|* | *\\* )
-       ac_sed_conf_input=`$as_echo "$configure_input" |
+       ac_sed_conf_input=`printf "%s\n" "$configure_input" |
        sed 's/[\\\\&|]/\\\\&/g'`;; #(
     *) ac_sed_conf_input=$configure_input;;
     esac
@@ -5096,7 +5119,7 @@ $as_expr X"$ac_file" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
 	 X"$ac_file" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
 	 X"$ac_file" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$ac_file" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X"$ac_file" |
+printf "%s\n" X"$ac_file" |
     sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -5120,9 +5143,9 @@ $as_echo X"$ac_file" |
 case "$ac_dir" in
 .) ac_dir_suffix= ac_top_builddir_sub=. ac_top_build_prefix= ;;
 *)
-  ac_dir_suffix=/`$as_echo "$ac_dir" | sed 's|^\.[\\/]||'`
+  ac_dir_suffix=/`printf "%s\n" "$ac_dir" | sed 's|^\.[\\/]||'`
   # A ".." for each directory in $ac_dir_suffix.
-  ac_top_builddir_sub=`$as_echo "$ac_dir_suffix" | sed 's|/[^\\/]*|/..|g;s|/||'`
+  ac_top_builddir_sub=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_dir_suffix" | sed 's|/[^\\/]*|/..|g;s|/||'`
   case $ac_top_builddir_sub in
   "") ac_top_builddir_sub=. ac_top_build_prefix= ;;
   *)  ac_top_build_prefix=$ac_top_builddir_sub/ ;;
@@ -5175,8 +5198,8 @@ ac_sed_dataroot='
 case `eval "sed -n \"\$ac_sed_dataroot\" $ac_file_inputs"` in
 *datarootdir*) ac_datarootdir_seen=yes;;
 *@datadir@*|*@docdir@*|*@infodir@*|*@localedir@*|*@mandir@*)
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&2;}
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&2;}
 _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
   ac_datarootdir_hack='
@@ -5189,7 +5212,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 esac
 _ACEOF
 
-# Neutralize VPATH when `$srcdir' = `.'.
+# Neutralize VPATH when '$srcdir' = '.'.
 # Shell code in configure.ac might set extrasub.
 # FIXME: do we really want to maintain this feature?
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
@@ -5218,9 +5241,9 @@ test -z "$ac_datarootdir_hack$ac_datarootdir_seen" &&
   { ac_out=`sed -n '/\${datarootdir}/p' "$ac_tmp/out"`; test -n "$ac_out"; } &&
   { ac_out=`sed -n '/^[	 ]*datarootdir[	 ]*:*=/p' \
       "$ac_tmp/out"`; test -z "$ac_out"; } &&
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable \`datarootdir'
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable 'datarootdir'
 which seems to be undefined.  Please make sure it is defined" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable \`datarootdir'
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable 'datarootdir'
 which seems to be undefined.  Please make sure it is defined" >&2;}
 
   rm -f "$ac_tmp/stdin"
@@ -5244,8 +5267,8 @@ which seems to be undefined.  Please make sure it is defined" >&2;}
       ac_source=$srcdir/$ac_source
     fi
 
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&6;}
+    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&6;}
 
     if test ! -r "$ac_source"; then
       as_fn_error $? "$ac_source: file not found" "$LINENO" 5
@@ -5303,8 +5326,8 @@ if test "$no_create" != yes; then
   $ac_cs_success || as_fn_exit 1
 fi
 if test -n "$ac_unrecognized_opts" && test "$enable_option_checking" != no; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
 fi
 
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files doc/doxScript"
@@ -5319,8 +5342,8 @@ cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # config.status only pays attention to the cache file if you give it
 # the --recheck option to rerun configure.
 #
-# `ac_cv_env_foo' variables (set or unset) will be overridden when
-# loading this file, other *unset* `ac_cv_foo' will be assigned the
+# 'ac_cv_env_foo' variables (set or unset) will be overridden when
+# loading this file, other *unset* 'ac_cv_foo' will be assigned the
 # following values.
 
 _ACEOF
@@ -5336,8 +5359,8 @@ _ACEOF
     case $ac_val in #(
     *${as_nl}*)
       case $ac_var in #(
-      *_cv_*) { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
+      *_cv_*) { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
       esac
       case $ac_var in #(
       _ | IFS | as_nl) ;; #(
@@ -5350,14 +5373,14 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
   (set) 2>&1 |
     case $as_nl`(ac_space=' '; set) 2>&1` in #(
     *${as_nl}ac_space=\ *)
-      # `set' does not quote correctly, so add quotes: double-quote
+      # 'set' does not quote correctly, so add quotes: double-quote
       # substitution turns \\\\ into \\, and sed turns \\ into \.
       sed -n \
 	"s/'/'\\\\''/g;
 	  s/^\\([_$as_cr_alnum]*_cv_[_$as_cr_alnum]*\\)=\\(.*\\)/\\1='\\2'/p"
       ;; #(
     *)
-      # `set' quotes correctly as required by POSIX, so do not add quotes.
+      # 'set' quotes correctly as required by POSIX, so do not add quotes.
       sed -n "/^[_$as_cr_alnum]*_cv_[_$as_cr_alnum]*=/p"
       ;;
     esac |
@@ -5367,15 +5390,15 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: cache variable $ac_var contains a newline" >&2;} ;;
      /^ac_cv_env_/b end
      t clear
      :clear
-     s/^\([^=]*\)=\(.*[{}].*\)$/test "${\1+set}" = set || &/
+     s/^\([^=]*\)=\(.*[{}].*\)$/test ${\1+y} || &/
      t end
      s/^\([^=]*\)=\(.*\)$/\1=${\1=\2}/
      :end' >>confcache
 if diff "$cache_file" confcache >/dev/null 2>&1; then :; else
   if test -w "$cache_file"; then
     if test "x$cache_file" != "x/dev/null"; then
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: updating cache $cache_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: updating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
+      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: updating cache $cache_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: updating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
       if test ! -f "$cache_file" || test -h "$cache_file"; then
 	cat confcache >"$cache_file"
       else
@@ -5389,8 +5412,8 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: updating cache $cache_file" >&6;}
       fi
     fi
   else
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&6;}
+    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: not updating unwritable cache $cache_file" >&6;}
   fi
 fi
 rm -f confcache
@@ -5421,9 +5444,7 @@ s/^[	 ]*#[	 ]*define[	 ][	 ]*\([^	 ][^	 ]*\)[	 ]*\(.*\)/-D\1=\2/g
 t quote
 b any
 :quote
-s/[	 `~#$^&*(){}\\|;'\''"<>?]/\\&/g
-s/\[/\\&/g
-s/\]/\\&/g
+s/[][	 `~#$^&*(){}\\|;'\''"<>?]/\\&/g
 s/\$/$$/g
 H
 :any
@@ -5443,7 +5464,7 @@ U=
 for ac_i in : $LIBOBJS; do test "x$ac_i" = x: && continue
   # 1. Remove the extension, and $U if already installed.
   ac_script='s/\$U\././;s/\.o$//;s/\.obj$//'
-  ac_i=`$as_echo "$ac_i" | sed "$ac_script"`
+  ac_i=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_i" | sed "$ac_script"`
   # 2. Prepend LIBOBJDIR.  When used with automake>=1.10 LIBOBJDIR
   #    will be set to the directory where LIBOBJS objects are built.
   as_fn_append ac_libobjs " \${LIBOBJDIR}$ac_i\$U.$ac_objext"
@@ -5459,8 +5480,8 @@ LTLIBOBJS=$ac_ltlibobjs
 ac_write_fail=0
 ac_clean_files_save=$ac_clean_files
 ac_clean_files="$ac_clean_files $CONFIG_STATUS"
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&6;}
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: creating $CONFIG_STATUS" >&6;}
 as_write_fail=0
 cat >$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ASEOF || as_write_fail=1
 #! $SHELL
@@ -5483,63 +5504,65 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ASEOF || as_write_fail=1
 
 # Be more Bourne compatible
 DUALCASE=1; export DUALCASE # for MKS sh
-if test -n "${ZSH_VERSION+set}" && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then :
+if test ${ZSH_VERSION+y} && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1
+then :
   emulate sh
   NULLCMD=:
   # Pre-4.2 versions of Zsh do word splitting on ${1+"$@"}, which
   # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
   alias -g '${1+"$@"}'='"$@"'
   setopt NO_GLOB_SUBST
-else
-  case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in #(
+else case e in #(
+  e) case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in #(
   *posix*) :
     set -o posix ;; #(
   *) :
      ;;
+esac ;;
 esac
 fi
 
 
+
+# Reset variables that may have inherited troublesome values from
+# the environment.
+
+# IFS needs to be set, to space, tab, and newline, in precisely that order.
+# (If _AS_PATH_WALK were called with IFS unset, it would have the
+# side effect of setting IFS to empty, thus disabling word splitting.)
+# Quoting is to prevent editors from complaining about space-tab.
 as_nl='
 '
 export as_nl
-# Printing a long string crashes Solaris 7 /usr/bin/printf.
-as_echo='\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
-as_echo=$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo
-as_echo=$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo$as_echo
-# Prefer a ksh shell builtin over an external printf program on Solaris,
-# but without wasting forks for bash or zsh.
-if test -z "$BASH_VERSION$ZSH_VERSION" \
-    && (test "X`print -r -- $as_echo`" = "X$as_echo") 2>/dev/null; then
-  as_echo='print -r --'
-  as_echo_n='print -rn --'
-elif (test "X`printf %s $as_echo`" = "X$as_echo") 2>/dev/null; then
-  as_echo='printf %s\n'
-  as_echo_n='printf %s'
-else
-  if test "X`(/usr/ucb/echo -n -n $as_echo) 2>/dev/null`" = "X-n $as_echo"; then
-    as_echo_body='eval /usr/ucb/echo -n "$1$as_nl"'
-    as_echo_n='/usr/ucb/echo -n'
-  else
-    as_echo_body='eval expr "X$1" : "X\\(.*\\)"'
-    as_echo_n_body='eval
-      arg=$1;
-      case $arg in #(
-      *"$as_nl"*)
-	expr "X$arg" : "X\\(.*\\)$as_nl";
-	arg=`expr "X$arg" : ".*$as_nl\\(.*\\)"`;;
-      esac;
-      expr "X$arg" : "X\\(.*\\)" | tr -d "$as_nl"
-    '
-    export as_echo_n_body
-    as_echo_n='sh -c $as_echo_n_body as_echo'
-  fi
-  export as_echo_body
-  as_echo='sh -c $as_echo_body as_echo'
-fi
+IFS=" ""	$as_nl"
+
+PS1='$ '
+PS2='> '
+PS4='+ '
+
+# Ensure predictable behavior from utilities with locale-dependent output.
+LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL
+LANGUAGE=C
+export LANGUAGE
+
+# We cannot yet rely on "unset" to work, but we need these variables
+# to be unset--not just set to an empty or harmless value--now, to
+# avoid bugs in old shells (e.g. pre-3.0 UWIN ksh).  This construct
+# also avoids known problems related to "unset" and subshell syntax
+# in other old shells (e.g. bash 2.01 and pdksh 5.2.14).
+for as_var in BASH_ENV ENV MAIL MAILPATH CDPATH
+do eval test \${$as_var+y} \
+  && ( (unset $as_var) || exit 1) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset $as_var || :
+done
+
+# Ensure that fds 0, 1, and 2 are open.
+if (exec 3>&0) 2>/dev/null; then :; else exec 0</dev/null; fi
+if (exec 3>&1) 2>/dev/null; then :; else exec 1>/dev/null; fi
+if (exec 3>&2)            ; then :; else exec 2>/dev/null; fi
 
 # The user is always right.
-if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
+if ${PATH_SEPARATOR+false} :; then
   PATH_SEPARATOR=:
   (PATH='/bin;/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 && {
     (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
@@ -5548,13 +5571,6 @@ if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
 fi
 
 
-# IFS
-# We need space, tab and new line, in precisely that order.  Quoting is
-# there to prevent editors from complaining about space-tab.
-# (If _AS_PATH_WALK were called with IFS unset, it would disable word
-# splitting by setting IFS to empty value.)
-IFS=" ""	$as_nl"
-
 # Find who we are.  Look in the path if we contain no directory separator.
 as_myself=
 case $0 in #((
@@ -5563,43 +5579,27 @@ case $0 in #((
 for as_dir in $PATH
 do
   IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    test -r "$as_dir/$0" && as_myself=$as_dir/$0 && break
+  case $as_dir in #(((
+    '') as_dir=./ ;;
+    */) ;;
+    *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
+  esac
+    test -r "$as_dir$0" && as_myself=$as_dir$0 && break
   done
 IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
      ;;
 esac
-# We did not find ourselves, most probably we were run as `sh COMMAND'
+# We did not find ourselves, most probably we were run as 'sh COMMAND'
 # in which case we are not to be found in the path.
 if test "x$as_myself" = x; then
   as_myself=$0
 fi
 if test ! -f "$as_myself"; then
-  $as_echo "$as_myself: error: cannot find myself; rerun with an absolute file name" >&2
+  printf "%s\n" "$as_myself: error: cannot find myself; rerun with an absolute file name" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# Unset variables that we do not need and which cause bugs (e.g. in
-# pre-3.0 UWIN ksh).  But do not cause bugs in bash 2.01; the "|| exit 1"
-# suppresses any "Segmentation fault" message there.  '((' could
-# trigger a bug in pdksh 5.2.14.
-for as_var in BASH_ENV ENV MAIL MAILPATH
-do eval test x\${$as_var+set} = xset \
-  && ( (unset $as_var) || exit 1) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset $as_var || :
-done
-PS1='$ '
-PS2='> '
-PS4='+ '
-
-# NLS nuisances.
-LC_ALL=C
-export LC_ALL
-LANGUAGE=C
-export LANGUAGE
-
-# CDPATH.
-(unset CDPATH) >/dev/null 2>&1 && unset CDPATH
 
 
 # as_fn_error STATUS ERROR [LINENO LOG_FD]
@@ -5612,9 +5612,9 @@ as_fn_error ()
   as_status=$1; test $as_status -eq 0 && as_status=1
   if test "$4"; then
     as_lineno=${as_lineno-"$3"} as_lineno_stack=as_lineno_stack=$as_lineno_stack
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: $2" >&$4
+    printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: $2" >&$4
   fi
-  $as_echo "$as_me: error: $2" >&2
+  printf "%s\n" "$as_me: error: $2" >&2
   as_fn_exit $as_status
 } # as_fn_error
 
@@ -5645,22 +5645,25 @@ as_fn_unset ()
   { eval $1=; unset $1;}
 }
 as_unset=as_fn_unset
+
 # as_fn_append VAR VALUE
 # ----------------------
 # Append the text in VALUE to the end of the definition contained in VAR. Take
 # advantage of any shell optimizations that allow amortized linear growth over
 # repeated appends, instead of the typical quadratic growth present in naive
 # implementations.
-if (eval "as_var=1; as_var+=2; test x\$as_var = x12") 2>/dev/null; then :
+if (eval "as_var=1; as_var+=2; test x\$as_var = x12") 2>/dev/null
+then :
   eval 'as_fn_append ()
   {
     eval $1+=\$2
   }'
-else
-  as_fn_append ()
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_fn_append ()
   {
     eval $1=\$$1\$2
-  }
+  } ;;
+esac
 fi # as_fn_append
 
 # as_fn_arith ARG...
@@ -5668,16 +5671,18 @@ fi # as_fn_append
 # Perform arithmetic evaluation on the ARGs, and store the result in the
 # global $as_val. Take advantage of shells that can avoid forks. The arguments
 # must be portable across $(()) and expr.
-if (eval "test \$(( 1 + 1 )) = 2") 2>/dev/null; then :
+if (eval "test \$(( 1 + 1 )) = 2") 2>/dev/null
+then :
   eval 'as_fn_arith ()
   {
     as_val=$(( $* ))
   }'
-else
-  as_fn_arith ()
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_fn_arith ()
   {
     as_val=`expr "$@" || test $? -eq 1`
-  }
+  } ;;
+esac
 fi # as_fn_arith
 
 
@@ -5704,7 +5709,7 @@ as_me=`$as_basename -- "$0" ||
 $as_expr X/"$0" : '.*/\([^/][^/]*\)/*$' \| \
 	 X"$0" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$0" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X/"$0" |
+printf "%s\n" X/"$0" |
     sed '/^.*\/\([^/][^/]*\)\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -5726,6 +5731,10 @@ as_cr_Letters=$as_cr_letters$as_cr_LETTERS
 as_cr_digits='0123456789'
 as_cr_alnum=$as_cr_Letters$as_cr_digits
 
+
+# Determine whether it's possible to make 'echo' print without a newline.
+# These variables are no longer used directly by Autoconf, but are AC_SUBSTed
+# for compatibility with existing Makefiles.
 ECHO_C= ECHO_N= ECHO_T=
 case `echo -n x` in #(((((
 -n*)
@@ -5739,6 +5748,12 @@ case `echo -n x` in #(((((
   ECHO_N='-n';;
 esac
 
+# For backward compatibility with old third-party macros, we provide
+# the shell variables $as_echo and $as_echo_n.  New code should use
+# AS_ECHO(["message"]) and AS_ECHO_N(["message"]), respectively.
+as_echo='printf %s\n'
+as_echo_n='printf %s'
+
 rm -f conf$$ conf$$.exe conf$$.file
 if test -d conf$$.dir; then
   rm -f conf$$.dir/conf$$.file
@@ -5750,9 +5765,9 @@ if (echo >conf$$.file) 2>/dev/null; then
   if ln -s conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
     as_ln_s='ln -s'
     # ... but there are two gotchas:
-    # 1) On MSYS, both `ln -s file dir' and `ln file dir' fail.
-    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; `ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
-    # In both cases, we have to default to `cp -pR'.
+    # 1) On MSYS, both 'ln -s file dir' and 'ln file dir' fail.
+    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; 'ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
+    # In both cases, we have to default to 'cp -pR'.
     ln -s conf$$.file conf$$.dir 2>/dev/null && test ! -f conf$$.exe ||
       as_ln_s='cp -pR'
   elif ln conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -5780,7 +5795,7 @@ as_fn_mkdir_p ()
     as_dirs=
     while :; do
       case $as_dir in #(
-      *\'*) as_qdir=`$as_echo "$as_dir" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; #'(
+      *\'*) as_qdir=`printf "%s\n" "$as_dir" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; #'(
       *) as_qdir=$as_dir;;
       esac
       as_dirs="'$as_qdir' $as_dirs"
@@ -5789,7 +5804,7 @@ $as_expr X"$as_dir" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$as_dir" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X"$as_dir" |
+printf "%s\n" X"$as_dir" |
     sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -5833,10 +5848,12 @@ as_test_x='test -x'
 as_executable_p=as_fn_executable_p
 
 # Sed expression to map a string onto a valid CPP name.
-as_tr_cpp="eval sed 'y%*$as_cr_letters%P$as_cr_LETTERS%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g'"
+as_sed_cpp="y%*$as_cr_letters%P$as_cr_LETTERS%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g"
+as_tr_cpp="eval sed '$as_sed_cpp'" # deprecated
 
 # Sed expression to map a string onto a valid variable name.
-as_tr_sh="eval sed 'y%*+%pp%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g'"
+as_sed_sh="y%*+%pp%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g"
+as_tr_sh="eval sed '$as_sed_sh'" # deprecated
 
 
 exec 6>&1
@@ -5852,7 +5869,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
 This file was extended by $as_me, which was
-generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
+generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
   CONFIG_HEADERS  = $CONFIG_HEADERS
@@ -5880,7 +5897,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_usage="\
-\`$as_me' instantiates files and other configuration actions
+'$as_me' instantiates files and other configuration actions
 from templates according to the current configuration.  Unless the files
 and actions are specified as TAGs, all are instantiated by default.
 
@@ -5905,14 +5922,16 @@ $config_links
 Report bugs to the package provider."
 
 _ACEOF
+ac_cs_config=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_configure_args" | sed "$ac_safe_unquote"`
+ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
-ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
+ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
 config.status
-configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
+configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
-Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This config.status script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it."
 
@@ -5949,28 +5968,28 @@ do
   -recheck | --recheck | --rechec | --reche | --rech | --rec | --re | --r)
     ac_cs_recheck=: ;;
   --version | --versio | --versi | --vers | --ver | --ve | --v | -V )
-    $as_echo "$ac_cs_version"; exit ;;
+    printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_version"; exit ;;
   --config | --confi | --conf | --con | --co | --c )
-    $as_echo "$ac_cs_config"; exit ;;
+    printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config"; exit ;;
   --debug | --debu | --deb | --de | --d | -d )
     debug=: ;;
   --file | --fil | --fi | --f )
     $ac_shift
     case $ac_optarg in
-    *\'*) ac_optarg=`$as_echo "$ac_optarg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
+    *\'*) ac_optarg=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_optarg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"` ;;
     '') as_fn_error $? "missing file argument" ;;
     esac
     as_fn_append CONFIG_FILES " '$ac_optarg'"
     ac_need_defaults=false;;
   --he | --h |  --help | --hel | -h )
-    $as_echo "$ac_cs_usage"; exit ;;
+    printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_usage"; exit ;;
   -q | -quiet | --quiet | --quie | --qui | --qu | --q \
   | -silent | --silent | --silen | --sile | --sil | --si | --s)
     ac_cs_silent=: ;;
 
   # This is an error.
-  -*) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized option: \`$1'
-Try \`$0 --help' for more information." ;;
+  -*) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized option: '$1'
+Try '$0 --help' for more information." ;;
 
   *) as_fn_append ac_config_targets " $1"
      ac_need_defaults=false ;;
@@ -5991,7 +6010,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 if \$ac_cs_recheck; then
   set X $SHELL '$0' $ac_configure_args \$ac_configure_extra_args --no-create --no-recursion
   shift
-  \$as_echo "running CONFIG_SHELL=$SHELL \$*" >&6
+  \printf "%s\n" "running CONFIG_SHELL=$SHELL \$*" >&6
   CONFIG_SHELL='$SHELL'
   export CONFIG_SHELL
   exec "\$@"
@@ -6005,7 +6024,7 @@ exec 5>>config.log
   sed 'h;s/./-/g;s/^.../## /;s/...$/ ##/;p;x;p;x' <<_ASBOX
 ## Running $as_me. ##
 _ASBOX
-  $as_echo "$ac_log"
+  printf "%s\n" "$ac_log"
 } >&5
 
 _ACEOF
@@ -6029,7 +6048,7 @@ do
     "doc/doxygen.cfg") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES doc/doxygen.cfg" ;;
     "doc/doxScript") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES doc/doxScript" ;;
 
-  *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
+  *) as_fn_error $? "invalid argument: '$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   esac
 done
 
@@ -6039,8 +6058,8 @@ done
 # We use the long form for the default assignment because of an extremely
 # bizarre bug on SunOS 4.1.3.
 if $ac_need_defaults; then
-  test "${CONFIG_FILES+set}" = set || CONFIG_FILES=$config_files
-  test "${CONFIG_LINKS+set}" = set || CONFIG_LINKS=$config_links
+  test ${CONFIG_FILES+y} || CONFIG_FILES=$config_files
+  test ${CONFIG_LINKS+y} || CONFIG_LINKS=$config_links
 fi
 
 # Have a temporary directory for convenience.  Make it in the build tree
@@ -6048,7 +6067,7 @@ fi
 # creating and moving files from /tmp can sometimes cause problems.
 # Hook for its removal unless debugging.
 # Note that there is a small window in which the directory will not be cleaned:
-# after its creation but before its name has been assigned to `$tmp'.
+# after its creation but before its name has been assigned to '$tmp'.
 $debug ||
 {
   tmp= ac_tmp=
@@ -6072,7 +6091,7 @@ ac_tmp=$tmp
 
 # Set up the scripts for CONFIG_FILES section.
 # No need to generate them if there are no CONFIG_FILES.
-# This happens for instance with `./config.status config.h'.
+# This happens for instance with './config.status config.h'.
 if test -n "$CONFIG_FILES"; then
 
 
@@ -6238,7 +6257,7 @@ do
   esac
   case $ac_mode$ac_tag in
   :[FHL]*:*);;
-  :L* | :C*:*) as_fn_error $? "invalid tag \`$ac_tag'" "$LINENO" 5;;
+  :L* | :C*:*) as_fn_error $? "invalid tag '$ac_tag'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   :[FH]-) ac_tag=-:-;;
   :[FH]*) ac_tag=$ac_tag:$ac_tag.in;;
   esac
@@ -6260,33 +6279,33 @@ do
       -) ac_f="$ac_tmp/stdin";;
       *) # Look for the file first in the build tree, then in the source tree
 	 # (if the path is not absolute).  The absolute path cannot be DOS-style,
-	 # because $ac_f cannot contain `:'.
+	 # because $ac_f cannot contain ':'.
 	 test -f "$ac_f" ||
 	   case $ac_f in
 	   [\\/$]*) false;;
 	   *) test -f "$srcdir/$ac_f" && ac_f="$srcdir/$ac_f";;
 	   esac ||
-	   as_fn_error 1 "cannot find input file: \`$ac_f'" "$LINENO" 5;;
+	   as_fn_error 1 "cannot find input file: '$ac_f'" "$LINENO" 5;;
       esac
-      case $ac_f in *\'*) ac_f=`$as_echo "$ac_f" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; esac
+      case $ac_f in *\'*) ac_f=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_f" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;; esac
       as_fn_append ac_file_inputs " '$ac_f'"
     done
 
-    # Let's still pretend it is `configure' which instantiates (i.e., don't
+    # Let's still pretend it is 'configure' which instantiates (i.e., don't
     # use $as_me), people would be surprised to read:
     #    /* config.h.  Generated by config.status.  */
     configure_input='Generated from '`
-	  $as_echo "$*" | sed 's|^[^:]*/||;s|:[^:]*/|, |g'
+	  printf "%s\n" "$*" | sed 's|^[^:]*/||;s|:[^:]*/|, |g'
 	`' by configure.'
     if test x"$ac_file" != x-; then
       configure_input="$ac_file.  $configure_input"
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $ac_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: creating $ac_file" >&6;}
+      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: creating $ac_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: creating $ac_file" >&6;}
     fi
     # Neutralize special characters interpreted by sed in replacement strings.
     case $configure_input in #(
     *\&* | *\|* | *\\* )
-       ac_sed_conf_input=`$as_echo "$configure_input" |
+       ac_sed_conf_input=`printf "%s\n" "$configure_input" |
        sed 's/[\\\\&|]/\\\\&/g'`;; #(
     *) ac_sed_conf_input=$configure_input;;
     esac
@@ -6303,7 +6322,7 @@ $as_expr X"$ac_file" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
 	 X"$ac_file" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
 	 X"$ac_file" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
 	 X"$ac_file" : 'X\(/\)' \| . 2>/dev/null ||
-$as_echo X"$ac_file" |
+printf "%s\n" X"$ac_file" |
     sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
 	    s//\1/
 	    q
@@ -6327,9 +6346,9 @@ $as_echo X"$ac_file" |
 case "$ac_dir" in
 .) ac_dir_suffix= ac_top_builddir_sub=. ac_top_build_prefix= ;;
 *)
-  ac_dir_suffix=/`$as_echo "$ac_dir" | sed 's|^\.[\\/]||'`
+  ac_dir_suffix=/`printf "%s\n" "$ac_dir" | sed 's|^\.[\\/]||'`
   # A ".." for each directory in $ac_dir_suffix.
-  ac_top_builddir_sub=`$as_echo "$ac_dir_suffix" | sed 's|/[^\\/]*|/..|g;s|/||'`
+  ac_top_builddir_sub=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_dir_suffix" | sed 's|/[^\\/]*|/..|g;s|/||'`
   case $ac_top_builddir_sub in
   "") ac_top_builddir_sub=. ac_top_build_prefix= ;;
   *)  ac_top_build_prefix=$ac_top_builddir_sub/ ;;
@@ -6382,8 +6401,8 @@ ac_sed_dataroot='
 case `eval "sed -n \"\$ac_sed_dataroot\" $ac_file_inputs"` in
 *datarootdir*) ac_datarootdir_seen=yes;;
 *@datadir@*|*@docdir@*|*@infodir@*|*@localedir@*|*@mandir@*)
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&2;}
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file_inputs seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting" >&2;}
 _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
   ac_datarootdir_hack='
@@ -6396,7 +6415,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 esac
 _ACEOF
 
-# Neutralize VPATH when `$srcdir' = `.'.
+# Neutralize VPATH when '$srcdir' = '.'.
 # Shell code in configure.ac might set extrasub.
 # FIXME: do we really want to maintain this feature?
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
@@ -6425,9 +6444,9 @@ test -z "$ac_datarootdir_hack$ac_datarootdir_seen" &&
   { ac_out=`sed -n '/\${datarootdir}/p' "$ac_tmp/out"`; test -n "$ac_out"; } &&
   { ac_out=`sed -n '/^[	 ]*datarootdir[	 ]*:*=/p' \
       "$ac_tmp/out"`; test -z "$ac_out"; } &&
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable \`datarootdir'
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable 'datarootdir'
 which seems to be undefined.  Please make sure it is defined" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable \`datarootdir'
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_file contains a reference to the variable 'datarootdir'
 which seems to be undefined.  Please make sure it is defined" >&2;}
 
   rm -f "$ac_tmp/stdin"
@@ -6451,8 +6470,8 @@ which seems to be undefined.  Please make sure it is defined" >&2;}
       ac_source=$srcdir/$ac_source
     fi
 
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&6;}
+    { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: linking $ac_source to $ac_file" >&6;}
 
     if test ! -r "$ac_source"; then
       as_fn_error $? "$ac_source: file not found" "$LINENO" 5
@@ -6510,8 +6529,9 @@ if test "$no_create" != yes; then
   $ac_cs_success || as_fn_exit 1
 fi
 if test -n "$ac_unrecognized_opts" && test "$enable_option_checking" != no; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$as_me: WARNING: unrecognized options: $ac_unrecognized_opts" >&2;}
 fi
 
 
+
