diff -Nur autoconf-2.53.orig/configure autoconf-2.53/configure
--- autoconf-2.53.orig/configure	Fri Mar  8 14:09:59 2002
+++ autoconf-2.53/configure	Sat Mar 16 13:12:23 2002
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@
 echo "$as_me: WARNING: \`missing' script is too old or missing" >&2;}
 fi
 
-for ac_prog in gawk mawk nawk awk
+for ac_prog in mawk gawk nawk awk
 do
   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
 
diff -Nur autoconf-2.53.orig/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 autoconf-2.53/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
--- autoconf-2.53.orig/lib/autoconf/programs.m4	Mon Mar  4 15:34:20 2002
+++ autoconf-2.53/lib/autoconf/programs.m4	Sat Mar 16 13:11:53 2002
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 
 # Check for gawk first since it's generally better.
 AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_AWK],
-[AC_CHECK_PROGS(AWK, gawk mawk nawk awk, )])
+[AC_CHECK_PROGS(AWK, mawk gawk nawk awk, )])
 
 
 # AC_PROG_INSTALL
--- autoconf-2.65/doc/autoconf.texi.orig	2009-11-05 03:42:15.000000000 +0100
+++ autoconf-2.65/doc/autoconf.texi	2010-02-21 17:00:33.323563596 +0100
@@ -3870,10 +3870,10 @@
 @acindex{PROG_AWK}
 @ovindex AWK
 @caindex prog_AWK
-Check for @code{gawk}, @code{mawk}, @code{nawk}, and @code{awk}, in that
+Check for @code{mawk}, @code{gawk}, @code{nawk}, and @code{awk}, in that
 order, and set output variable @code{AWK} to the first one that is found.
-It tries @code{gawk} first because that is reported to be the
-best implementation.  The result can be overridden by setting the
+It tries @code{mawk} first because that is reported to be the
+implementation that our system usually runs.  The result can be overridden by setting the
 variable @code{AWK} or the cache variable @code{ac_cv_prog_AWK}.
 @end defmac