diff -urNp -x '*.orig' autoconf-2.71.org/configure autoconf-2.71/configure
--- autoconf-2.71.org/configure	2021-01-28 22:06:02.000000000 +0100
+++ autoconf-2.71/configure	2021-08-29 21:35:09.656146150 +0200
@@ -2277,7 +2277,7 @@ fi
 { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MKDIR_P" >&5
 printf "%s\n" "$MKDIR_P" >&6; }
 
-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 -urNp -x '*.orig' autoconf-2.71.org/doc/autoconf.texi autoconf-2.71/doc/autoconf.texi
--- autoconf-2.71.org/doc/autoconf.texi	2021-01-28 21:46:48.000000000 +0100
+++ autoconf-2.71/doc/autoconf.texi	2021-08-29 21:35:09.659479478 +0200
@@ -4162,10 +4162,10 @@ in some cases whether they support certa
 @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}.
 
 Using this macro is sufficient to avoid the pitfalls of traditional
diff -urNp -x '*.orig' autoconf-2.71.org/lib/autoconf/programs.m4 autoconf-2.71/lib/autoconf/programs.m4
--- autoconf-2.71.org/lib/autoconf/programs.m4	2021-01-28 21:46:48.000000000 +0100
+++ autoconf-2.71/lib/autoconf/programs.m4	2021-08-29 21:35:09.656146150 +0200
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ AN_PROGRAM([gawk], [AC_PROG_AWK])
 AN_PROGRAM([mawk], [AC_PROG_AWK])
 AN_PROGRAM([nawk], [AC_PROG_AWK])
 AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_AWK],
-[AC_CHECK_PROGS(AWK, gawk mawk nawk awk, )])
+[AC_CHECK_PROGS(AWK, mawk gawk nawk awk, )])
 
 
 # AC_PROG_EGREP