diff -Nur autoconf-2.53.orig/lib/autoconf/general.m4 autoconf-2.53/lib/autoconf/general.m4
--- autoconf-2.53.orig/lib/autoconf/general.m4	Sat Mar 16 13:35:45 2002
+++ autoconf-2.53/lib/autoconf/general.m4	Sat Mar 16 13:41:06 2002
@@ -1080,6 +1080,10 @@
                          [dnl
 m4_ifset([AC_PACKAGE_NAME], [AC_PACKAGE_NAME ])configure[]dnl
 m4_ifset([AC_PACKAGE_VERSION], [ AC_PACKAGE_VERSION])
+generated by m4_PACKAGE_STRING])],
+	[m4_divert_text([VERSION_BEGIN],
+					[dnl
+configure
 generated by m4_PACKAGE_STRING])])
 m4_divert_text([VERSION_END],
 [_ACEOF