Use : instead of dnl for comment inside $makefile_command.

diff --git a/configure1.in b/configure1.in
index cca580ee3669cfbc2be2af465a77a967956e090a..630f3f23905fffa88bdd480e5601706d4a5f9913 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure1.in
+++ b/configure1.in
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ makefile_command='echo "creating src/Makefile";
 '      -e '\''s/^ /    /'\''                                   '\
 '      | sed -n -e '\''/^..*$/p'\''                            '\
 '      > Makefile.new;
-dnl There is a window of lossage if you mv Makefile.new before chmoding it.
+    : 'There is a window of lossage if you mv Makefile.new before chmoding it.'
     chmod 444 Makefile.new;
     mv -f Makefile.new Makefile;
     rm -f junk.c junk.cpp;