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diff --git a/t/distcheck-configure-flags.sh b/t/distcheck-configure-flags.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Check support for DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS at "make distcheck" time.
+
+. ./defs || Exit 1
+
+cat >> configure.ac << 'END'
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([success], [], [success=$enableval], [success=no])
+AS_IF([test $success = yes && test "$sentence" = 'it works :-)'],
+      [:],
+      [AC_MSG_ERROR([success='$success', sentence='$sentence'])])
+AC_OUTPUT
+END
+
+unset sentence || :
+
+: > Makefile.am
+
+$ACLOCAL
+$AUTOMAKE
+$FGREP '$(DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS)' Makefile.in
+
+$AUTOCONF
+./configure --enable-success sentence='it works :-)'
+
+# It should be ok to define DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS either on the
+# make command line or in the environment.
+
+env DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS='--enable-success sentence=it\ works\ :-\)' \
+  $MAKE distcheck # Not 'make -e' here, deliberately.
+
+$MAKE distcheck \
+  DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--enable-success=yes sentence='it works :-)'"
+
+# Sanity check.
+$MAKE distcheck >output 2>&1 && { cat output; Exit 1; }
+cat output
+grep "^configure:.* success='no', sentence=''" output
+
+: