Merge branch 'gawk-5.1-stable' into zos-debug

9 files changed, 985 insertions, 911 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2d899819..87547877 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -946,7 +946,6 @@
 	* gawkapi.h: Update copyright year, fix some spelling errors.
 
 2019-07-08         Andrew J. Schorr      <aschorr@telemetry-investments.com>
-2019-07-08         Andrew J. Schorr      <aschorr@telemetry-investments.com>
 
 	* gawkapi.h (gawk_api_major_version): Bump from 2 to 3 because the
 	namespace changes altered the function signatures in gawk_api_t.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.1 b/ChangeLog.1
index b8e192e1..fe99c70c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.1
+++ b/ChangeLog.1
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@
 2018-11-11         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
 	* main.c (usage): Improve output for -Z in the help.
+
 2018-11-11         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
 	* awkgram.y (outer_comment): New variable.
diff --git a/build-aux/ChangeLog b/build-aux/ChangeLog
index 3fe2cf09..c9db24a6 100644
--- a/build-aux/ChangeLog
+++ b/build-aux/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-07-09         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+	* config.guess, config.sub: Updated from GNULIB.
+
 2021-06-30         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
 	* config.guess, texinfo.tex: Updated from GNULIB.
diff --git a/build-aux/config.guess b/build-aux/config.guess
index dc0a6b29..e81d3ae7 100755
--- a/build-aux/config.guess
+++ b/build-aux/config.guess
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 # Attempt to guess a canonical system name.
 #   Copyright 1992-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2021-05-24'
+# shellcheck disable=SC2006,SC2268 # see below for rationale
+
+timestamp='2021-06-03'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -32,7 +34,15 @@ timestamp='2021-05-24'
 # Please send patches to <config-patches@gnu.org>.
 
 
-me=$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,')
+# The "shellcheck disable" line above the timestamp inhibits complaints
+# about features and limitations of the classic Bourne shell that were
+# superseded or lifted in POSIX.  However, this script identifies a wide
+# variety of pre-POSIX systems that do not have POSIX shells at all, and
+# even some reasonably current systems (Solaris 10 as case-in-point) still
+# have a pre-POSIX /bin/sh.
+
+
+me=`echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`
 
 usage="\
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]
@@ -84,6 +94,9 @@ if test $# != 0; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+# Just in case it came from the environment.
+GUESS=
+
 # CC_FOR_BUILD -- compiler used by this script. Note that the use of a
 # compiler to aid in system detection is discouraged as it requires
 # temporary files to be created and, as you can see below, it is a
@@ -102,8 +115,8 @@ set_cc_for_build() {
     # prevent multiple calls if $tmp is already set
     test "$tmp" && return 0
     : "${TMPDIR=/tmp}"
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2039
-    { tmp=$( (umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/cgXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null) && test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp" ; } ||
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3028
+    { tmp=`(umask 077 && mktemp -d "$TMPDIR/cgXXXXXX") 2>/dev/null` && test -n "$tmp" && test -d "$tmp" ; } ||
 	{ test -n "$RANDOM" && tmp=$TMPDIR/cg$$-$RANDOM && (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp" 2>/dev/null) ; } ||
 	{ tmp=$TMPDIR/cg-$$ && (umask 077 && mkdir "$tmp" 2>/dev/null) && echo "Warning: creating insecure temp directory" >&2 ; } ||
 	{ echo "$me: cannot create a temporary directory in $TMPDIR" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
@@ -112,7 +125,7 @@ set_cc_for_build() {
 	,,)    echo "int x;" > "$dummy.c"
 	       for driver in cc gcc c89 c99 ; do
 		   if ($driver -c -o "$dummy.o" "$dummy.c") >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-		       CC_FOR_BUILD="$driver"
+		       CC_FOR_BUILD=$driver
 		       break
 		   fi
 	       done
@@ -131,10 +144,10 @@ if test -f /.attbin/uname ; then
 	PATH=$PATH:/.attbin ; export PATH
 fi
 
-UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -m) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
-UNAME_RELEASE=$( (uname -r) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
-UNAME_SYSTEM=$( (uname -s) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
-UNAME_VERSION=$( (uname -v) 2>/dev/null) || UNAME_VERSION=unknown
+UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -m) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_MACHINE=unknown
+UNAME_RELEASE=`(uname -r) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_RELEASE=unknown
+UNAME_SYSTEM=`(uname -s) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_SYSTEM=unknown
+UNAME_VERSION=`(uname -v) 2>/dev/null` || UNAME_VERSION=unknown
 
 case $UNAME_SYSTEM in
 Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
@@ -157,7 +170,8 @@ Linux|GNU|GNU/*)
 	#endif
 	#endif
 	EOF
-	eval "$($CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g')"
+	cc_set_libc=`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^LIBC' | sed 's, ,,g'`
+	eval "$cc_set_libc"
 
 	# Second heuristic to detect musl libc.
 	if [ "$LIBC" = unknown ] &&
@@ -188,10 +202,10 @@ case $UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION in
 	#
 	# Note: NetBSD doesn't particularly care about the vendor
 	# portion of the name.  We always set it to "unknown".
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$( (uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`(uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
 	    /sbin/sysctl -n hw.machine_arch 2>/dev/null || \
 	    /usr/sbin/sysctl -n hw.machine_arch 2>/dev/null || \
-	    echo unknown))
+	    echo unknown)`
 	case $UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH in
 	    aarch64eb) machine=aarch64_be-unknown ;;
 	    armeb) machine=armeb-unknown ;;
@@ -200,11 +214,11 @@ case $UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION in
 	    sh3eb) machine=sh-unknown ;;
 	    sh5el) machine=sh5le-unknown ;;
 	    earmv*)
-		arch=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e 's,^e\(armv[0-9]\).*$,\1,')
-		endian=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -ne 's,^.*\(eb\)$,\1,p')
-		machine="${arch}${endian}"-unknown
+		arch=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e 's,^e\(armv[0-9]\).*$,\1,'`
+		endian=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -ne 's,^.*\(eb\)$,\1,p'`
+		machine=${arch}${endian}-unknown
 		;;
-	    *) machine="$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown ;;
+	    *) machine=$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH-unknown ;;
 	esac
 	# The Operating System including object format, if it has switched
 	# to ELF recently (or will in the future) and ABI.
@@ -232,7 +246,7 @@ case $UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION in
 	case $UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH in
 	    earm*)
 		expr='s/^earmv[0-9]/-eabi/;s/eb$//'
-		abi=$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e "$expr")
+		abi=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" | sed -e "$expr"`
 		;;
 	esac
 	# The OS release
@@ -245,76 +259,76 @@ case $UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION in
 		release='-gnu'
 		;;
 	    *)
-		release=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-_].*//' | cut -d. -f1,2)
+		release=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-_].*//' | cut -d. -f1,2`
 		;;
 	esac
 	# Since CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OPERATING_SYSTEM:
 	# contains redundant information, the shorter form:
 	# CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-OPERATING_SYSTEM is used.
-	echo "$machine-${os}${release}${abi-}"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$machine-${os}${release}${abi-}
+	;;
     *:Bitrig:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/Bitrig.//')
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-bitrig"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/Bitrig.//'`
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH-unknown-bitrig$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:OpenBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/OpenBSD.//')
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-openbsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/OpenBSD.//'`
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH-unknown-openbsd$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:SecBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/SecBSD.//')
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-secbsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/SecBSD.//'`
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH-unknown-secbsd$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:LibertyBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$(arch | sed 's/^.*BSD\.//')
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH"-unknown-libertybsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=`arch | sed 's/^.*BSD\.//'`
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH-unknown-libertybsd$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:MidnightBSD:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-midnightbsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-midnightbsd$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:ekkoBSD:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-ekkobsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-ekkobsd$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:SolidBSD:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-solidbsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-solidbsd$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:OS108:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-os108_"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-os108_$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     macppc:MirBSD:*:*)
-	echo powerpc-unknown-mirbsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc-unknown-mirbsd$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:MirBSD:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-mirbsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-mirbsd$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:Sortix:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-sortix
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-sortix
+	;;
     *:Twizzler:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-twizzler
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-twizzler
+	;;
     *:Redox:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-redox
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-redox
+	;;
     mips:OSF1:*.*)
-	echo mips-dec-osf1
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=mips-dec-osf1
+	;;
     alpha:OSF1:*:*)
 	# Reset EXIT trap before exiting to avoid spurious non-zero exit code.
 	trap '' 0
 	case $UNAME_RELEASE in
 	*4.0)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=$(/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $3}')
+		UNAME_RELEASE=`/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $3}'`
 		;;
 	*5.*)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=$(/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $4}')
+		UNAME_RELEASE=`/usr/sbin/sizer -v | awk '{print $4}'`
 		;;
 	esac
 	# According to Compaq, /usr/sbin/psrinfo has been available on
 	# OSF/1 and Tru64 systems produced since 1995.  I hope that
 	# covers most systems running today.  This code pipes the CPU
 	# types through head -n 1, so we only detect the type of CPU 0.
-	ALPHA_CPU_TYPE=$(/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v | sed -n -e 's/^  The alpha \(.*\) processor.*$/\1/p' | head -n 1)
+	ALPHA_CPU_TYPE=`/usr/sbin/psrinfo -v | sed -n -e 's/^  The alpha \(.*\) processor.*$/\1/p' | head -n 1`
 	case $ALPHA_CPU_TYPE in
 	    "EV4 (21064)")
 		UNAME_MACHINE=alpha ;;
@@ -352,65 +366,69 @@ case $UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION in
 	# A Tn.n version is a released field test version.
 	# A Xn.n version is an unreleased experimental baselevel.
 	# 1.2 uses "1.2" for uname -r.
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-dec-osf"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/^[PVTX]//' | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)"
-	exit ;;
+	OSF_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/^[PVTX]//' | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-dec-osf$OSF_REL
+	;;
     Amiga*:UNIX_System_V:4.0:*)
-	echo m68k-unknown-sysv4
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-unknown-sysv4
+	;;
     *:[Aa]miga[Oo][Ss]:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-amigaos
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-amigaos
+	;;
     *:[Mm]orph[Oo][Ss]:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-morphos
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-morphos
+	;;
     *:OS/390:*:*)
-	echo i370-ibm-openedition
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i370-ibm-openedition
+	;;
     *:z/VM:*:*)
-	echo s390-ibm-zvmoe
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=s390-ibm-zvmoe
+	;;
     *:OS400:*:*)
-	echo powerpc-ibm-os400
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc-ibm-os400
+	;;
     arm:RISC*:1.[012]*:*|arm:riscix:1.[012]*:*)
-	echo arm-acorn-riscix"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=arm-acorn-riscix$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     arm*:riscos:*:*|arm*:RISCOS:*:*)
-	echo arm-unknown-riscos
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=arm-unknown-riscos
+	;;
     SR2?01:HI-UX/MPP:*:* | SR8000:HI-UX/MPP:*:*)
-	echo hppa1.1-hitachi-hiuxmpp
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=hppa1.1-hitachi-hiuxmpp
+	;;
     Pyramid*:OSx*:*:* | MIS*:OSx*:*:* | MIS*:SMP_DC-OSx*:*:*)
 	# akee@wpdis03.wpafb.af.mil (Earle F. Ake) contributed MIS and NILE.
-	if test "$( (/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null)" = att ; then
-		echo pyramid-pyramid-sysv3
-	else
-		echo pyramid-pyramid-bsd
-	fi
-	exit ;;
+	case `(/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null` in
+	    att) GUESS=pyramid-pyramid-sysv3 ;;
+	    *)   GUESS=pyramid-pyramid-bsd   ;;
+	esac
+	;;
     NILE*:*:*:dcosx)
-	echo pyramid-pyramid-svr4
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=pyramid-pyramid-svr4
+	;;
     DRS?6000:unix:4.0:6*)
-	echo sparc-icl-nx6
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=sparc-icl-nx6
+	;;
     DRS?6000:UNIX_SV:4.2*:7* | DRS?6000:isis:4.2*:7*)
-	case $(/usr/bin/uname -p) in
-	    sparc) echo sparc-icl-nx7; exit ;;
-	esac ;;
+	case `/usr/bin/uname -p` in
+	    sparc) GUESS=sparc-icl-nx7 ;;
+	esac
+	;;
     s390x:SunOS:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
-	exit ;;
+	SUN_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-ibm-solaris2$SUN_REL
+	;;
     sun4H:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo sparc-hal-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
-	exit ;;
+	SUN_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`
+	GUESS=sparc-hal-solaris2$SUN_REL
+	;;
     sun4*:SunOS:5.*:* | tadpole*:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo sparc-sun-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
-	exit ;;
+	SUN_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`
+	GUESS=sparc-sun-solaris2$SUN_REL
+	;;
     i86pc:AuroraUX:5.*:* | i86xen:AuroraUX:5.*:*)
-	echo i386-pc-auroraux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i386-pc-auroraux$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     i86pc:SunOS:5.*:* | i86xen:SunOS:5.*:*)
 	set_cc_for_build
 	SUN_ARCH=i386
@@ -425,41 +443,44 @@ case $UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION in
 		SUN_ARCH=x86_64
 	    fi
 	fi
-	echo "$SUN_ARCH"-pc-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
-	exit ;;
+	SUN_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`
+	GUESS=$SUN_ARCH-pc-solaris2$SUN_REL
+	;;
     sun4*:SunOS:6*:*)
 	# According to config.sub, this is the proper way to canonicalize
 	# SunOS6.  Hard to guess exactly what SunOS6 will be like, but
 	# it's likely to be more like Solaris than SunOS4.
-	echo sparc-sun-solaris3"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
-	exit ;;
+	SUN_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`
+	GUESS=sparc-sun-solaris3$SUN_REL
+	;;
     sun4*:SunOS:*:*)
-	case $(/usr/bin/arch -k) in
+	case `/usr/bin/arch -k` in
 	    Series*|S4*)
-		UNAME_RELEASE=$(uname -v)
+		UNAME_RELEASE=`uname -v`
 		;;
 	esac
 	# Japanese Language versions have a version number like `4.1.3-JL'.
-	echo sparc-sun-sunos"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/')"
-	exit ;;
+	SUN_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/-/_/'`
+	GUESS=sparc-sun-sunos$SUN_REL
+	;;
     sun3*:SunOS:*:*)
-	echo m68k-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-sun-sunos$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     sun*:*:4.2BSD:*)
-	UNAME_RELEASE=$( (sed 1q /etc/motd | awk '{print substr($5,1,3)}') 2>/dev/null)
+	UNAME_RELEASE=`(sed 1q /etc/motd | awk '{print substr($5,1,3)}') 2>/dev/null`
 	test "x$UNAME_RELEASE" = x && UNAME_RELEASE=3
-	case $(/bin/arch) in
+	case `/bin/arch` in
 	    sun3)
-		echo m68k-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
+		GUESS=m68k-sun-sunos$UNAME_RELEASE
 		;;
 	    sun4)
-		echo sparc-sun-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
+		GUESS=sparc-sun-sunos$UNAME_RELEASE
 		;;
 	esac
-	exit ;;
+	;;
     aushp:SunOS:*:*)
-	echo sparc-auspex-sunos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=sparc-auspex-sunos$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     # The situation for MiNT is a little confusing.  The machine name
     # can be virtually everything (everything which is not
     # "atarist" or "atariste" at least should have a processor
@@ -469,41 +490,41 @@ case $UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION in
     # MiNT.  But MiNT is downward compatible to TOS, so this should
     # be no problem.
     atarist[e]:*MiNT:*:* | atarist[e]:*mint:*:* | atarist[e]:*TOS:*:*)
-	echo m68k-atari-mint"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-atari-mint$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     atari*:*MiNT:*:* | atari*:*mint:*:* | atarist[e]:*TOS:*:*)
-	echo m68k-atari-mint"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-atari-mint$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *falcon*:*MiNT:*:* | *falcon*:*mint:*:* | *falcon*:*TOS:*:*)
-	echo m68k-atari-mint"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-atari-mint$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     milan*:*MiNT:*:* | milan*:*mint:*:* | *milan*:*TOS:*:*)
-	echo m68k-milan-mint"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-milan-mint$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     hades*:*MiNT:*:* | hades*:*mint:*:* | *hades*:*TOS:*:*)
-	echo m68k-hades-mint"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-hades-mint$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:*MiNT:*:* | *:*mint:*:* | *:*TOS:*:*)
-	echo m68k-unknown-mint"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-unknown-mint$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     m68k:machten:*:*)
-	echo m68k-apple-machten"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-apple-machten$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     powerpc:machten:*:*)
-	echo powerpc-apple-machten"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc-apple-machten$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     RISC*:Mach:*:*)
-	echo mips-dec-mach_bsd4.3
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=mips-dec-mach_bsd4.3
+	;;
     RISC*:ULTRIX:*:*)
-	echo mips-dec-ultrix"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=mips-dec-ultrix$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     VAX*:ULTRIX*:*:*)
-	echo vax-dec-ultrix"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=vax-dec-ultrix$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     2020:CLIX:*:* | 2430:CLIX:*:*)
-	echo clipper-intergraph-clix"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=clipper-intergraph-clix$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     mips:*:*:UMIPS | mips:*:*:RISCos)
 	set_cc_for_build
 	sed 's/^	//' << EOF > "$dummy.c"
@@ -528,78 +549,79 @@ case $UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION in
 	}
 EOF
 	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" &&
-	  dummyarg=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -n 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') &&
-	  SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy" "$dummyarg") &&
+	  dummyarg=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -n 's/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p'` &&
+	  SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy" "$dummyarg"` &&
 	    { echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
-	echo mips-mips-riscos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=mips-mips-riscos$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     Motorola:PowerMAX_OS:*:*)
-	echo powerpc-motorola-powermax
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc-motorola-powermax
+	;;
     Motorola:*:4.3:PL8-*)
-	echo powerpc-harris-powermax
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc-harris-powermax
+	;;
     Night_Hawk:*:*:PowerMAX_OS | Synergy:PowerMAX_OS:*:*)
-	echo powerpc-harris-powermax
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc-harris-powermax
+	;;
     Night_Hawk:Power_UNIX:*:*)
-	echo powerpc-harris-powerunix
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc-harris-powerunix
+	;;
     m88k:CX/UX:7*:*)
-	echo m88k-harris-cxux7
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m88k-harris-cxux7
+	;;
     m88k:*:4*:R4*)
-	echo m88k-motorola-sysv4
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m88k-motorola-sysv4
+	;;
     m88k:*:3*:R3*)
-	echo m88k-motorola-sysv3
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m88k-motorola-sysv3
+	;;
     AViiON:dgux:*:*)
 	# DG/UX returns AViiON for all architectures
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(/usr/bin/uname -p)
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
 	if test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = mc88100 || test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = mc88110
 	then
 	    if test "$TARGET_BINARY_INTERFACE"x = m88kdguxelfx || \
 	       test "$TARGET_BINARY_INTERFACE"x = x
 	    then
-		echo m88k-dg-dgux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
+		GUESS=m88k-dg-dgux$UNAME_RELEASE
 	    else
-		echo m88k-dg-dguxbcs"$UNAME_RELEASE"
+		GUESS=m88k-dg-dguxbcs$UNAME_RELEASE
 	    fi
 	else
-	    echo i586-dg-dgux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
+	    GUESS=i586-dg-dgux$UNAME_RELEASE
 	fi
-	exit ;;
+	;;
     M88*:DolphinOS:*:*)	# DolphinOS (SVR3)
-	echo m88k-dolphin-sysv3
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m88k-dolphin-sysv3
+	;;
     M88*:*:R3*:*)
 	# Delta 88k system running SVR3
-	echo m88k-motorola-sysv3
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m88k-motorola-sysv3
+	;;
     XD88*:*:*:*) # Tektronix XD88 system running UTekV (SVR3)
-	echo m88k-tektronix-sysv3
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m88k-tektronix-sysv3
+	;;
     Tek43[0-9][0-9]:UTek:*:*) # Tektronix 4300 system running UTek (BSD)
-	echo m68k-tektronix-bsd
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-tektronix-bsd
+	;;
     *:IRIX*:*:*)
-	echo mips-sgi-irix"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/-/_/g')"
-	exit ;;
+	IRIX_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/-/_/g'`
+	GUESS=mips-sgi-irix$IRIX_REL
+	;;
     ????????:AIX?:[12].1:2)   # AIX 2.2.1 or AIX 2.1.1 is RT/PC AIX.
-	echo romp-ibm-aix     # uname -m gives an 8 hex-code CPU id
-	exit ;;               # Note that: echo "'$(uname -s)'" gives 'AIX '
+	GUESS=romp-ibm-aix    # uname -m gives an 8 hex-code CPU id
+	;;                    # Note that: echo "'`uname -s`'" gives 'AIX '
     i*86:AIX:*:*)
-	echo i386-ibm-aix
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i386-ibm-aix
+	;;
     ia64:AIX:*:*)
 	if test -x /usr/bin/oslevel ; then
-		IBM_REV=$(/usr/bin/oslevel)
+		IBM_REV=`/usr/bin/oslevel`
 	else
-		IBM_REV="$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE"
+		IBM_REV=$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE
 	fi
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-aix"$IBM_REV"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-ibm-aix$IBM_REV
+	;;
     *:AIX:2:3)
 	if grep bos325 /usr/include/stdio.h >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		set_cc_for_build
@@ -614,63 +636,63 @@ EOF
 			exit(0);
 			}
 EOF
-		if $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy")
+		if $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"`
 		then
-			echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"
+			GUESS=$SYSTEM_NAME
 		else
-			echo rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.5
+			GUESS=rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.5
 		fi
 	elif grep bos324 /usr/include/stdio.h >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		echo rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.4
+		GUESS=rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.4
 	else
-		echo rs6000-ibm-aix3.2
+		GUESS=rs6000-ibm-aix3.2
 	fi
-	exit ;;
+	;;
     *:AIX:*:[4567])
-	IBM_CPU_ID=$(/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c processor -S available | sed 1q | awk '{ print $1 }')
+	IBM_CPU_ID=`/usr/sbin/lsdev -C -c processor -S available | sed 1q | awk '{ print $1 }'`
 	if /usr/sbin/lsattr -El "$IBM_CPU_ID" | grep ' POWER' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		IBM_ARCH=rs6000
 	else
 		IBM_ARCH=powerpc
 	fi
 	if test -x /usr/bin/lslpp ; then
-		IBM_REV=$(/usr/bin/lslpp -Lqc bos.rte.libc |
-			   awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | sed s/[0-9]*$/0/)
+		IBM_REV=`/usr/bin/lslpp -Lqc bos.rte.libc | \
+			   awk -F: '{ print $3 }' | sed s/[0-9]*$/0/`
 	else
-		IBM_REV="$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE"
+		IBM_REV=$UNAME_VERSION.$UNAME_RELEASE
 	fi
-	echo "$IBM_ARCH"-ibm-aix"$IBM_REV"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$IBM_ARCH-ibm-aix$IBM_REV
+	;;
     *:AIX:*:*)
-	echo rs6000-ibm-aix
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=rs6000-ibm-aix
+	;;
     ibmrt:4.4BSD:*|romp-ibm:4.4BSD:*)
-	echo romp-ibm-bsd4.4
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=romp-ibm-bsd4.4
+	;;
     ibmrt:*BSD:*|romp-ibm:BSD:*)            # covers RT/PC BSD and
-	echo romp-ibm-bsd"$UNAME_RELEASE"   # 4.3 with uname added to
-	exit ;;                             # report: romp-ibm BSD 4.3
+	GUESS=romp-ibm-bsd$UNAME_RELEASE    # 4.3 with uname added to
+	;;                                  # report: romp-ibm BSD 4.3
     *:BOSX:*:*)
-	echo rs6000-bull-bosx
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=rs6000-bull-bosx
+	;;
     DPX/2?00:B.O.S.:*:*)
-	echo m68k-bull-sysv3
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-bull-sysv3
+	;;
     9000/[34]??:4.3bsd:1.*:*)
-	echo m68k-hp-bsd
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-hp-bsd
+	;;
     hp300:4.4BSD:*:* | 9000/[34]??:4.3bsd:2.*:*)
-	echo m68k-hp-bsd4.4
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-hp-bsd4.4
+	;;
     9000/[34678]??:HP-UX:*:*)
-	HPUX_REV=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//')
+	HPUX_REV=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//'`
 	case $UNAME_MACHINE in
 	    9000/31?)            HP_ARCH=m68000 ;;
 	    9000/[34]??)         HP_ARCH=m68k ;;
 	    9000/[678][0-9][0-9])
 		if test -x /usr/bin/getconf; then
-		    sc_cpu_version=$(/usr/bin/getconf SC_CPU_VERSION 2>/dev/null)
-		    sc_kernel_bits=$(/usr/bin/getconf SC_KERNEL_BITS 2>/dev/null)
+		    sc_cpu_version=`/usr/bin/getconf SC_CPU_VERSION 2>/dev/null`
+		    sc_kernel_bits=`/usr/bin/getconf SC_KERNEL_BITS 2>/dev/null`
 		    case $sc_cpu_version in
 		      523) HP_ARCH=hppa1.0 ;; # CPU_PA_RISC1_0
 		      528) HP_ARCH=hppa1.1 ;; # CPU_PA_RISC1_1
@@ -717,7 +739,7 @@ EOF
 		    exit (0);
 		}
 EOF
-		    (CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null) && HP_ARCH=$("$dummy")
+		    (CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null) && HP_ARCH=`"$dummy"`
 		    test -z "$HP_ARCH" && HP_ARCH=hppa
 		fi ;;
 	esac
@@ -742,12 +764,12 @@ EOF
 		HP_ARCH=hppa64
 	    fi
 	fi
-	echo "$HP_ARCH"-hp-hpux"$HPUX_REV"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$HP_ARCH-hp-hpux$HPUX_REV
+	;;
     ia64:HP-UX:*:*)
-	HPUX_REV=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//')
-	echo ia64-hp-hpux"$HPUX_REV"
-	exit ;;
+	HPUX_REV=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*.[0B]*//'`
+	GUESS=ia64-hp-hpux$HPUX_REV
+	;;
     3050*:HI-UX:*:*)
 	set_cc_for_build
 	sed 's/^	//' << EOF > "$dummy.c"
@@ -775,38 +797,38 @@ EOF
 	  exit (0);
 	}
 EOF
-	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=$("$dummy") &&
+	$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"` &&
 		{ echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
-	echo unknown-hitachi-hiuxwe2
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=unknown-hitachi-hiuxwe2
+	;;
     9000/7??:4.3bsd:*:* | 9000/8?[79]:4.3bsd:*:*)
-	echo hppa1.1-hp-bsd
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=hppa1.1-hp-bsd
+	;;
     9000/8??:4.3bsd:*:*)
-	echo hppa1.0-hp-bsd
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=hppa1.0-hp-bsd
+	;;
     *9??*:MPE/iX:*:* | *3000*:MPE/iX:*:*)
-	echo hppa1.0-hp-mpeix
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=hppa1.0-hp-mpeix
+	;;
     hp7??:OSF1:*:* | hp8?[79]:OSF1:*:*)
-	echo hppa1.1-hp-osf
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=hppa1.1-hp-osf
+	;;
     hp8??:OSF1:*:*)
-	echo hppa1.0-hp-osf
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=hppa1.0-hp-osf
+	;;
     i*86:OSF1:*:*)
 	if test -x /usr/sbin/sysversion ; then
-	    echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-osf1mk
+	    GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-osf1mk
 	else
-	    echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-osf1
+	    GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-osf1
 	fi
-	exit ;;
+	;;
     parisc*:Lites*:*:*)
-	echo hppa1.1-hp-lites
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=hppa1.1-hp-lites
+	;;
     C1*:ConvexOS:*:* | convex:ConvexOS:C1*:*)
-	echo c1-convex-bsd
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=c1-convex-bsd
+	;;
     C2*:ConvexOS:*:* | convex:ConvexOS:C2*:*)
 	if getsysinfo -f scalar_acc
 	then echo c32-convex-bsd
@@ -814,17 +836,18 @@ EOF
 	fi
 	exit ;;
     C34*:ConvexOS:*:* | convex:ConvexOS:C34*:*)
-	echo c34-convex-bsd
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=c34-convex-bsd
+	;;
     C38*:ConvexOS:*:* | convex:ConvexOS:C38*:*)
-	echo c38-convex-bsd
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=c38-convex-bsd
+	;;
     C4*:ConvexOS:*:* | convex:ConvexOS:C4*:*)
-	echo c4-convex-bsd
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=c4-convex-bsd
+	;;
     CRAY*Y-MP:*:*:*)
-	echo ymp-cray-unicos"$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'
-	exit ;;
+	CRAY_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'`
+	GUESS=ymp-cray-unicos$CRAY_REL
+	;;
     CRAY*[A-Z]90:*:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-cray-unicos"$UNAME_RELEASE" \
 	| sed -e 's/CRAY.*\([A-Z]90\)/\1/' \
@@ -832,114 +855,126 @@ EOF
 	      -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'
 	exit ;;
     CRAY*TS:*:*:*)
-	echo t90-cray-unicos"$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'
-	exit ;;
+	CRAY_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'`
+	GUESS=t90-cray-unicos$CRAY_REL
+	;;
     CRAY*T3E:*:*:*)
-	echo alphaev5-cray-unicosmk"$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'
-	exit ;;
+	CRAY_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'`
+	GUESS=alphaev5-cray-unicosmk$CRAY_REL
+	;;
     CRAY*SV1:*:*:*)
-	echo sv1-cray-unicos"$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'
-	exit ;;
+	CRAY_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'`
+	GUESS=sv1-cray-unicos$CRAY_REL
+	;;
     *:UNICOS/mp:*:*)
-	echo craynv-cray-unicosmp"$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'
-	exit ;;
+	CRAY_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/\.[^.]*$/.X/'`
+	GUESS=craynv-cray-unicosmp$CRAY_REL
+	;;
     F30[01]:UNIX_System_V:*:* | F700:UNIX_System_V:*:*)
-	FUJITSU_PROC=$(uname -m | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz)
-	FUJITSU_SYS=$(uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///')
-	FUJITSU_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ /_/')
-	echo "${FUJITSU_PROC}-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}"
-	exit ;;
+	FUJITSU_PROC=`uname -m | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz`
+	FUJITSU_SYS=`uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///'`
+	FUJITSU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ /_/'`
+	GUESS=${FUJITSU_PROC}-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}
+	;;
     5000:UNIX_System_V:4.*:*)
-	FUJITSU_SYS=$(uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///')
-	FUJITSU_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/ /_/')
-	echo "sparc-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}"
-	exit ;;
+	FUJITSU_SYS=`uname -p | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/\///'`
+	FUJITSU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | tr ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz | sed -e 's/ /_/'`
+	GUESS=sparc-fujitsu-${FUJITSU_SYS}${FUJITSU_REL}
+	;;
     i*86:BSD/386:*:* | i*86:BSD/OS:*:* | *:Ascend\ Embedded/OS:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-bsdi"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-bsdi$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     sparc*:BSD/OS:*:*)
-	echo sparc-unknown-bsdi"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=sparc-unknown-bsdi$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:BSD/OS:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-bsdi"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-bsdi$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     arm:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
 	set_cc_for_build
 	if echo __ARM_PCS_VFP | $CC_FOR_BUILD -E - 2>/dev/null \
 	    | grep -q __ARM_PCS_VFP
 	then
-	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"-gnueabi
+	    FREEBSD_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`
+	    GUESS=$UNAME_PROCESSOR-unknown-freebsd$FREEBSD_REL-gnueabi
 	else
-	    echo "${UNAME_PROCESSOR}"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"-gnueabihf
+	    FREEBSD_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`
+	    GUESS=$UNAME_PROCESSOR-unknown-freebsd$FREEBSD_REL-gnueabihf
 	fi
-	exit ;;
+	;;
     *:FreeBSD:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(/usr/bin/uname -p)
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`/usr/bin/uname -p`
 	case $UNAME_PROCESSOR in
 	    amd64)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=x86_64 ;;
 	    i386)
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=i586 ;;
 	esac
-	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-unknown-freebsd"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"
-	exit ;;
+	FREEBSD_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`
+	GUESS=$UNAME_PROCESSOR-unknown-freebsd$FREEBSD_REL
+	;;
     i*:CYGWIN*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-cygwin
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-cygwin
+	;;
     *:MINGW64*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-mingw64
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-mingw64
+	;;
     *:MINGW*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-mingw32
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-mingw32
+	;;
     *:MSYS*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-msys
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-msys
+	;;
     i*:PW*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-pw32
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-pw32
+	;;
     *:Interix*:*)
 	case $UNAME_MACHINE in
 	    x86)
-		echo i586-pc-interix"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-		exit ;;
+		GUESS=i586-pc-interix$UNAME_RELEASE
+		;;
 	    authenticamd | genuineintel | EM64T)
-		echo x86_64-unknown-interix"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-		exit ;;
+		GUESS=x86_64-unknown-interix$UNAME_RELEASE
+		;;
 	    IA64)
-		echo ia64-unknown-interix"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-		exit ;;
+		GUESS=ia64-unknown-interix$UNAME_RELEASE
+		;;
 	esac ;;
     i*:UWIN*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-uwin
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-uwin
+	;;
     amd64:CYGWIN*:*:* | x86_64:CYGWIN*:*:*)
-	echo x86_64-pc-cygwin
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=x86_64-pc-cygwin
+	;;
     prep*:SunOS:5.*:*)
-	echo powerpcle-unknown-solaris2"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[^.]*//')"
-	exit ;;
+	SUN_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`
+	GUESS=powerpcle-unknown-solaris2$SUN_REL
+	;;
     *:GNU:*:*)
 	# the GNU system
-	echo "$(echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"|sed -e 's,[-/].*$,,')-unknown-$LIBC$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's,/.*$,,')"
-	exit ;;
+	GNU_ARCH=`echo "$UNAME_MACHINE" | sed -e 's,[-/].*$,,'`
+	GNU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's,/.*$,,'`
+	GUESS=$GNU_ARCH-unknown-$LIBC$GNU_REL
+	;;
     *:GNU/*:*:*)
 	# other systems with GNU libc and userland
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-$(echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | sed 's,^[^/]*/,,' | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]")$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')-$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GNU_SYS=`echo "$UNAME_SYSTEM" | sed 's,^[^/]*/,,' | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"`
+	GNU_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-$GNU_SYS$GNU_REL-$LIBC
+	;;
     *:Minix:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-minix
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-minix
+	;;
     aarch64:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     aarch64_be:Linux:*:*)
 	UNAME_MACHINE=aarch64_be
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     alpha:Linux:*:*)
-	case $(sed -n '/^cpu model/s/^.*: \(.*\)/\1/p' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null) in
+	case `sed -n '/^cpu model/s/^.*: \(.*\)/\1/p' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null` in
 	  EV5)   UNAME_MACHINE=alphaev5 ;;
 	  EV56)  UNAME_MACHINE=alphaev56 ;;
 	  PCA56) UNAME_MACHINE=alphapca56 ;;
@@ -950,63 +985,63 @@ EOF
 	esac
 	objdump --private-headers /bin/sh | grep -q ld.so.1
 	if test "$?" = 0 ; then LIBC=gnulibc1 ; fi
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
-    arc:Linux:*:* | arceb:Linux:*:* | arc64:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
+    arc:Linux:*:* | arceb:Linux:*:* | arc32:Linux:*:* | arc64:Linux:*:*)
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     arm*:Linux:*:*)
 	set_cc_for_build
 	if echo __ARM_EABI__ | $CC_FOR_BUILD -E - 2>/dev/null \
 	    | grep -q __ARM_EABI__
 	then
-	    echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
+	    GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
 	else
 	    if echo __ARM_PCS_VFP | $CC_FOR_BUILD -E - 2>/dev/null \
 		| grep -q __ARM_PCS_VFP
 	    then
-		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"eabi
+		GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-${LIBC}eabi
 	    else
-		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"eabihf
+		GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-${LIBC}eabihf
 	    fi
 	fi
-	exit ;;
+	;;
     avr32*:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     cris:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-axis-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-axis-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     crisv32:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-axis-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-axis-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     e2k:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     frv:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     hexagon:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     i*86:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     ia64:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     k1om:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     loongarch32:Linux:*:* | loongarch64:Linux:*:* | loongarchx32:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     m32r*:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     m68*:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     mips:Linux:*:* | mips64:Linux:*:*)
 	set_cc_for_build
 	IS_GLIBC=0
@@ -1051,65 +1086,66 @@ EOF
 	#endif
 	#endif
 EOF
-	eval "$($CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU\|^MIPS_ENDIAN\|^LIBCABI')"
+	cc_set_vars=`$CC_FOR_BUILD -E "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU\|^MIPS_ENDIAN\|^LIBCABI'`
+	eval "$cc_set_vars"
 	test "x$CPU" != x && { echo "$CPU${MIPS_ENDIAN}-unknown-linux-$LIBCABI"; exit; }
 	;;
     mips64el:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     openrisc*:Linux:*:*)
-	echo or1k-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=or1k-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     or32:Linux:*:* | or1k*:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     padre:Linux:*:*)
-	echo sparc-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=sparc-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     parisc64:Linux:*:* | hppa64:Linux:*:*)
-	echo hppa64-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=hppa64-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     parisc:Linux:*:* | hppa:Linux:*:*)
 	# Look for CPU level
-	case $(grep '^cpu[^a-z]*:' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f2) in
-	  PA7*) echo hppa1.1-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
-	  PA8*) echo hppa2.0-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
-	  *)    echo hppa-unknown-linux-"$LIBC" ;;
+	case `grep '^cpu[^a-z]*:' /proc/cpuinfo 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f2` in
+	  PA7*) GUESS=hppa1.1-unknown-linux-$LIBC ;;
+	  PA8*) GUESS=hppa2.0-unknown-linux-$LIBC ;;
+	  *)    GUESS=hppa-unknown-linux-$LIBC ;;
 	esac
-	exit ;;
+	;;
     ppc64:Linux:*:*)
-	echo powerpc64-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc64-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     ppc:Linux:*:*)
-	echo powerpc-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     ppc64le:Linux:*:*)
-	echo powerpc64le-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc64le-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     ppcle:Linux:*:*)
-	echo powerpcle-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpcle-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     riscv32:Linux:*:* | riscv32be:Linux:*:* | riscv64:Linux:*:* | riscv64be:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     s390:Linux:*:* | s390x:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-ibm-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-ibm-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     sh64*:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     sh*:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     sparc:Linux:*:* | sparc64:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     tile*:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     vax:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-dec-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-dec-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     x86_64:Linux:*:*)
 	set_cc_for_build
 	LIBCABI=$LIBC
@@ -1118,71 +1154,71 @@ EOF
 		(CCOPTS="" $CC_FOR_BUILD -E - 2>/dev/null) | \
 		grep IS_X32 >/dev/null
 	    then
-		LIBCABI="$LIBC"x32
+		LIBCABI=${LIBC}x32
 	    fi
 	fi
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-linux-"$LIBCABI"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-linux-$LIBCABI
+	;;
     xtensa*:Linux:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-linux-$LIBC
+	;;
     i*86:DYNIX/ptx:4*:*)
 	# ptx 4.0 does uname -s correctly, with DYNIX/ptx in there.
 	# earlier versions are messed up and put the nodename in both
 	# sysname and nodename.
-	echo i386-sequent-sysv4
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i386-sequent-sysv4
+	;;
     i*86:UNIX_SV:4.2MP:2.*)
 	# Unixware is an offshoot of SVR4, but it has its own version
 	# number series starting with 2...
 	# I am not positive that other SVR4 systems won't match this,
 	# I just have to hope.  -- rms.
 	# Use sysv4.2uw... so that sysv4* matches it.
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-sysv4.2uw"$UNAME_VERSION"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-sysv4.2uw$UNAME_VERSION
+	;;
     i*86:OS/2:*:*)
 	# If we were able to find `uname', then EMX Unix compatibility
 	# is probably installed.
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-os2-emx
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-os2-emx
+	;;
     i*86:XTS-300:*:STOP)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-stop
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-stop
+	;;
     i*86:atheos:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-atheos
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-atheos
+	;;
     i*86:syllable:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-syllable
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-syllable
+	;;
     i*86:LynxOS:2.*:* | i*86:LynxOS:3.[01]*:* | i*86:LynxOS:4.[02]*:*)
-	echo i386-unknown-lynxos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i386-unknown-lynxos$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     i*86:*DOS:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-msdosdjgpp
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-msdosdjgpp
+	;;
     i*86:*:4.*:*)
-	UNAME_REL=$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed 's/\/MP$//')
+	UNAME_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed 's/\/MP$//'`
 	if grep Novell /usr/include/link.h >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-univel-sysv"$UNAME_REL"
+		GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-univel-sysv$UNAME_REL
 	else
-		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-sysv"$UNAME_REL"
+		GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-sysv$UNAME_REL
 	fi
-	exit ;;
+	;;
     i*86:*:5:[678]*)
 	# UnixWare 7.x, OpenUNIX and OpenServer 6.
-	case $(/bin/uname -X | grep "^Machine") in
+	case `/bin/uname -X | grep "^Machine"` in
 	    *486*)	     UNAME_MACHINE=i486 ;;
 	    *Pentium)	     UNAME_MACHINE=i586 ;;
 	    *Pent*|*Celeron) UNAME_MACHINE=i686 ;;
 	esac
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-sysv${UNAME_RELEASE}${UNAME_SYSTEM}${UNAME_VERSION}"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-sysv${UNAME_RELEASE}${UNAME_SYSTEM}${UNAME_VERSION}
+	;;
     i*86:*:3.2:*)
 	if test -f /usr/options/cb.name; then
-		UNAME_REL=$(sed -n 's/.*Version //p' </usr/options/cb.name)
-		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-isc"$UNAME_REL"
+		UNAME_REL=`sed -n 's/.*Version //p' </usr/options/cb.name`
+		GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-isc$UNAME_REL
 	elif /bin/uname -X 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ; then
-		UNAME_REL=$( (/bin/uname -X|grep Release|sed -e 's/.*= //'))
+		UNAME_REL=`(/bin/uname -X|grep Release|sed -e 's/.*= //')`
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep i80486 >/dev/null) && UNAME_MACHINE=i486
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep '^Machine.*Pentium' >/dev/null) \
 			&& UNAME_MACHINE=i586
@@ -1190,11 +1226,11 @@ EOF
 			&& UNAME_MACHINE=i686
 		(/bin/uname -X|grep '^Machine.*Pentium Pro' >/dev/null) \
 			&& UNAME_MACHINE=i686
-		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-sco"$UNAME_REL"
+		GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-sco$UNAME_REL
 	else
-		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-sysv32
+		GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-sysv32
 	fi
-	exit ;;
+	;;
     pc:*:*:*)
 	# Left here for compatibility:
 	# uname -m prints for DJGPP always 'pc', but it prints nothing about
@@ -1202,37 +1238,37 @@ EOF
 	# Note: whatever this is, it MUST be the same as what config.sub
 	# prints for the "djgpp" host, or else GDB configure will decide that
 	# this is a cross-build.
-	echo i586-pc-msdosdjgpp
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i586-pc-msdosdjgpp
+	;;
     Intel:Mach:3*:*)
-	echo i386-pc-mach3
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i386-pc-mach3
+	;;
     paragon:*:*:*)
-	echo i860-intel-osf1
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i860-intel-osf1
+	;;
     i860:*:4.*:*) # i860-SVR4
 	if grep Stardent /usr/include/sys/uadmin.h >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-	  echo i860-stardent-sysv"$UNAME_RELEASE" # Stardent Vistra i860-SVR4
+	  GUESS=i860-stardent-sysv$UNAME_RELEASE    # Stardent Vistra i860-SVR4
 	else # Add other i860-SVR4 vendors below as they are discovered.
-	  echo i860-unknown-sysv"$UNAME_RELEASE"  # Unknown i860-SVR4
+	  GUESS=i860-unknown-sysv$UNAME_RELEASE     # Unknown i860-SVR4
 	fi
-	exit ;;
+	;;
     mini*:CTIX:SYS*5:*)
 	# "miniframe"
-	echo m68010-convergent-sysv
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68010-convergent-sysv
+	;;
     mc68k:UNIX:SYSTEM5:3.51m)
-	echo m68k-convergent-sysv
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-convergent-sysv
+	;;
     M680?0:D-NIX:5.3:*)
-	echo m68k-diab-dnix
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-diab-dnix
+	;;
     M68*:*:R3V[5678]*:*)
 	test -r /sysV68 && { echo 'm68k-motorola-sysv'; exit; } ;;
     3[345]??:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??A:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??,*:*:4.0:3.0 | 3[34]??/*:*:4.0:3.0 | 4400:*:4.0:3.0 | 4850:*:4.0:3.0 | SKA40:*:4.0:3.0 | SDS2:*:4.0:3.0 | SHG2:*:4.0:3.0 | S7501*:*:4.0:3.0)
 	OS_REL=''
 	test -r /etc/.relid \
-	&& OS_REL=.$(sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid)
+	&& OS_REL=.`sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid`
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | grep 86 >/dev/null \
 	  && { echo i486-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; }
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep entium >/dev/null \
@@ -1243,7 +1279,7 @@ EOF
     NCR*:*:4.2:* | MPRAS*:*:4.2:*)
 	OS_REL='.3'
 	test -r /etc/.relid \
-	    && OS_REL=.$(sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid)
+	    && OS_REL=.`sed -n 's/[^ ]* [^ ]* \([0-9][0-9]\).*/\1/p' < /etc/.relid`
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | grep 86 >/dev/null \
 	    && { echo i486-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; }
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep entium >/dev/null \
@@ -1251,118 +1287,118 @@ EOF
 	/bin/uname -p 2>/dev/null | /bin/grep pteron >/dev/null \
 	    && { echo i586-ncr-sysv4.3"$OS_REL"; exit; } ;;
     m68*:LynxOS:2.*:* | m68*:LynxOS:3.0*:*)
-	echo m68k-unknown-lynxos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-unknown-lynxos$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     mc68030:UNIX_System_V:4.*:*)
-	echo m68k-atari-sysv4
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-atari-sysv4
+	;;
     TSUNAMI:LynxOS:2.*:*)
-	echo sparc-unknown-lynxos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=sparc-unknown-lynxos$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     rs6000:LynxOS:2.*:*)
-	echo rs6000-unknown-lynxos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=rs6000-unknown-lynxos$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     PowerPC:LynxOS:2.*:* | PowerPC:LynxOS:3.[01]*:* | PowerPC:LynxOS:4.[02]*:*)
-	echo powerpc-unknown-lynxos"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc-unknown-lynxos$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     SM[BE]S:UNIX_SV:*:*)
-	echo mips-dde-sysv"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=mips-dde-sysv$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     RM*:ReliantUNIX-*:*:*)
-	echo mips-sni-sysv4
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=mips-sni-sysv4
+	;;
     RM*:SINIX-*:*:*)
-	echo mips-sni-sysv4
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=mips-sni-sysv4
+	;;
     *:SINIX-*:*:*)
 	if uname -p 2>/dev/null >/dev/null ; then
-		UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
-		echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-sni-sysv4
+		UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
+		GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-sni-sysv4
 	else
-		echo ns32k-sni-sysv
+		GUESS=ns32k-sni-sysv
 	fi
-	exit ;;
+	;;
     PENTIUM:*:4.0*:*)	# Unisys `ClearPath HMP IX 4000' SVR4/MP effort
 			# says <Richard.M.Bartel@ccMail.Census.GOV>
-	echo i586-unisys-sysv4
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i586-unisys-sysv4
+	;;
     *:UNIX_System_V:4*:FTX*)
 	# From Gerald Hewes <hewes@openmarket.com>.
 	# How about differentiating between stratus architectures? -djm
-	echo hppa1.1-stratus-sysv4
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=hppa1.1-stratus-sysv4
+	;;
     *:*:*:FTX*)
 	# From seanf@swdc.stratus.com.
-	echo i860-stratus-sysv4
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i860-stratus-sysv4
+	;;
     i*86:VOS:*:*)
 	# From Paul.Green@stratus.com.
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-stratus-vos
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-stratus-vos
+	;;
     *:VOS:*:*)
 	# From Paul.Green@stratus.com.
-	echo hppa1.1-stratus-vos
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=hppa1.1-stratus-vos
+	;;
     mc68*:A/UX:*:*)
-	echo m68k-apple-aux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=m68k-apple-aux$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     news*:NEWS-OS:6*:*)
-	echo mips-sony-newsos6
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=mips-sony-newsos6
+	;;
     R[34]000:*System_V*:*:* | R4000:UNIX_SYSV:*:* | R*000:UNIX_SV:*:*)
 	if test -d /usr/nec; then
-		echo mips-nec-sysv"$UNAME_RELEASE"
+		GUESS=mips-nec-sysv$UNAME_RELEASE
 	else
-		echo mips-unknown-sysv"$UNAME_RELEASE"
+		GUESS=mips-unknown-sysv$UNAME_RELEASE
 	fi
-	exit ;;
+	;;
     BeBox:BeOS:*:*)	# BeOS running on hardware made by Be, PPC only.
-	echo powerpc-be-beos
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc-be-beos
+	;;
     BeMac:BeOS:*:*)	# BeOS running on Mac or Mac clone, PPC only.
-	echo powerpc-apple-beos
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc-apple-beos
+	;;
     BePC:BeOS:*:*)	# BeOS running on Intel PC compatible.
-	echo i586-pc-beos
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i586-pc-beos
+	;;
     BePC:Haiku:*:*)	# Haiku running on Intel PC compatible.
-	echo i586-pc-haiku
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i586-pc-haiku
+	;;
     x86_64:Haiku:*:*)
-	echo x86_64-unknown-haiku
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=x86_64-unknown-haiku
+	;;
     SX-4:SUPER-UX:*:*)
-	echo sx4-nec-superux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=sx4-nec-superux$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     SX-5:SUPER-UX:*:*)
-	echo sx5-nec-superux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=sx5-nec-superux$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     SX-6:SUPER-UX:*:*)
-	echo sx6-nec-superux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=sx6-nec-superux$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     SX-7:SUPER-UX:*:*)
-	echo sx7-nec-superux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=sx7-nec-superux$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     SX-8:SUPER-UX:*:*)
-	echo sx8-nec-superux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=sx8-nec-superux$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     SX-8R:SUPER-UX:*:*)
-	echo sx8r-nec-superux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=sx8r-nec-superux$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     SX-ACE:SUPER-UX:*:*)
-	echo sxace-nec-superux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=sxace-nec-superux$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     Power*:Rhapsody:*:*)
-	echo powerpc-apple-rhapsody"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=powerpc-apple-rhapsody$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:Rhapsody:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-apple-rhapsody"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-apple-rhapsody$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     arm64:Darwin:*:*)
-	echo aarch64-apple-darwin"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=aarch64-apple-darwin$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:Darwin:*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
 	case $UNAME_PROCESSOR in
 	    unknown) UNAME_PROCESSOR=powerpc ;;
 	esac
@@ -1396,43 +1432,43 @@ EOF
 	    # uname -m returns i386 or x86_64
 	    UNAME_PROCESSOR=$UNAME_MACHINE
 	fi
-	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-apple-darwin"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_PROCESSOR-apple-darwin$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:procnto*:*:* | *:QNX:[0123456789]*:*)
-	UNAME_PROCESSOR=$(uname -p)
+	UNAME_PROCESSOR=`uname -p`
 	if test "$UNAME_PROCESSOR" = x86; then
 		UNAME_PROCESSOR=i386
 		UNAME_MACHINE=pc
 	fi
-	echo "$UNAME_PROCESSOR"-"$UNAME_MACHINE"-nto-qnx"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_PROCESSOR-$UNAME_MACHINE-nto-qnx$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:QNX:*:4*)
-	echo i386-pc-qnx
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i386-pc-qnx
+	;;
     NEO-*:NONSTOP_KERNEL:*:*)
-	echo neo-tandem-nsk"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=neo-tandem-nsk$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     NSE-*:NONSTOP_KERNEL:*:*)
-	echo nse-tandem-nsk"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=nse-tandem-nsk$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     NSR-*:NONSTOP_KERNEL:*:*)
-	echo nsr-tandem-nsk"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=nsr-tandem-nsk$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     NSV-*:NONSTOP_KERNEL:*:*)
-	echo nsv-tandem-nsk"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=nsv-tandem-nsk$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     NSX-*:NONSTOP_KERNEL:*:*)
-	echo nsx-tandem-nsk"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=nsx-tandem-nsk$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:NonStop-UX:*:*)
-	echo mips-compaq-nonstopux
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=mips-compaq-nonstopux
+	;;
     BS2000:POSIX*:*:*)
-	echo bs2000-siemens-sysv
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=bs2000-siemens-sysv
+	;;
     DS/*:UNIX_System_V:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-"$UNAME_SYSTEM"-"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-$UNAME_SYSTEM-$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:Plan9:*:*)
 	# "uname -m" is not consistent, so use $cputype instead. 386
 	# is converted to i386 for consistency with other x86
@@ -1440,64 +1476,72 @@ EOF
 	if test "${cputype-}" = 386; then
 	    UNAME_MACHINE=i386
 	elif test "x${cputype-}" != x; then
-	    UNAME_MACHINE="$cputype"
+	    UNAME_MACHINE=$cputype
 	fi
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-plan9
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-plan9
+	;;
     *:TOPS-10:*:*)
-	echo pdp10-unknown-tops10
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=pdp10-unknown-tops10
+	;;
     *:TENEX:*:*)
-	echo pdp10-unknown-tenex
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=pdp10-unknown-tenex
+	;;
     KS10:TOPS-20:*:* | KL10:TOPS-20:*:* | TYPE4:TOPS-20:*:*)
-	echo pdp10-dec-tops20
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=pdp10-dec-tops20
+	;;
     XKL-1:TOPS-20:*:* | TYPE5:TOPS-20:*:*)
-	echo pdp10-xkl-tops20
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=pdp10-xkl-tops20
+	;;
     *:TOPS-20:*:*)
-	echo pdp10-unknown-tops20
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=pdp10-unknown-tops20
+	;;
     *:ITS:*:*)
-	echo pdp10-unknown-its
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=pdp10-unknown-its
+	;;
     SEI:*:*:SEIUX)
-	echo mips-sei-seiux"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=mips-sei-seiux$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
     *:DragonFly:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-dragonfly"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE"|sed -e 's/[-(].*//')"
-	exit ;;
+	DRAGONFLY_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-dragonfly$DRAGONFLY_REL
+	;;
     *:*VMS:*:*)
-	UNAME_MACHINE=$( (uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
+	UNAME_MACHINE=`(uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
 	case $UNAME_MACHINE in
-	    A*) echo alpha-dec-vms ; exit ;;
-	    I*) echo ia64-dec-vms ; exit ;;
-	    V*) echo vax-dec-vms ; exit ;;
+	    A*) GUESS=alpha-dec-vms ;;
+	    I*) GUESS=ia64-dec-vms ;;
+	    V*) GUESS=vax-dec-vms ;;
 	esac ;;
     *:XENIX:*:SysV)
-	echo i386-pc-xenix
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=i386-pc-xenix
+	;;
     i*86:skyos:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-skyos"$(echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ .*$//')"
-	exit ;;
+	SKYOS_REL=`echo "$UNAME_RELEASE" | sed -e 's/ .*$//'`
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-skyos$SKYOS_REL
+	;;
     i*86:rdos:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-rdos
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-pc-rdos
+	;;
     *:AROS:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-aros
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-aros
+	;;
     x86_64:VMkernel:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-esx
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-esx
+	;;
     amd64:Isilon\ OneFS:*:*)
-	echo x86_64-unknown-onefs
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=x86_64-unknown-onefs
+	;;
     *:Unleashed:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-unleashed"$UNAME_RELEASE"
-	exit ;;
+	GUESS=$UNAME_MACHINE-unknown-unleashed$UNAME_RELEASE
+	;;
 esac
 
+# Do we have a guess based on uname results?
+if test "x$GUESS" != x; then
+    echo "$GUESS"
+    exit
+fi
+
 # No uname command or uname output not recognized.
 set_cc_for_build
 cat > "$dummy.c" <<EOF
@@ -1537,7 +1581,7 @@ main ()
 #define __ARCHITECTURE__ "m68k"
 #endif
   int version;
-  version=$( (hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null);
+  version=`(hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p') 2>/dev/null`;
   if (version < 4)
     printf ("%s-next-nextstep%d\n", __ARCHITECTURE__, version);
   else
@@ -1629,7 +1673,7 @@ main ()
 }
 EOF
 
-$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null && SYSTEM_NAME=$($dummy) &&
+$CC_FOR_BUILD -o "$dummy" "$dummy.c" 2>/dev/null && SYSTEM_NAME=`"$dummy"` &&
 	{ echo "$SYSTEM_NAME"; exit; }
 
 # Apollos put the system type in the environment.
@@ -1659,9 +1703,11 @@ and
   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git/plain/config.sub
 EOF
 
-year=$(echo $timestamp | sed 's,-.*,,')
+our_year=`echo $timestamp | sed 's,-.*,,'`
+thisyear=`date +%Y`
 # shellcheck disable=SC2003
-if test "$(expr "$(date +%Y)" - "$year")" -lt 3 ; then
+script_age=`expr "$thisyear" - "$our_year"`
+if test "$script_age" -lt 3 ; then
    cat >&2 <<EOF
 
 If $0 has already been updated, send the following data and any
@@ -1670,20 +1716,20 @@ provide the necessary information to handle your system.
 
 config.guess timestamp = $timestamp
 
-uname -m = $( (uname -m) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
-uname -r = $( (uname -r) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
-uname -s = $( (uname -s) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
-uname -v = $( (uname -v) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+uname -m = `(uname -m) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
+uname -r = `(uname -r) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
+uname -s = `(uname -s) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
+uname -v = `(uname -v) 2>/dev/null || echo unknown`
 
-/usr/bin/uname -p = $( (/usr/bin/uname -p) 2>/dev/null)
-/bin/uname -X     = $( (/bin/uname -X) 2>/dev/null)
+/usr/bin/uname -p = `(/usr/bin/uname -p) 2>/dev/null`
+/bin/uname -X     = `(/bin/uname -X) 2>/dev/null`
 
-hostinfo               = $( (hostinfo) 2>/dev/null)
-/bin/universe          = $( (/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null)
-/usr/bin/arch -k       = $( (/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null)
-/bin/arch              = $( (/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null)
-/usr/bin/oslevel       = $( (/usr/bin/oslevel) 2>/dev/null)
-/usr/convex/getsysinfo = $( (/usr/convex/getsysinfo) 2>/dev/null)
+hostinfo               = `(hostinfo) 2>/dev/null`
+/bin/universe          = `(/bin/universe) 2>/dev/null`
+/usr/bin/arch -k       = `(/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null`
+/bin/arch              = `(/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null`
+/usr/bin/oslevel       = `(/usr/bin/oslevel) 2>/dev/null`
+/usr/convex/getsysinfo = `(/usr/convex/getsysinfo) 2>/dev/null`
 
 UNAME_MACHINE = "$UNAME_MACHINE"
 UNAME_RELEASE = "$UNAME_RELEASE"
diff --git a/build-aux/config.sub b/build-aux/config.sub
index 7384e919..d80c5d75 100755
--- a/build-aux/config.sub
+++ b/build-aux/config.sub
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 # Configuration validation subroutine script.
 #   Copyright 1992-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2021-04-30'
+# shellcheck disable=SC2006,SC2268 # see below for rationale
+
+timestamp='2021-07-03'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -50,7 +52,14 @@ timestamp='2021-04-30'
 #	CPU_TYPE-MANUFACTURER-KERNEL-OPERATING_SYSTEM
 # It is wrong to echo any other type of specification.
 
-me=$(echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,')
+# The "shellcheck disable" line above the timestamp inhibits complaints
+# about features and limitations of the classic Bourne shell that were
+# superseded or lifted in POSIX.  However, this script identifies a wide
+# variety of pre-POSIX systems that do not have POSIX shells at all, and
+# even some reasonably current systems (Solaris 10 as case-in-point) still
+# have a pre-POSIX /bin/sh.
+
+me=`echo "$0" | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`
 
 usage="\
 Usage: $0 [OPTION] CPU-MFR-OPSYS or ALIAS
@@ -769,22 +778,22 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		vendor=hp
 		;;
 	i*86v32)
-		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
+		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv32
 		;;
 	i*86v4*)
-		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
+		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv4
 		;;
 	i*86v)
-		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
+		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=sysv
 		;;
 	i*86sol2)
-		cpu=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/')
+		cpu=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/86.*/86/'`
 		vendor=pc
 		basic_os=solaris2
 		;;
@@ -917,7 +926,7 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		;;
 	leon-*|leon[3-9]-*)
 		cpu=sparc
-		vendor=$(echo "$basic_machine" | sed 's/-.*//')
+		vendor=`echo "$basic_machine" | sed 's/-.*//'`
 		;;
 
 	*-*)
@@ -1084,7 +1093,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 		cpu=mipsisa64sb1el
 		;;
 	sh5e[lb]-*)
-		cpu=$(echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^\(sh.\)e\(.\)$/\1\2e/')
+		cpu=`echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^\(sh.\)e\(.\)$/\1\2e/'`
 		;;
 	spur-*)
 		cpu=spur
@@ -1102,7 +1111,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 		cpu=x86_64
 		;;
 	xscale-* | xscalee[bl]-*)
-		cpu=$(echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^xscale/arm/')
+		cpu=`echo "$cpu" | sed 's/^xscale/arm/'`
 		;;
 	arm64-*)
 		cpu=aarch64
@@ -1165,7 +1174,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 			| alphapca5[67] | alpha64pca5[67] \
 			| am33_2.0 \
 			| amdgcn \
-			| arc | arceb | arc64 \
+			| arc | arceb | arc32 | arc64 \
 			| arm | arm[lb]e | arme[lb] | armv* \
 			| avr | avr32 \
 			| asmjs \
@@ -1292,15 +1301,15 @@ then
 case $basic_os in
 	gnu/linux*)
 		kernel=linux
-		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|gnu|')
+		os=`echo "$basic_os" | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|gnu|'`
 		;;
 	os2-emx)
 		kernel=os2
-		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|os2-emx|emx|')
+		os=`echo "$basic_os" | sed -e 's|os2-emx|emx|'`
 		;;
 	nto-qnx*)
 		kernel=nto
-		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto-qnx|qnx|')
+		os=`echo "$basic_os" | sed -e 's|nto-qnx|qnx|'`
 		;;
 	*-*)
 		# shellcheck disable=SC2162
@@ -1311,11 +1320,11 @@ EOF
 	# Default OS when just kernel was specified
 	nto*)
 		kernel=nto
-		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|nto|qnx|')
+		os=`echo "$basic_os" | sed -e 's|nto|qnx|'`
 		;;
 	linux*)
 		kernel=linux
-		os=$(echo $basic_os | sed -e 's|linux|gnu|')
+		os=`echo "$basic_os" | sed -e 's|linux|gnu|'`
 		;;
 	*)
 		kernel=
@@ -1336,7 +1345,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=cnk
 		;;
 	solaris1 | solaris1.*)
-		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's|solaris1|sunos4|')
+		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|solaris1|sunos4|'`
 		;;
 	solaris)
 		os=solaris2
@@ -1365,7 +1374,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=sco3.2v4
 		;;
 	sco3.2.[4-9]*)
-		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's/sco3.2./sco3.2v/')
+		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's/sco3.2./sco3.2v/'`
 		;;
 	sco*v* | scout)
 		# Don't match below
@@ -1395,7 +1404,7 @@ case $os in
 		os=lynxos
 		;;
 	mac[0-9]*)
-		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|mac|macos|')
+		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|mac|macos|'`
 		;;
 	opened*)
 		os=openedition
@@ -1404,10 +1413,10 @@ case $os in
 		os=os400
 		;;
 	sunos5*)
-		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos5|solaris2|')
+		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos5|solaris2|'`
 		;;
 	sunos6*)
-		os=$(echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos6|solaris3|')
+		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sunos6|solaris3|'`
 		;;
 	wince*)
 		os=wince
@@ -1441,7 +1450,7 @@ case $os in
 		;;
 	# Preserve the version number of sinix5.
 	sinix5.*)
-		os=$(echo $os | sed -e 's|sinix|sysv|')
+		os=`echo "$os" | sed -e 's|sinix|sysv|'`
 		;;
 	sinix*)
 		os=sysv4
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index c087e58e..13508d8d 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2021-07-09         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+	* gawktexi.in: Make @EMAIL usage consistent everywhere.
+	Thanks to Antonio Columbo for pointing it out.
+
+2021-07-07         Andrew J. Schorr      <aschorr@telemetry-investments.com>
+
+	* gawktexi.in (Isnumeric Function): Improve description of how
+	isnumeric differs from the traditional x+0 == x test.
+
 2021-07-05         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
 	* gawk.1: Document that asort() and asorti() allow the same array to
diff --git a/doc/gawk.info b/doc/gawk.info
index d5a0d604..55c9bb3f 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.info
+++ b/doc/gawk.info
@@ -16339,9 +16339,9 @@ may want to add an additional check for that.
    Traditionally, it has been recommended to check for numeric values
 using the test 'x+0 == x'.  This function is superior in two ways: it
 will not report that unassigned variables contain numeric values; and it
-recognizes string values with numeric contents.  On the other hand, it
-uses the 'typeof()' function (*note Type Functions::), which is specific
-to 'gawk'.
+recognizes string values with numeric contents where 'CONVFMT' does not
+yield the original string.  On the other hand, it uses the 'typeof()'
+function (*note Type Functions::), which is specific to 'gawk'.
 
 
 File: gawk.info,  Node: Data File Management,  Next: Getopt Function,  Prev: General Functions,  Up: Library Functions
@@ -37615,6 +37615,7 @@ Index
 * programming languages, Go:             Other Versions.      (line 125)
 * programming languages, Ada:            Glossary.            (line  11)
 * programming languages, Java:           Glossary.            (line 466)
+* Proulx, Bob:                           Asking for help.     (line  23)
 * pwcat program:                         Passwd Functions.    (line  23)
 * q debugger command (alias for quit):   Miscellaneous Debugger Commands.
                                                               (line 100)
@@ -38691,300 +38692,300 @@ Node: Getlocaltime Function673115
 Node: Readfile Function676857
 Node: Shell Quoting678834
 Node: Isnumeric Function680262
-Node: Data File Management681599
-Node: Filetrans Function682231
-Node: Rewind Function686327
-Node: File Checking688236
-Ref: File Checking-Footnote-1689570
-Node: Empty Files689771
-Node: Ignoring Assigns691750
-Node: Getopt Function693300
-Ref: Getopt Function-Footnote-1708523
-Node: Passwd Functions708723
-Ref: Passwd Functions-Footnote-1717562
-Node: Group Functions717650
-Ref: Group Functions-Footnote-1725548
-Node: Walking Arrays725755
-Node: Library Functions Summary728763
-Node: Library Exercises730169
-Node: Sample Programs730634
-Node: Running Examples731404
-Node: Clones732132
-Node: Cut Program733356
-Node: Egrep Program743496
-Node: Id Program752497
-Node: Split Program762444
-Ref: Split Program-Footnote-1772337
-Node: Tee Program772510
-Node: Uniq Program775300
-Node: Wc Program782888
-Node: Bytes vs. Characters783275
-Node: Using extensions784823
-Node: wc program785577
-Node: Miscellaneous Programs790442
-Node: Dupword Program791655
-Node: Alarm Program793685
-Node: Translate Program798540
-Ref: Translate Program-Footnote-1803105
-Node: Labels Program803375
-Ref: Labels Program-Footnote-1806726
-Node: Word Sorting806810
-Node: History Sorting810882
-Node: Extract Program813107
-Node: Simple Sed821161
-Node: Igawk Program824235
-Ref: Igawk Program-Footnote-1838566
-Ref: Igawk Program-Footnote-2838768
-Ref: Igawk Program-Footnote-3838890
-Node: Anagram Program839005
-Node: Signature Program842067
-Node: Programs Summary843314
-Node: Programs Exercises844528
-Ref: Programs Exercises-Footnote-1848658
-Node: Advanced Features848744
-Node: Nondecimal Data850811
-Node: Array Sorting852402
-Node: Controlling Array Traversal853102
-Ref: Controlling Array Traversal-Footnote-1861470
-Node: Array Sorting Functions861588
-Ref: Array Sorting Functions-Footnote-1866962
-Node: Two-way I/O867158
-Ref: Two-way I/O-Footnote-1874884
-Ref: Two-way I/O-Footnote-2875071
-Node: TCP/IP Networking875153
-Node: Profiling878271
-Node: Extension Philosophy887580
-Node: Advanced Features Summary889059
-Node: Internationalization891074
-Node: I18N and L10N892748
-Node: Explaining gettext893435
-Ref: Explaining gettext-Footnote-1899327
-Ref: Explaining gettext-Footnote-2899512
-Node: Programmer i18n899677
-Ref: Programmer i18n-Footnote-1904626
-Node: Translator i18n904675
-Node: String Extraction905469
-Ref: String Extraction-Footnote-1906601
-Node: Printf Ordering906687
-Ref: Printf Ordering-Footnote-1909473
-Node: I18N Portability909537
-Ref: I18N Portability-Footnote-1911993
-Node: I18N Example912056
-Ref: I18N Example-Footnote-1915331
-Ref: I18N Example-Footnote-2915404
-Node: Gawk I18N915513
-Node: I18N Summary916162
-Node: Debugger917503
-Node: Debugging918503
-Node: Debugging Concepts918944
-Node: Debugging Terms920753
-Node: Awk Debugging923328
-Ref: Awk Debugging-Footnote-1924273
-Node: Sample Debugging Session924405
-Node: Debugger Invocation924939
-Node: Finding The Bug926325
-Node: List of Debugger Commands932799
-Node: Breakpoint Control934132
-Node: Debugger Execution Control937826
-Node: Viewing And Changing Data941188
-Node: Execution Stack944729
-Node: Debugger Info946366
-Node: Miscellaneous Debugger Commands950437
-Node: Readline Support955499
-Node: Limitations956395
-Node: Debugging Summary958949
-Node: Namespaces960228
-Node: Global Namespace961339
-Node: Qualified Names962737
-Node: Default Namespace963736
-Node: Changing The Namespace964477
-Node: Naming Rules966091
-Node: Internal Name Management967939
-Node: Namespace Example968981
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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi
index c296ac8e..75e8e315 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.texi
+++ b/doc/gawk.texi
@@ -23296,7 +23296,8 @@ to add an additional check for that.
 Traditionally, it has been recommended to check for numeric values using the
 test @samp{x+0 == x}. This function is superior in two ways: it will not
 report that unassigned variables contain numeric values; and it recognizes
-string values with numeric contents.
+string values with numeric contents where @code{CONVFMT} does not yield
+the original string.
 On the other hand, it uses the @code{typeof()} function
 (@pxref{Type Functions}), which is specific to @command{gawk}.
 
@@ -42955,7 +42956,7 @@ understood in common by all the maintainers.}
 @cindex email address for bug reports, @code{bug-gawk@@gnu.org}
 @cindex bug reports, email address, @code{bug-gawk@@gnu.org}
 Once you have a precise problem description, send email to
-@EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug-gawk at gnu dot org}.
+@EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
 
 The @command{gawk} maintainers subscribe to this address, and
 thus they will receive your bug report.
@@ -42967,7 +42968,7 @@ email list is archived at the GNU Project.
 Many distributions of GNU/Linux and the various BSD-based operating systems
 have their own bug reporting systems.  If you report a bug using your distribution's
 bug reporting system, you should also send a copy to
-@EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug-gawk at gnu dot org}.
+@EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
 
 This is for two reasons.  First, although some distributions forward
 bug reports ``upstream'' to the GNU mailing list, many don't, so there is a good
@@ -43116,7 +43117,7 @@ behaves a certain way, or any other @command{awk}- or @command{gawk}-related iss
 please @emph{do not} send it to the bug reporting address.
 
 As of July, 2021, there is a separate mailing list for this purpose:
-@EMAIL{help-gawk@@gnu.org, help-gawk at gnu.org}.
+@EMAIL{help-gawk@@gnu.org, help dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
 Anything that is not a bug report should be sent to that list.
 
 @quotation NOTE
@@ -43130,6 +43131,7 @@ Please note: As with the bug list, we ask that you follow the
 GNU Kind Communication Guidelines} in your correspondence on the
 list (as well as off of it).
 
+@cindex Proulx, Bob
 If you wish to the subscribe to the list, in order to help out
 others, or to learn from others, here are instructions, courtesy
 of Bob Proulx:
@@ -43139,7 +43141,7 @@ of Bob Proulx:
 @item Subscribe by email
 
 Send an email message to
-@EMAIL{help-gawk-request@@gnu.org, help-gawk-request AT gnu.org}
+@EMAIL{help-gawk-request@@gnu.org, help dash gawk dash request at gnu dot org}
 with ``subscribe'' in
 the body of the message.  The subject does not matter and is not used.
 
@@ -43197,13 +43199,13 @@ The people maintaining the various @command{gawk} ports are:
 @c OS/2 is not mentioned anywhere else though.
 @item OS/2 @tab Andreas Buening, @EMAIL{andreas.buening@@nexgo.de,andreas dot buening at nexgo dot de}
 
-@item VMS @tab John Malmberg, @EMAIL{wb8tyw@@qsl.net,wb8tyw at qsl.net}
+@item VMS @tab John Malmberg, @EMAIL{wb8tyw@@qsl.net,wb8tyw at qsl dot net}
 
-@item z/OS (OS/390) @tab Daniel Richard G.@: @EMAIL{skunk@@iSKUNK.ORG,skunk at iSKUNK.ORG}
+@item z/OS (OS/390) @tab Daniel Richard G.@: @EMAIL{skunk@@iSKUNK.ORG,skunk at iSKUNK dot ORG}
 @end multitable
 
 If your bug is also reproducible under Unix, send a copy of your
-report to the @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug-gawk at gnu dot org} email list as well.
+report to the @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug dash gawk at gnu dot org} email list as well.
 
 @node Other Versions
 @appendixsec Other Freely Available @command{awk} Implementations
@@ -43494,13 +43496,13 @@ and both Vax/VMS and OpenVMS.
 Instructions for each system are included in this @value{APPENDIX}.
 
 @item
-Bug reports should be sent via email to @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org, bug-gawk AT gnu.org}.
+Bug reports should be sent via email to @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org, bug dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
 Bug reports should be in English and should include the version of @command{gawk},
 how it was compiled, and a short program and @value{DF} that demonstrate
 the problem.
 
 @item
-Non-bug emails should be sent to @EMAIL{help-gawk@@gnu.org, help-gawk AT gnu.org}.
+Non-bug emails should be sent to @EMAIL{help-gawk@@gnu.org, help dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
 Repeatedly sending non-bug emails to the bug list will get you blacklisted from it.
 
 @item
@@ -43816,7 +43818,7 @@ your code in the public domain and submit a signed statement to that
 effect, or assign the copyright in your code to the FSF.
 Both of these actions are easy to do and @emph{many} people have done so
 already. If you have questions, please contact me, or
-@EMAIL{gnu@@gnu.org, gnu AT gnu.org}.
+@EMAIL{gnu@@gnu.org, gnu at gnu dot org}.
 
 @item
 When doing a port, bear in mind that your code must coexist peacefully
diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in
index 3fd1f06c..a795f0dc 100644
--- a/doc/gawktexi.in
+++ b/doc/gawktexi.in
@@ -22208,7 +22208,8 @@ to add an additional check for that.
 Traditionally, it has been recommended to check for numeric values using the
 test @samp{x+0 == x}. This function is superior in two ways: it will not
 report that unassigned variables contain numeric values; and it recognizes
-string values with numeric contents.
+string values with numeric contents where @code{CONVFMT} does not yield
+the original string.
 On the other hand, it uses the @code{typeof()} function
 (@pxref{Type Functions}), which is specific to @command{gawk}.
 
@@ -41798,7 +41799,7 @@ understood in common by all the maintainers.}
 @cindex email address for bug reports, @code{bug-gawk@@gnu.org}
 @cindex bug reports, email address, @code{bug-gawk@@gnu.org}
 Once you have a precise problem description, send email to
-@EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug-gawk at gnu dot org}.
+@EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
 
 The @command{gawk} maintainers subscribe to this address, and
 thus they will receive your bug report.
@@ -41810,7 +41811,7 @@ email list is archived at the GNU Project.
 Many distributions of GNU/Linux and the various BSD-based operating systems
 have their own bug reporting systems.  If you report a bug using your distribution's
 bug reporting system, you should also send a copy to
-@EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug-gawk at gnu dot org}.
+@EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
 
 This is for two reasons.  First, although some distributions forward
 bug reports ``upstream'' to the GNU mailing list, many don't, so there is a good
@@ -41959,7 +41960,7 @@ behaves a certain way, or any other @command{awk}- or @command{gawk}-related iss
 please @emph{do not} send it to the bug reporting address.
 
 As of July, 2021, there is a separate mailing list for this purpose:
-@EMAIL{help-gawk@@gnu.org, help-gawk at gnu.org}.
+@EMAIL{help-gawk@@gnu.org, help dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
 Anything that is not a bug report should be sent to that list.
 
 @quotation NOTE
@@ -41973,6 +41974,7 @@ Please note: As with the bug list, we ask that you follow the
 GNU Kind Communication Guidelines} in your correspondence on the
 list (as well as off of it).
 
+@cindex Proulx, Bob
 If you wish to the subscribe to the list, in order to help out
 others, or to learn from others, here are instructions, courtesy
 of Bob Proulx:
@@ -41982,7 +41984,7 @@ of Bob Proulx:
 @item Subscribe by email
 
 Send an email message to
-@EMAIL{help-gawk-request@@gnu.org, help-gawk-request AT gnu.org}
+@EMAIL{help-gawk-request@@gnu.org, help dash gawk dash request at gnu dot org}
 with ``subscribe'' in
 the body of the message.  The subject does not matter and is not used.
 
@@ -42040,13 +42042,13 @@ The people maintaining the various @command{gawk} ports are:
 @c OS/2 is not mentioned anywhere else though.
 @item OS/2 @tab Andreas Buening, @EMAIL{andreas.buening@@nexgo.de,andreas dot buening at nexgo dot de}
 
-@item VMS @tab John Malmberg, @EMAIL{wb8tyw@@qsl.net,wb8tyw at qsl.net}
+@item VMS @tab John Malmberg, @EMAIL{wb8tyw@@qsl.net,wb8tyw at qsl dot net}
 
-@item z/OS (OS/390) @tab Daniel Richard G.@: @EMAIL{skunk@@iSKUNK.ORG,skunk at iSKUNK.ORG}
+@item z/OS (OS/390) @tab Daniel Richard G.@: @EMAIL{skunk@@iSKUNK.ORG,skunk at iSKUNK dot ORG}
 @end multitable
 
 If your bug is also reproducible under Unix, send a copy of your
-report to the @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug-gawk at gnu dot org} email list as well.
+report to the @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org,bug dash gawk at gnu dot org} email list as well.
 
 @node Other Versions
 @appendixsec Other Freely Available @command{awk} Implementations
@@ -42337,13 +42339,13 @@ and both Vax/VMS and OpenVMS.
 Instructions for each system are included in this @value{APPENDIX}.
 
 @item
-Bug reports should be sent via email to @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org, bug-gawk AT gnu.org}.
+Bug reports should be sent via email to @EMAIL{bug-gawk@@gnu.org, bug dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
 Bug reports should be in English and should include the version of @command{gawk},
 how it was compiled, and a short program and @value{DF} that demonstrate
 the problem.
 
 @item
-Non-bug emails should be sent to @EMAIL{help-gawk@@gnu.org, help-gawk AT gnu.org}.
+Non-bug emails should be sent to @EMAIL{help-gawk@@gnu.org, help dash gawk at gnu dot org}.
 Repeatedly sending non-bug emails to the bug list will get you blacklisted from it.
 
 @item
@@ -42659,7 +42661,7 @@ your code in the public domain and submit a signed statement to that
 effect, or assign the copyright in your code to the FSF.
 Both of these actions are easy to do and @emph{many} people have done so
 already. If you have questions, please contact me, or
-@EMAIL{gnu@@gnu.org, gnu AT gnu.org}.
+@EMAIL{gnu@@gnu.org, gnu at gnu dot org}.
 
 @item
 When doing a port, bear in mind that your code must coexist peacefully