Recent versions of AS_LITERAL_IF don't like *'s. Fix from
http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.comp.sysutils.autoconf.general/month=
20100701
# A variation of AC_CHECK_SIZEOF for computing the alignment restrictions of a
# given type. Defines ALIGNMENT_TYPE.
AC_DEFUN([FP_CHECK_ALIGNMENT],
# A variation of AC_CHECK_SIZEOF for computing the alignment restrictions of a
# given type. Defines ALIGNMENT_TYPE.
AC_DEFUN([FP_CHECK_ALIGNMENT],
-[AS_LITERAL_IF([$1], [],
+[AS_LITERAL_IF(m4_translit([[$1]], [*], [p]), [],
[AC_FATAL([$0: requires literal arguments])])[]dnl
AC_CHECK_TYPE([$1], [], [], [$3])[]dnl
m4_pushdef([fp_Cache], [AS_TR_SH([fp_cv_alignment_$1])])[]dnl
[AC_FATAL([$0: requires literal arguments])])[]dnl
AC_CHECK_TYPE([$1], [], [], [$3])[]dnl
m4_pushdef([fp_Cache], [AS_TR_SH([fp_cv_alignment_$1])])[]dnl