diff -up autoconf-2.66/lib/autoconf/status.m4.611661 autoconf-2.66/lib/autoconf/status.m4
--- autoconf-2.66/lib/autoconf/status.m4.611661	2010-07-06 08:32:47.000000000 +0200
+++ autoconf-2.66/lib/autoconf/status.m4	2010-07-06 08:33:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS],
   _AC_CONFIG_COMPUTE_DEST(], [))])]dnl
 [m4_append([_AC_LIST_SUBDIRS], [$1], [
 ])]dnl
-[AS_LITERAL_WORD_IF([$1], [],
+[AS_LITERAL_IF([$1], [],
 	       [AC_DIAGNOSE([syntax], [$0: you should use literals])])]dnl
 [AC_SUBST([subdirs], ["$subdirs m4_normalize([$1])"])])
 
diff -up autoconf-2.66/lib/autoconf/types.m4.611661 autoconf-2.66/lib/autoconf/types.m4
--- autoconf-2.66/lib/autoconf/types.m4.611661	2010-07-06 08:31:36.000000000 +0200
+++ autoconf-2.66/lib/autoconf/types.m4	2010-07-06 08:32:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ Remove this warning and the `AC_CACHE_CH
 # AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(TYPE, [IGNORED], [INCLUDES = DEFAULT-INCLUDES])
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------
 AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_SIZEOF],
-[AS_LITERAL_IF([$1], [],
+[AS_LITERAL_IF(m4_translit([[$1]], [*], [p]), [],
 	       [m4_fatal([$0: requires literal arguments])])]dnl
 [# The cast to long int works around a bug in the HP C Compiler
 # version HP92453-01 B.11.11.23709.GP, which incorrectly rejects
diff -up autoconf-2.66/lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4.611661 autoconf-2.66/lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4
--- autoconf-2.66/lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4.611661	2010-07-06 08:37:32.000000000 +0200
+++ autoconf-2.66/lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4	2010-07-06 08:38:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ m4_defun_init([AS_TR_SH],
 [_$0(m4_expand([$1]))])
 
 m4_define([_AS_TR_SH],
-[_AS_LITERAL_IF([$1], [	 ][
+[_AS_LITERAL_IF([$1], [*+][     ][
 ])([], [$0_INDIR], [$0_LITERAL])([$1])])
 
 m4_define([_AS_TR_SH_LITERAL],
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ m4_defun_init([AS_TR_CPP],
 [_$0(m4_expand([$1]))])
 
 m4_define([_AS_TR_CPP],
-[_AS_LITERAL_IF([$1], [	 ][
+[_AS_LITERAL_IF([$1], [*][      ][
 ])([], [$0_INDIR], [$0_LITERAL])([$1])])
 
 m4_define([_AS_TR_CPP_LITERAL],