--- autoconf-2.13/acspecific.m4.sopwith Mon Feb 25 18:05:39 2002 +++ autoconf-2.13/acspecific.m4 Mon Feb 25 18:18:35 2002 @@ -1419,6 +1419,8 @@ r.ru_majflt = r.ru_minflt = 0; switch (fork()) { case 0: /* Child. */ + /* Unless we actually _do_ something, the kernel sometimes doesn't chalk up any system time to this process. */ + if(fork()) { i = 123; wait(NULL); } else { i = 234; exit(0); } sleep(1); /* Give up the CPU. */ _exit(0); case -1: _exit(0); /* What can we do? */