+
+# AT_SYNCLINES_COMPILE(FILE)
+# --------------------------
+# Compile FILE expecting an error, and save in the file stdout the
+# normalized output. Ignore the exit status, since some compilers
+# (e.g. c89 on IRIX 6.5) triger warnings on `#error', instead of
+# errors.
+m4_define([AT_SYNCLINES_COMPILE],
+[AT_CHECK([$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -c $1], [ignore], [], [stderr])
+# In case GCC displays column information, strip it down.
+#
+# input.y:4:2: #error "4" or
+# input.y:4.2: #error "4" or
+# input.y:4:2: error: #error "4"
+# =>
+# input.y:4: #error "4"
+#
+AT_CHECK([[sed -e 's/^\([^:]*:[^:.]*\)[.:][^:]*:\(.*\)$/\1:\2/' -e 's/^\([^:]*:[^:]*:\)[^@%:@]*\( @%:@error\)/\1\2/' stderr]], 0, [stdout])
+])
+