-AT_CHECK([bison $3 $1], 0, [], [$4])
+[cp ]$1[ expout]
+# Because an output file name conflict is still a warning, Bison exits
+# with status 0, so AT_BISON_CHECK does not realize that there may be no
+# output file against which to check the XML. AT_BISON_CHECK_NO_XML
+# avoids that problem.
+AT_BISON_CHECK_NO_XML([$3 $1], $5, [], [$4])
+AT_CHECK([[cat $1]], [[0]], [expout])