-AT_CHECK([$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS input.c -o input], 1, [], [$3])
+AT_CHECK([$CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS input.c -c], 1, [], [stderr])
+# In case GCC displays column information, strip it down.
+#
+# input.y:4:2: #error "4" or input.y:4.2: #error "4"
+# =>
+# input.y:4: #error "4"
+#
+AT_CHECK([[sed 's/^\([^:]*:[^:.]*\)[.:][^:]*:\(.*\)$/\1:\2/' stderr]],
+ 0, [$3])