buildconf: Do not fail hard if m4 != GNU m4

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/buildconf b/buildconf
index e151bb2e8..f6460dad9 100755
--- a/buildconf
+++ b/buildconf
@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ else
   else
     echo "buildconf: m4 version $m4 found. You need a GNU m4 installed!"
   fi
-  exit 1
+  # Early testing on NetBSD 8.0 showed that the hard failure here is
+  # overkill, at least for gnurl.
+  # exit 1
 fi
 
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