--- a/m4/ChangeLog
+++ b/m4/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-12-06  Paul Eggert  <eggert@twinsun.com>
+
+	* off_t-format.m4: Remove this file.
+	* jm-macros.m4 (jm_MACROS): Remove jm_SYS_OFF_T_PRINTF_FORMAT.
+
 2000-12-06  Jim Meyering  <meyering@lucent.com>
 
 	* xstrtoumax.m4 (jm_AC_PREREQ_XSTRTOUMAX): If we need the replacement

--- a/m4/Makefile.am
+++ b/m4/Makefile.am
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 mbswidth.m4 \
 memcmp.m4 \
 nanosleep.m4 \
-off_t-format.m4 \
 perl.m4 \
 prereq.m4 \
 progtest.m4 \

--- a/m4/Makefile.in
+++ b/m4/Makefile.in
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@
 mbswidth.m4 \
 memcmp.m4 \
 nanosleep.m4 \
-off_t-format.m4 \
 perl.m4 \
 prereq.m4 \
 progtest.m4 \

deleted file mode 100644
--- a/m4/off_t-format.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-#serial 1                                                     -*- autoconf -*-
-
-dnl FIXME
-AC_DEFUN(jm_SYS_OFF_T_PRINTF_FORMAT,
-[dnl
-  AC_REQUIRE([AC_TYPE_OFF_T])
-  AC_CHECK_HEADERS(string.h stdlinb.h)
-  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for printf format that works with type off_t],
-    jm_cv_sys_off_t_printf_format,
-  [
-   jm_cv_sys_off_t_printf_format=undef
-   for jm_fmt in '' L ll q; do
-     jm_OFF_T_FORMAT="$jm_fmt"
-     export jm_OFF_T_FORMAT
-     AC_TRY_RUN([
-#      include <sys/types.h>
-#      include <stdio.h>
-#      if HAVE_STDLIB_H
-#       include <stdlib.h>
-#      endif
-#      if HAVE_STRING_H
-#       include <string.h>
-#      endif
-       int
-       main()
-       {
-	 static off_t x[] = {1, 255, 65535, 99999999};
-	 char buf[50], fmt[50];
-
-	 /* this should be one of these values: "", "L", "ll", "q"  */
-	 char *f = getenv ("jm_OFF_T_FORMAT");
-
-	 sprintf (fmt, "%%%sd %%%sx %%%sx %%%sd", f, f, f, f);
-	 sprintf (buf, fmt, x[0], x[1], x[2], x[3]);
-	 exit (strcmp (buf, "1 ff ffff 99999999"));
-       }
-       ], jm_cv_sys_off_t_printf_format=$jm_fmt; break
-       , dnl didn't work
-       dnl Cross compiling -- you lose.  Specify it via the cache.
-     )
-   done
-
-   # Die if none of the above worked.
-   # FIXME: If this failure become a problem that we can't work around,
-   # an alternative would be to arrange not to build od.
-   if test "$jm_cv_sys_off_t_printf_format" = undef; then
-     AC_MSG_ERROR(dnl
-       [couldn't find a printf format that works with the type, off_t])
-   fi
-  ])
-
-  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OFF_T_PRINTF_FORMAT_STRING,
-		     "$jm_cv_sys_off_t_printf_format",
-		     [printf format string for type off_t, without the `%'])
-])