MFH: the last part of the fix for #39004

acinclude.m4

@@ -2504,6 +2504,11 @@ EOF
   done
 
   echo "'[$]0' \\" >> $1
+  if test `expr -- [$]0 : "'.*"` = 0; then
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND="$CONFIGURE_COMMAND '[$]0'"
+  else 
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND="$CONFIGURE_COMMAND [$]0"
+  fi
   for arg in $ac_configure_args; do
      if test `expr -- $arg : "'.*"` = 0; then
         if test `expr -- $arg : "--.*"` = 0; then