--- autoconf-2.13/configure.mawk	Tue Jan  5 08:28:57 1999
+++ autoconf-2.13/configure	Sun Mar 21 16:58:01 1999
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
 done
 test -n "$M4" || M4="m4"
 
-for ac_prog in mawk gawk nawk awk
+for ac_prog in gawk mawk nawk awk
 do
 # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
--- autoconf-2.13/acspecific.m4.mawk	Tue Jan  5 08:27:52 1999
+++ autoconf-2.13/acspecific.m4	Sun Mar 21 16:58:56 1999
@@ -479,9 +479,9 @@
 AC_DEFUN(AC_PROG_RANLIB,
 [AC_CHECK_PROG(RANLIB, ranlib, ranlib, :)])
 
-dnl Check for mawk first since it's generally faster.
+dnl Don't check for mawk first even if it's generally faster.
 AC_DEFUN(AC_PROG_AWK,
-[AC_CHECK_PROGS(AWK, mawk gawk nawk awk, )])
+[AC_CHECK_PROGS(AWK, gawk mawk nawk awk, )])
 
 AC_DEFUN(AC_PROG_YACC,
 [AC_CHECK_PROGS(YACC, 'bison -y' byacc, yacc)])
--- autoconf-2.13/autoconf.texi.mawk	Tue Jan  5 08:28:37 1999
+++ autoconf-2.13/autoconf.texi	Sun Mar 21 16:59:42 1999
@@ -1535,10 +1535,10 @@
 @defmac AC_PROG_AWK
 @maindex PROG_AWK
 @ovindex AWK
-Check for @code{mawk}, @code{gawk}, @code{nawk}, and @code{awk}, in that
+Check for @code{gawk}, @code{mawk}, @code{nawk}, and @code{awk}, in that
 order, and set output variable @code{AWK} to the first one that it
-finds.  It tries @code{mawk} first because that is reported to be the
-fastest implementation.
+finds.  It tries @code{gawk} first because that is reported to be the
+best implementation.
 @end defmac
 
 @defmac AC_PROG_CC