--- ghc-6.12.3/aclocal.m4.orig	2010-09-13 01:28:13.000000000 +0400
+++ ghc-6.12.3/aclocal.m4	2010-09-13 03:07:43.483518102 +0400
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 # A variation of AC_CHECK_SIZEOF for computing the alignment restrictions of a
 # given type. Defines ALIGNMENT_TYPE.
 AC_DEFUN([FP_CHECK_ALIGNMENT],
-[AS_LITERAL_IF([$1], [],
+[AS_LITERAL_IF(m4_translit([[$1]], [*], [p]), [],
                [AC_FATAL([$0: requires literal arguments])])[]dnl
 AC_CHECK_TYPE([$1], [], [], [$3])[]dnl
 m4_pushdef([fp_Cache], [AS_TR_SH([fp_cv_alignment_$1])])[]dnl