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diff --git a/t/rm-f-probe.sh b/t/rm-f-probe.sh
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+#! /bin/sh
+# Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Verify our probe that checks that "rm -f" doesn't complain if called
+# without file operands works as expected.  See automake bug#10828.
+
+. test-init.sh
+
+echo AC_OUTPUT >> configure.ac
+: > Makefile.am
+
+$ACLOCAL
+$AUTOCONF
+$AUTOMAKE
+
+mkdir bin
+cat > bin/rm <<'END'
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e; set -u;
+PATH=$original_PATH; export PATH
+rm_opts=
+while test $# -gt 0; do
+  case $1 in
+    -*) rm_opts="$rm_opts $1";;
+     *) break;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+if test $# -eq 0; then
+  echo "Oops, fake rm called without arguments" >&2
+  exit 1
+else
+  exec rm $rm_opts "$@"
+fi
+END
+chmod a+x bin/rm
+
+original_PATH=$PATH
+PATH=$(pwd)/bin$PATH_SEPARATOR$PATH
+export PATH original_PATH
+
+rm -f && exit 99 # Sanity check.
+
+./configure 2>stderr && { cat stderr >&2; exit 1; }
+cat stderr >&2
+
+grep "'rm' program.* unable to run without file operands" stderr
+$FGREP "tell bug-automake@gnu.org about your system" stderr
+$FGREP "install GNU coreutils" stderr
+$EGREP "(^| |')ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM($| |')" stderr
+
+ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM=yes; export ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM
+
+./configure
+$MAKE
+$MAKE distcheck
+
+# For the sake of our exit trap.
+PATH=$original_PATH; export PATH
+
+: