Hello, autoconf dudes!

I would like to preface this by saying I couldn't find the specific location where this is happening, and maybe the below is automake's doing when redefining the AC_PROG_CC macro, but I couldn't verify that either, so I'm defaulting to autoconf. Please redirect me to the right place if I've made a mistake.

In a project I work on, I recently had a change to a call to AC_PROG_CC, and one of the developers noticed that the macro emits a "checking for" message that goes checking for gcc, appended with the found compiler. In the case where CC is set to, for example, clang, the message becomes "checking for gcc... clang", which raised a few brows.

Would it be possible to to change the "gcc" bit to say "C compiler" going forward instead, as that's what the semantic of the macro actually is? I know it's a tiny nit, but one I can see the uninitiated (and even the initiated, apparently) trip over.

Thank you.

Again, if this is the wrong place where I should be asking for this change, point me to where I should be reporting this instead.