Likewise here (from gettext):
2020-08-03 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
Prefer documented autoconf macro 'm4_if' over 'ifelse'.
* m4/progtest.m4 (AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST): Use m4_if instead of ifelse.
diff --git a/m4/progtest.m4 b/m4/progtest.m4
index f28010a..0355e61 100644
--- a/m4/progtest.m4
+++ b/m4/progtest.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# progtest.m4 serial 8 (gettext-0.20.2)
+# progtest.m4 serial 9 (gettext-0.21.1)
dnl Copyright (C) 1996-2003, 2005, 2008-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dnl They are *not* in the public domain.
dnl Authors:
dnl Ulrich Drepper <drep...@cygnus.com>, 1996.
-AC_PREREQ([2.50])
+AC_PREREQ([2.53])
# Search path for a program which passes the given test.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv_path_$1],
;;
*)
ac_save_IFS="$IFS"; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
- for ac_dir in ifelse([$5], , $PATH, [$5]); do
+ for ac_dir in m4_if([$5], , $PATH, [$5]); do
IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv_path_$1],
IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
dnl If no 4th arg is given, leave the cache variable unset,
dnl so AC_PATH_PROGS will keep looking.
-ifelse([$4], , , [ test -z "[$]ac_cv_path_$1" && ac_cv_path_$1="$4"
+m4_if([$4], , , [ test -z "[$]ac_cv_path_$1" && ac_cv_path_$1="$4"
])dnl
;;
esac])dnl
$1="$ac_cv_path_$1"
-if test ifelse([$4], , [-n "[$]$1"], ["[$]$1" != "$4"]); then
+if test m4_if([$4], , [-n "[$]$1"], ["[$]$1" != "$4"]); then
AC_MSG_RESULT([$][$1])
else
AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
