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  1. # m4.m4 serial 12
  2. # Copyright (C) 2000, 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  3. # Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
  4. # are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
  5. # notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is,
  6. # without warranty of any kind.
  7. # AC_PROG_GNU_M4
  8. # --------------
  9. # Check for GNU M4, at least 1.4.6 (all earlier versions had bugs in
  10. # trace support and regexp support):
  11. # http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2006-11/msg00096.html
  12. # http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2009-07/msg00023.html
  13. # Also, check whether --error-output (through 1.4.x) or --debugfile (2.0)
  14. # is supported, and AC_SUBST M4_DEBUGFILE accordingly.
  15. # Also avoid versions of m4 that trigger strstr bugs.
  16. AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_GNU_M4],
  17. [AC_ARG_VAR([M4], [Location of GNU M4 1.4.6 or later. Defaults to the first
  18. program of `m4', `gm4', or `gnum4' on PATH that meets Autoconf needs.])
  19. AC_CACHE_CHECK([for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces], [ac_cv_path_M4],
  20. [rm -f conftest.m4f
  21. ac_had_posixly_correct=${POSIXLY_CORRECT:+yes}
  22. AS_UNSET([POSIXLY_CORRECT])
  23. AC_PATH_PROGS_FEATURE_CHECK([M4], [m4 gm4 gnum4],
  24. [dnl Creative quoting here to avoid raw dnl and ifdef in configure.
  25. # Root out GNU M4 1.4.5, as well as non-GNU m4 that ignore -t, -F.
  26. # Root out GNU M4 1.4.15 with buggy false negative replacement strstr.
  27. # Root out Glibc 2.9 - 2.12 and GNU M4 1.4.11 - 1.4.15 with buggy
  28. # false positive strstr.
  29. ac_snippet=change'quote(<,>)in''dir(<if''def>,mac,bug)'
  30. ac_snippet=${ac_snippet}pat'subst(a,\(b\)\|\(a\),\1)d'nl
  31. ac_snippet=${ac_snippet}${as_nl}if'else(in''dex(..wi.d.,.d.),-1,bug)'
  32. ac_snippet=${ac_snippet}${as_nl}if'else(in''dex(dnl
  33. ;:11-:12-:12-:12-:12-:12-:12-:12-:12.:12.:12.:12.:12.:12.:12.:12.:12-,dnl
  34. :12-:12-:12-:12-:12-:12-:12-:12-),-1,,strstr-bug2)'
  35. test -z "`$ac_path_M4 -F conftest.m4f </dev/null 2>&1`" \
  36. && test -z "`AS_ECHO([$ac_snippet]) | $ac_path_M4 --trace=mac 2>&1`" \
  37. && test -f conftest.m4f \
  38. && ac_cv_path_M4=$ac_path_M4 ac_path_M4_found=:
  39. rm -f conftest.m4f],
  40. [AC_MSG_ERROR([no acceptable m4 could be found in \$PATH.
  41. GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is required; 1.4.16 or newer is recommended.
  42. GNU M4 1.4.15 uses a buggy replacement strstr on some systems.
  43. Glibc 2.9 - 2.12 and GNU M4 1.4.11 - 1.4.15 have another strstr bug.])])])
  44. M4=$ac_cv_path_M4
  45. AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether $ac_cv_path_M4 accepts --gnu],
  46. [ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_gnu],
  47. [case `$M4 --help < /dev/null 2>&1` in
  48. *--gnu*) ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_gnu=yes ;;
  49. *) ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_gnu=no ;;
  50. esac])
  51. if test "$ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_gnu" = yes; then
  52. M4_GNU=--gnu
  53. else
  54. M4_GNU=
  55. fi
  56. AC_SUBST([M4_GNU])
  57. if test x$ac_had_posixly_correct = xyes; then
  58. POSIXLY_CORRECT=:
  59. if test $ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_gnu = no; then
  60. AC_MSG_WARN([the version of M4 that was found does not support -g])
  61. AC_MSG_WARN([using it with POSIXLY_CORRECT set may cause problems])
  62. fi
  63. fi
  64. AC_CACHE_CHECK([how m4 supports trace files], [ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile],
  65. [case `$M4 --help < /dev/null 2>&1` in
  66. *debugfile*) ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile=--debugfile ;;
  67. *) ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile=--error-output ;;
  68. esac])
  69. AC_SUBST([M4_DEBUGFILE], [$ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile])
  70. ])
  71. # Compatibility for bootstrapping with Autoconf 2.61.
  72. dnl FIXME - replace this with AC_PREREQ([2.62]) after the release.
  73. # AC_PATH_PROGS_FEATURE_CHECK was added the same time the slightly broken,
  74. # undocumented _AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK was deleted.
  75. m4_ifndef([AC_PATH_PROGS_FEATURE_CHECK],
  76. [m4_define([AC_PATH_PROGS_FEATURE_CHECK],
  77. [_AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK([$1], [$2], [$3], [$5])
  78. ])])