document mingw linker fix and close associated bug
[debian/gzip] / m4 / absolute-header.m4
index c649df0840adadc8282959c9b3e6df6f4337f3b7..4e67e5fab2a894d9e82c156ad1486cca3e591981 100644 (file)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# absolute-header.m4 serial 6
-dnl Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# absolute-header.m4 serial 16
+dnl Copyright (C) 2006-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
@@ -8,37 +8,95 @@ dnl From Derek Price.
 
 # gl_ABSOLUTE_HEADER(HEADER1 HEADER2 ...)
 # ---------------------------------------
-# Find the absolute name of a header file, assuming the header exists.
+# Find the absolute name of a header file, testing first if the header exists.
 # If the header were sys/inttypes.h, this macro would define
-# ABSOLUTE_SYS_INTTYPES_H to the `""' quoted absolute name of sys/inttypes.h
+# ABSOLUTE_SYS_INTTYPES_H to the '""' quoted absolute name of sys/inttypes.h
 # in config.h
-# (e.g. `#define ABSOLUTE_SYS_INTTYPES_H "///usr/include/sys/inttypes.h"').
+# (e.g. '#define ABSOLUTE_SYS_INTTYPES_H "///usr/include/sys/inttypes.h"').
 # The three "///" are to pacify Sun C 5.8, which otherwise would say
 # "warning: #include of /usr/include/... may be non-portable".
-# Use `""', not `<>', so that the /// cannot be confused with a C99 comment.
+# Use '""', not '<>', so that the /// cannot be confused with a C99 comment.
+# Note: This macro assumes that the header file is not empty after
+# preprocessing, i.e. it does not only define preprocessor macros but also
+# provides some type/enum definitions or function/variable declarations.
 AC_DEFUN([gl_ABSOLUTE_HEADER],
-[AC_LANG_PREPROC_REQUIRE()dnl
-AC_FOREACH([gl_HEADER_NAME], [$1],
+[AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+AC_LANG_PREPROC_REQUIRE()dnl
+dnl FIXME: gl_absolute_header and ac_header_exists must be used unquoted
+dnl until we can assume autoconf 2.64 or newer.
+m4_foreach_w([gl_HEADER_NAME], [$1],
   [AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([gl_absolute_header],
-                  [gl_cv_absolute_]m4_quote(m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME])))dnl
-  AC_CACHE_CHECK([absolute name of <]m4_quote(m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME]))[>],
-    m4_quote(m4_defn([gl_absolute_header])),
+                  [gl_cv_absolute_]m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME]))dnl
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([absolute name of <]m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME])[>],
+    m4_defn([gl_absolute_header]),
     [AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([ac_header_exists],
-                    [ac_cv_header_]m4_quote(m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME])))dnl
-    AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE(m4_quote(m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME])))dnl
+                    [ac_cv_header_]m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME]))dnl
+    AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE(m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME]))dnl
     if test AS_VAR_GET(ac_header_exists) = yes; then
-      AC_LANG_CONFTEST([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[#include <]]m4_dquote(m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME]))[[>]])])
-dnl eval is necessary to expand ac_cpp.
-dnl Ultrix and Pyramid sh refuse to redirect output of eval, so use subshell.
-      AS_VAR_SET(gl_absolute_header,
-[`(eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD |
-sed -n '\#/]m4_quote(m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME]))[#{s#.*"\(.*/]m4_quote(m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME]))[\)".*#\1#;s#^/[^/]#//&#;p;q;}'`])
+      gl_ABSOLUTE_HEADER_ONE(m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME]))
     fi
     AS_VAR_POPDEF([ac_header_exists])dnl
     ])dnl
-  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(AS_TR_CPP([ABSOLUTE_]m4_quote(m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME]))),
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(AS_TR_CPP([ABSOLUTE_]m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME])),
                      ["AS_VAR_GET(gl_absolute_header)"],
-                     [Define this to an absolute name of <]m4_quote(m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME]))[>.])
+                     [Define this to an absolute name of <]m4_defn([gl_HEADER_NAME])[>.])
   AS_VAR_POPDEF([gl_absolute_header])dnl
 ])dnl
 ])# gl_ABSOLUTE_HEADER
+
+# gl_ABSOLUTE_HEADER_ONE(HEADER)
+# ------------------------------
+# Like gl_ABSOLUTE_HEADER, except that:
+#   - it assumes that the header exists,
+#   - it uses the current CPPFLAGS,
+#   - it does not cache the result,
+#   - it is silent.
+AC_DEFUN([gl_ABSOLUTE_HEADER_ONE],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+  AC_LANG_CONFTEST([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[#include <]]m4_dquote([$1])[[>]])])
+  dnl AIX "xlc -E" and "cc -E" omit #line directives for header files
+  dnl that contain only a #include of other header files and no
+  dnl non-comment tokens of their own. This leads to a failure to
+  dnl detect the absolute name of <dirent.h>, <signal.h>, <poll.h>
+  dnl and others. The workaround is to force preservation of comments
+  dnl through option -C. This ensures all necessary #line directives
+  dnl are present. GCC supports option -C as well.
+  case "$host_os" in
+    aix*) gl_absname_cpp="$ac_cpp -C" ;;
+    *)    gl_absname_cpp="$ac_cpp" ;;
+  esac
+changequote(,)
+  case "$host_os" in
+    mingw*)
+      dnl For the sake of native Windows compilers (excluding gcc),
+      dnl treat backslash as a directory separator, like /.
+      dnl Actually, these compilers use a double-backslash as
+      dnl directory separator, inside the
+      dnl   # line "filename"
+      dnl directives.
+      gl_dirsep_regex='[/\\]'
+      ;;
+    *)
+      gl_dirsep_regex='\/'
+      ;;
+  esac
+  dnl A sed expression that turns a string into a basic regular
+  dnl expression, for use within "/.../".
+  gl_make_literal_regex_sed='s,[]$^\\.*/[],\\&,g'
+  gl_header_literal_regex=`echo '$1' \
+                           | sed -e "$gl_make_literal_regex_sed"`
+  gl_absolute_header_sed="/${gl_dirsep_regex}${gl_header_literal_regex}/"'{
+      s/.*"\(.*'"${gl_dirsep_regex}${gl_header_literal_regex}"'\)".*/\1/
+      s|^/[^/]|//&|
+      p
+      q
+    }'
+changequote([,])
+  dnl eval is necessary to expand gl_absname_cpp.
+  dnl Ultrix and Pyramid sh refuse to redirect output of eval,
+  dnl so use subshell.
+  AS_VAR_SET([gl_cv_absolute_]AS_TR_SH([[$1]]),
+[`(eval "$gl_absname_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD |
+  sed -n "$gl_absolute_header_sed"`])
+])