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dfff6628 1# m4.m4 serial 10
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3# Copyright (C) 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software
4# Foundation, Inc.
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6# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
7# are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
8# notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is,
9# without warranty of any kind.
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11# AC_PROG_GNU_M4
12# --------------
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13# Check for GNU M4, at least 1.4.6 (all earlier versions had bugs in
14# trace support and regexp support):
15# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2006-11/msg00096.html
16# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2009-07/msg00023.html
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17# Also, check whether --error-output (through 1.4.x) or --debugfile (2.0)
18# is supported, and AC_SUBST M4_DEBUGFILE accordingly.
19AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_GNU_M4],
b9ad39c1 20 [AC_ARG_VAR([M4], [Location of GNU M4 1.4.6 or later. Defaults to the first
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21 program of `m4', `gm4', or `gnum4' on PATH that meets Autoconf needs.])
22 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces], [ac_cv_path_M4],
23 [rm -f conftest.m4f
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24ac_had_posixly_correct=${POSIXLY_CORRECT:+yes}
25AS_UNSET([POSIXLY_CORRECT])
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26AC_PATH_PROGS_FEATURE_CHECK([M4], [m4 gm4 gnum4],
27 [dnl Creative quoting here to avoid raw dnl and ifdef in configure.
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28 # Root out GNU M4 1.4.5, as well as non-GNU m4 that ignore -t, -F.
29 ac_snippet=change'quote(<,>)in''dir(<if''def>,mac,bug)'
30 ac_snippet=${ac_snippet}pat'subst(a,\(b\)\|\(a\),\1)d'nl
8ba62e3e 31 test -z "`$ac_path_M4 -F conftest.m4f </dev/null 2>&1`" \
dfff6628 32 && test -z "`AS_ECHO([$ac_snippet]) | $ac_path_M4 --trace=mac 2>&1`" \
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33 && test -f conftest.m4f \
34 && ac_cv_path_M4=$ac_path_M4 ac_path_M4_found=:
35 rm -f conftest.m4f],
36 [AC_MSG_ERROR([no acceptable m4 could be found in \$PATH.
b9ad39c1 37GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is required; 1.4.13 is recommended])])])
8ba62e3e 38 M4=$ac_cv_path_M4
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39 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether $ac_cv_path_M4 accepts --gnu],
40 [ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_gnu],
41 [case `$M4 --help < /dev/null 2>&1` in
42 *--gnu*) ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_gnu=yes ;;
43 *) ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_gnu=no ;;
44 esac])
45 if test "$ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_gnu" = yes; then
46 M4_GNU=--gnu
47 else
48 M4_GNU=
49 fi
50 AC_SUBST([M4_GNU])
51 if test x$ac_had_posixly_correct = xyes; then
52 POSIXLY_CORRECT=:
53 if test $ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_gnu = no; then
54 AC_MSG_WARN([The version of M4 that was found does not support -g.])
55 AC_MSG_WARN([Using it with POSIXLY_CORRECT set may cause problems.])
56 fi
57 fi
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58 AC_CACHE_CHECK([how m4 supports trace files], [ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile],
59 [case `$M4 --help < /dev/null 2>&1` in
60 *debugfile*) ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile=--debugfile ;;
61 *) ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile=--error-output ;;
62 esac])
63 AC_SUBST([M4_DEBUGFILE], [$ac_cv_prog_gnu_m4_debugfile])
64])
65
66# Compatibility for bootstrapping with Autoconf 2.61.
67dnl FIXME - replace this with AC_PREREQ([2.62]) after the release.
68# AC_PATH_PROGS_FEATURE_CHECK was added the same time the slightly broken,
69# undocumented _AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK was deleted.
70m4_ifndef([AC_PATH_PROGS_FEATURE_CHECK],
71 [m4_define([AC_PATH_PROGS_FEATURE_CHECK],
72 [_AC_PATH_PROG_FEATURE_CHECK([$1], [$2], [$3], [$5])
73])])