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3 dnl Macros for configure.in for wxWindows by Robert Roebling, Phil Blecker,
4 dnl Vadim Zeitlin and Ron Lee
6 dnl This script is under the wxWindows licence.
9 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
12 dnl ===========================================================================
13 dnl Objective-C(++) related macros
14 dnl ===========================================================================
15 m4_define([AC_WX_LANG_OBJECTIVEC],
20 m4_define([AC_WX_LANG_OBJECTIVECPLUSPLUS],
25 dnl ===========================================================================
26 dnl macros to find the a file in the list of include/lib paths
27 dnl ===========================================================================
29 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
30 dnl call WX_PATH_FIND_INCLUDES(search path, header name), sets ac_find_includes
31 dnl to the full name of the file that was found or leaves it empty if not found
32 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
33 AC_DEFUN([WX_PATH_FIND_INCLUDES],
36 for ac_dir in $1 /usr/include;
38 if test -f "$ac_dir/$2"; then
39 ac_find_includes=$ac_dir
45 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
46 dnl call WX_PATH_FIND_LIBRARIES(search path, lib name), sets ac_find_libraries
47 dnl to the full name of the file that was found or leaves it empty if not found
48 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
49 AC_DEFUN([WX_PATH_FIND_LIBRARIES],
54 for ac_extension in a so sl dylib dll.a; do
55 if test -f "$ac_dir/lib$2.$ac_extension"; then
56 ac_find_libraries=$ac_dir
63 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
64 dnl return list of standard library paths
65 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
66 dnl return all default locations:
67 dnl - /usr/lib: standard
68 dnl - /usr/lib32: n32 ABI on IRIX
69 dnl - /usr/lib64: n64 ABI on IRIX
70 dnl - /usr/lib/64: 64 bit ABI on Solaris and Linux x86-64
72 dnl NB: if any of directories in the list is not a subdir of /usr, code setting
73 dnl wx_cv_std_libpath needs to be updated
74 AC_DEFUN([WX_STD_LIBPATH], [/usr/lib /usr/lib32 /usr/lib/64 /usr/lib64])
76 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
77 dnl Path to include, already defined
78 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
79 AC_DEFUN([WX_INCLUDE_PATH_EXIST],
81 dnl never add -I/usr/include to the CPPFLAGS
82 if test "x$1" = "x/usr/include"; then
85 echo "$2" | grep "\-I$1" > /dev/null
87 if test $result = 0; then
90 ac_path_to_include=" -I$1"
95 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
96 dnl Usage: WX_LINK_PATH_EXIST(path, libpath)
98 dnl Set ac_path_to_link to nothing if path is already in libpath of to -Lpath
99 dnl if it is not, so that libpath can be set to "$libpath$ac_path_to_link"
100 dnl after calling this function
101 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
102 AC_DEFUN([WX_LINK_PATH_EXIST],
104 dnl never add -L/usr/libXXX explicitely to libpath
105 if test "$1" = "default location"; then
108 echo "$2" | grep "\-L$1" > /dev/null
110 if test $result = 0; then
113 ac_path_to_link=" -L$1"
118 dnl ===========================================================================
119 dnl C++ features test
120 dnl ===========================================================================
122 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
123 dnl WX_CPP_NEW_HEADERS checks whether the compiler has "new" <iostream> header
124 dnl or only the old <iostream.h> one - it may be generally assumed that if
125 dnl <iostream> exists, the other "new" headers (without .h) exist too.
127 dnl call WX_CPP_NEW_HEADERS(actiof-if-true, action-if-false)
128 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
130 AC_DEFUN([WX_CPP_NEW_HEADERS],
135 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(iostream)
137 if test "$ac_cv_header_iostream" = "yes" ; then
138 ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
140 ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
146 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
147 dnl WX_CPP_BOOL checks whether the C++ compiler has a built in bool type
149 dnl call WX_CPP_BOOL - will define HAVE_BOOL if the compiler supports bool
150 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
152 AC_DEFUN([WX_CPP_BOOL],
154 AC_CACHE_CHECK([if C++ compiler supports bool], wx_cv_cpp_bool,
178 if test "$wx_cv_cpp_bool" = "yes"; then
183 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
184 dnl WX_CPP_EXPLICIT checks whether the C++ compiler support the explicit
185 dnl keyword and defines HAVE_EXPLICIT if this is the case
186 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
188 AC_DEFUN([WX_CPP_EXPLICIT],
190 AC_CACHE_CHECK([if C++ compiler supports the explicit keyword],
196 dnl do the test in 2 steps: first check that the compiler knows about the
197 dnl explicit keyword at all and then verify that it really honours it
200 class Foo { public: explicit Foo(int) {} };
208 class Foo { public: explicit Foo(int) {} };
209 static void TakeFoo(const Foo& foo) { }
225 if test "$wx_cv_explicit" = "yes"; then
226 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EXPLICIT)
230 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
231 dnl a slightly better AC_C_BIGENDIAN macro which allows cross-compiling
232 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
234 AC_DEFUN([WX_C_BIGENDIAN],
235 [AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether byte ordering is bigendian], ac_cv_c_bigendian,
236 [ac_cv_c_bigendian=unknown
237 # See if sys/param.h defines the BYTE_ORDER macro.
238 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/types.h>
239 #include <sys/param.h>], [
240 #if !BYTE_ORDER || !BIG_ENDIAN || !LITTLE_ENDIAN
242 #endif], [# It does; now see whether it defined to BIG_ENDIAN or not.
243 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/types.h>
244 #include <sys/param.h>], [
245 #if BYTE_ORDER != BIG_ENDIAN
247 #endif], ac_cv_c_bigendian=yes, ac_cv_c_bigendian=no)])
248 if test $ac_cv_c_bigendian = unknown; then
249 AC_TRY_RUN([main () {
250 /* Are we little or big endian? From Harbison&Steele. */
254 char c[sizeof (long)];
257 exit (u.c[sizeof (long) - 1] == 1);
258 }], [ac_cv_c_bigendian=no], [ac_cv_c_bigendian=yes], [ac_cv_c_bigendian=unknown])
260 if test $ac_cv_c_bigendian = unknown; then
261 AC_MSG_WARN([Assuming little-endian target machine - this may be overriden by adding the line "ac_cv_c_bigendian=${ac_cv_c_bigendian='yes'}" to config.cache file])
263 if test $ac_cv_c_bigendian = yes; then
264 AC_DEFINE(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
268 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
269 dnl override AC_ARG_ENABLE/WITH to cache the results in .cache file
270 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
272 AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_CACHE_INIT],
274 wx_arg_cache_file="configarg.cache"
275 echo "loading argument cache $wx_arg_cache_file"
276 rm -f ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp
277 touch ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp
278 touch ${wx_arg_cache_file}
281 AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_CACHE_FLUSH],
283 echo "saving argument cache $wx_arg_cache_file"
284 mv ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp ${wx_arg_cache_file}
287 dnl this macro checks for a three-valued command line --with argument:
288 dnl possible arguments are 'yes', 'no', 'sys', or 'builtin'
289 dnl usage: WX_ARG_SYS_WITH(option, helpmessage, variable-name)
290 AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_SYS_WITH],
292 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --with-$1])
294 AC_ARG_WITH($1, [$2],
296 if test "$withval" = yes; then
297 ac_cv_use_$1='$3=yes'
298 elif test "$withval" = no; then
300 elif test "$withval" = sys; then
301 ac_cv_use_$1='$3=sys'
302 elif test "$withval" = builtin; then
303 ac_cv_use_$1='$3=builtin'
305 AC_MSG_ERROR([Invalid value for --with-$1: should be yes, no, sys, or builtin])
309 LINE=`grep "$3" ${wx_arg_cache_file}`
310 if test "x$LINE" != x ; then
316 ac_cv_use_$1='$3='$DEFAULT_$3
320 if test "$no_cache" != 1; then
321 echo $ac_cv_use_$1 >> ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp
324 if test "$$3" = yes; then
326 elif test "$$3" = no; then
328 elif test "$$3" = sys; then
329 AC_MSG_RESULT([system version])
330 elif test "$$3" = builtin; then
331 AC_MSG_RESULT([builtin version])
333 AC_MSG_ERROR([Invalid value for --with-$1: should be yes, no, sys, or builtin])
337 dnl this macro checks for a command line argument and caches the result
338 dnl usage: WX_ARG_WITH(option, helpmessage, variable-name)
339 AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_WITH],
341 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --with-$1])
343 AC_ARG_WITH($1, [$2],
345 if test "$withval" = yes; then
346 ac_cv_use_$1='$3=yes'
352 LINE=`grep "$3" ${wx_arg_cache_file}`
353 if test "x$LINE" != x ; then
359 ac_cv_use_$1='$3='$DEFAULT_$3
363 if test "$no_cache" != 1; then
364 echo $ac_cv_use_$1 >> ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp
367 if test "$$3" = yes; then
374 dnl like WX_ARG_WITH but uses AC_ARG_ENABLE instead of AC_ARG_WITH
375 dnl usage: WX_ARG_ENABLE(option, helpmessage, variable-name, enablestring)
377 dnl enablestring is a hack and allows to show "checking for --disable-foo"
378 dnl message when running configure instead of the default "checking for
379 dnl --enable-foo" one whih is useful for the options enabled by default
380 AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_ENABLE],
383 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --${enablestring:-enable}-$1])
385 AC_ARG_ENABLE($1, [$2],
387 if test "$enableval" = yes; then
388 ac_cv_use_$1='$3=yes'
394 LINE=`grep "$3" ${wx_arg_cache_file}`
395 if test "x$LINE" != x ; then
401 ac_cv_use_$1='$3='$DEFAULT_$3
405 if test "$no_cache" != 1; then
406 echo $ac_cv_use_$1 >> ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp
409 if test "$$3" = yes; then
417 dnl ===========================================================================
418 dnl Linker features test
419 dnl ===========================================================================
421 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
422 dnl WX_VERSIONED_SYMBOLS checks whether the linker can create versioned
423 dnl symbols. If it can, sets LDFLAGS_VERSIONING to $CXX flags needed to use
424 dnl version script file named versionfile
426 dnl call WX_VERSIONED_SYMBOLS(versionfile)
427 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
428 AC_DEFUN([WX_VERSIONED_SYMBOLS],
432 dnl FIXME - doesn't work, Solaris linker doesn't accept wildcards
434 dnl dnl Check for known non-gcc cases:
435 dnl case "${host}" in
437 dnl if test "x$GCC" != "xyes" ; then
438 dnl LDFLAGS_VERSIONING="-M $1"
439 dnl found_versioning=yes
444 dnl Generic check for GCC or GCC-like behaviour (Intel C++, GCC):
445 if test $found_versioning = no ; then
446 AC_CACHE_CHECK([if the linker accepts --version-script], wx_cv_version_script,
448 echo "VER_1 { *; };" >conftest.sym
449 echo "int main() { return 0; }" >conftest.cpp
452 $CXX -o conftest.output $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.cpp
453 -Wl,--version-script,conftest.sym >/dev/null 2>conftest.stderr]) ; then
454 if test -s conftest.stderr ; then
455 wx_cv_version_script=no
457 wx_cv_version_script=yes
460 wx_cv_version_script=no
463 dnl There's a problem in some old linkers with --version-script that
464 dnl can cause linking to fail when you have objects with vtables in
465 dnl libs 3 deep. This is known to happen in netbsd and openbsd with
468 dnl To test for this we need to make some shared libs and
469 dnl unfortunately we can't be sure of the right way to do that. If the
470 dnl first two compiles don't succeed then it looks like the test isn't
471 dnl working and the result is ignored, but if OTOH the first two
472 dnl succeed but the third does not then the bug has been detected and
473 dnl the --version-script flag is dropped.
474 if test $wx_cv_version_script = yes
476 echo "struct B { virtual ~B() { } }; \
477 struct D : public B { }; \
478 void F() { D d; }" > conftest.cpp
481 $CXX -shared -fPIC -o conftest1.output $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.cpp
482 -Wl,--version-script,conftest.sym >/dev/null 2>/dev/null]) &&
484 $CXX -shared -fPIC -o conftest2.output $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.cpp
485 -Wl,--version-script,conftest.sym conftest1.output >/dev/null 2>/dev/null])
488 $CXX -shared -fPIC -o conftest3.output $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.cpp
489 -Wl,--version-script,conftest.sym conftest2.output conftest1.output >/dev/null 2>/dev/null])
491 wx_cv_version_script=yes
493 wx_cv_version_script=no
498 rm -f conftest.output conftest.stderr conftest.sym conftest.cpp
499 rm -f conftest1.output conftest2.output conftest3.output
501 if test $wx_cv_version_script = yes ; then
502 LDFLAGS_VERSIONING="-Wl,--version-script,$1"
508 dnl ===========================================================================
509 dnl "3rd party" macros included here because they are not widely available
510 dnl ===========================================================================
512 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
513 dnl test for availability of iconv()
514 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
516 dnl From Bruno Haible.
520 dnl Some systems have iconv in libc, some have it in libiconv (OSF/1 and
521 dnl those with the standalone portable GNU libiconv installed).
523 AC_ARG_WITH([libiconv-prefix],
524 [ --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR search for libiconv in DIR/include and DIR/lib], [
525 for dir in `echo "$withval" | tr : ' '`; do
526 if test -d $dir/include; then CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$dir/include"; fi
527 if test -d $dir/lib; then LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$dir/lib"; fi
531 AC_CACHE_CHECK(for iconv, am_cv_func_iconv, [
532 am_cv_func_iconv="no, consider installing GNU libiconv"
534 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <stdlib.h>
536 [iconv_t cd = iconv_open("","");
537 iconv(cd,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL);
539 am_cv_func_iconv=yes)
540 if test "$am_cv_func_iconv" != yes; then
543 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <stdlib.h>
545 [iconv_t cd = iconv_open("","");
546 iconv(cd,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL);
549 am_cv_func_iconv=yes)
553 if test "$am_cv_func_iconv" = yes; then
554 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ICONV, 1, [Define if you have the iconv() function.])
555 AC_CACHE_CHECK([if iconv needs const], wx_cv_func_iconv_const,
563 #if defined(__STDC__) || defined(__cplusplus)
564 size_t iconv (iconv_t cd, char * *inbuf, size_t *inbytesleft, char * *outbuf, size_t *outbytesleft);
570 wx_cv_func_iconv_const="no",
571 wx_cv_func_iconv_const="yes"
576 if test "x$wx_cv_func_iconv_const" = "xyes"; then
580 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ICONV_CONST, $iconv_const,
581 [Define as const if the declaration of iconv() needs const.])
584 if test "$am_cv_lib_iconv" = yes; then
590 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
591 dnl AC_SYS_LARGEFILE (partly based on the code from autoconf 2.5x)
592 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
594 dnl WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST
596 dnl NB: original autoconf test was checking if compiler supported 6 bit off_t
597 dnl arithmetic properly but this failed miserably with gcc under Linux
598 dnl whereas the system still supports 64 bit files, so now simply check
599 dnl that off_t is big enough
600 define(WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST,
602 unsigned int field: sizeof(off_t) == 8;
607 dnl WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_MACRO_VALUE(C-MACRO, VALUE, CACHE-VAR)
608 define(WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_MACRO_VALUE,
610 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for $1 value needed for large files], [$3],
612 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#define $1 $2
613 #include <sys/types.h>],
614 WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST,
620 if test "$$3" != no; then
622 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([$1], [$$3])
629 dnl By default, many hosts won't let programs access large files;
630 dnl one must use special compiler options to get large-file access to work.
631 dnl For more details about this brain damage please see:
632 dnl http://www.sas.com/standards/large.file/x_open.20Mar96.html
633 AC_DEFUN([AC_SYS_LARGEFILE],
634 [AC_ARG_ENABLE(largefile,
635 [ --disable-largefile omit support for large files])
636 if test "$enable_largefile" != no; then
637 dnl _FILE_OFFSET_BITS==64 is needed for Linux, Solaris, ...
638 dnl _LARGE_FILES -- for AIX
640 WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_MACRO_VALUE(_FILE_OFFSET_BITS, 64, ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits)
641 if test "x$wx_largefile" != "xyes"; then
642 WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_MACRO_VALUE(_LARGE_FILES, 1, ac_cv_sys_large_files)
645 AC_MSG_CHECKING(if large file support is available)
646 if test "x$wx_largefile" = "xyes"; then
647 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT)
649 AC_MSG_RESULT($wx_largefile)
654 dnl Available from the GNU Autoconf Macro Archive at:
655 dnl http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_const_cast.html
657 AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_CONST_CAST],
658 [AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports const_cast<>,
659 ac_cv_cxx_const_cast,
662 AC_TRY_COMPILE(,[int x = 0;const int& y = x;int& z = const_cast<int&>(y);return z;],
663 ac_cv_cxx_const_cast=yes, ac_cv_cxx_const_cast=no)
666 if test "$ac_cv_cxx_const_cast" = yes; then
667 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CONST_CAST,,[define if the compiler supports const_cast<>])
671 dnl http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_reinterpret_cast.html
672 AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_REINTERPRET_CAST],
673 [AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports reinterpret_cast<>,
674 ac_cv_cxx_reinterpret_cast,
677 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <typeinfo>
678 class Base { public : Base () {} virtual void f () = 0;};
679 class Derived : public Base { public : Derived () {} virtual void f () {} };
680 class Unrelated { public : Unrelated () {} };
681 int g (Unrelated&) { return 0; }],[
682 Derived d;Base& b=d;Unrelated& e=reinterpret_cast<Unrelated&>(b);return g(e);],
683 ac_cv_cxx_reinterpret_cast=yes, ac_cv_cxx_reinterpret_cast=no)
686 if test "$ac_cv_cxx_reinterpret_cast" = yes; then
687 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_REINTERPRET_CAST,,
688 [define if the compiler supports reinterpret_cast<>])
692 dnl and http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_static_cast.html
693 AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_STATIC_CAST],
694 [AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports static_cast<>,
695 ac_cv_cxx_static_cast,
698 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <typeinfo>
699 class Base { public : Base () {} virtual void f () = 0; };
700 class Derived : public Base { public : Derived () {} virtual void f () {} };
701 int g (Derived&) { return 0; }],[
702 Derived d; Base& b = d; Derived& s = static_cast<Derived&> (b); return g (s);],
703 ac_cv_cxx_static_cast=yes, ac_cv_cxx_static_cast=no)
706 if test "$ac_cv_cxx_static_cast" = yes; then
707 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STATIC_CAST,, [define if the compiler supports static_cast<>])
711 dnl http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/ac_cxx_dynamic_cast.html
712 AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_DYNAMIC_CAST],
713 [AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports dynamic_cast<>,
714 ac_cv_cxx_dynamic_cast,
717 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <typeinfo>
718 class Base { public : Base () {} virtual void f () = 0;};
719 class Derived : public Base { public : Derived () {} virtual void f () {} };],[
720 Derived d; Base& b=d; return dynamic_cast<Derived*>(&b) ? 0 : 1;],
721 ac_cv_cxx_dynamic_cast=yes, ac_cv_cxx_dynamic_cast=no)
724 if test "$ac_cv_cxx_dynamic_cast" = yes; then
725 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DYNAMIC_CAST,,[define if the compiler supports dynamic_cast<>])