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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# generated automatically by aclocal 1.7.2 -*- Autoconf -*-
+# aclocal.m4 generated automatically by aclocal 1.6.3 -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
+# Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
 # Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -1062,6 +1062,182 @@ AC_DEFUN(PKG_CHECK_MODULES, [
 
 
 
+# Configure paths for SDL
+# Sam Lantinga 9/21/99
+# stolen from Manish Singh
+# stolen back from Frank Belew
+# stolen from Manish Singh
+# Shamelessly stolen from Owen Taylor
+
+dnl AM_PATH_SDL([MINIMUM-VERSION, [ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]]])
+dnl Test for SDL, and define SDL_CFLAGS and SDL_LIBS
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN(AM_PATH_SDL,
+[dnl 
+dnl Get the cflags and libraries from the sdl-config script
+dnl
+AC_ARG_WITH(sdl-prefix,[  --with-sdl-prefix=PFX   Prefix where SDL is installed (optional)],
+            sdl_prefix="$withval", sdl_prefix="")
+AC_ARG_WITH(sdl-exec-prefix,[  --with-sdl-exec-prefix=PFX Exec prefix where SDL is installed (optional)],
+            sdl_exec_prefix="$withval", sdl_exec_prefix="")
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(sdltest, [  --disable-sdltest       Do not try to compile and run a test SDL program],
+                   , enable_sdltest=yes)
+
+  if test x$sdl_exec_prefix != x ; then
+     sdl_args="$sdl_args --exec-prefix=$sdl_exec_prefix"
+     if test x${SDL_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
+        SDL_CONFIG=$sdl_exec_prefix/bin/sdl-config
+     fi
+  fi
+  if test x$sdl_prefix != x ; then
+     sdl_args="$sdl_args --prefix=$sdl_prefix"
+     if test x${SDL_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
+        SDL_CONFIG=$sdl_prefix/bin/sdl-config
+     fi
+  fi
+
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_TARGET])
+  PATH="$prefix/bin:$prefix/usr/bin:$PATH"
+  AC_PATH_PROG(SDL_CONFIG, sdl-config, no, [$PATH])
+  min_sdl_version=ifelse([$1], ,0.11.0,$1)
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for SDL - version >= $min_sdl_version)
+  no_sdl=""
+  if test "$SDL_CONFIG" = "no" ; then
+    no_sdl=yes
+  else
+    SDL_CFLAGS=`$SDL_CONFIG $sdlconf_args --cflags`
+    SDL_LIBS=`$SDL_CONFIG $sdlconf_args --libs`
+
+    sdl_major_version=`$SDL_CONFIG $sdl_args --version | \
+           sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\1/'`
+    sdl_minor_version=`$SDL_CONFIG $sdl_args --version | \
+           sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\2/'`
+    sdl_micro_version=`$SDL_CONFIG $sdl_config_args --version | \
+           sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\3/'`
+    if test "x$enable_sdltest" = "xyes" ; then
+      ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+      ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+      CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $SDL_CFLAGS"
+      LIBS="$LIBS $SDL_LIBS"
+dnl
+dnl Now check if the installed SDL is sufficiently new. (Also sanity
+dnl checks the results of sdl-config to some extent
+dnl
+      rm -f conf.sdltest
+      AC_TRY_RUN([
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "SDL.h"
+
+char*
+my_strdup (char *str)
+{
+  char *new_str;
+  
+  if (str)
+    {
+      new_str = (char *)malloc ((strlen (str) + 1) * sizeof(char));
+      strcpy (new_str, str);
+    }
+  else
+    new_str = NULL;
+  
+  return new_str;
+}
+
+int main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  int major, minor, micro;
+  char *tmp_version;
+
+  /* This hangs on some systems (?)
+  system ("touch conf.sdltest");
+  */
+  { FILE *fp = fopen("conf.sdltest", "a"); if ( fp ) fclose(fp); }
+
+  /* HP/UX 9 (%@#!) writes to sscanf strings */
+  tmp_version = my_strdup("$min_sdl_version");
+  if (sscanf(tmp_version, "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro) != 3) {
+     printf("%s, bad version string\n", "$min_sdl_version");
+     exit(1);
+   }
+
+   if (($sdl_major_version > major) ||
+      (($sdl_major_version == major) && ($sdl_minor_version > minor)) ||
+      (($sdl_major_version == major) && ($sdl_minor_version == minor) && ($sdl_micro_version >= micro)))
+    {
+      return 0;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      printf("\n*** 'sdl-config --version' returned %d.%d.%d, but the minimum version\n", $sdl_major_version, $sdl_minor_version, $sdl_micro_version);
+      printf("*** of SDL required is %d.%d.%d. If sdl-config is correct, then it is\n", major, minor, micro);
+      printf("*** best to upgrade to the required version.\n");
+      printf("*** If sdl-config was wrong, set the environment variable SDL_CONFIG\n");
+      printf("*** to point to the correct copy of sdl-config, and remove the file\n");
+      printf("*** config.cache before re-running configure\n");
+      return 1;
+    }
+}
+
+],, no_sdl=yes,[echo $ac_n "cross compiling; assumed OK... $ac_c"])
+       CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+       LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+     fi
+  fi
+  if test "x$no_sdl" = x ; then
+     AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+     ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])     
+  else
+     AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+     if test "$SDL_CONFIG" = "no" ; then
+       echo "*** The sdl-config script installed by SDL could not be found"
+       echo "*** If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in"
+       echo "*** your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG environment variable to the"
+       echo "*** full path to sdl-config."
+     else
+       if test -f conf.sdltest ; then
+        :
+       else
+          echo "*** Could not run SDL test program, checking why..."
+          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $SDL_CFLAGS"
+          LIBS="$LIBS $SDL_LIBS"
+          AC_TRY_LINK([
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "SDL.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{ return 0; }
+#undef  main
+#define main K_and_R_C_main
+],      [ return 0; ],
+        [ echo "*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means"
+          echo "*** that the run-time linker is not finding SDL or finding the wrong"
+          echo "*** version of SDL. If it is not finding SDL, you'll need to set your"
+          echo "*** LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf to point"
+          echo "*** to the installed location  Also, make sure you have run ldconfig if that"
+          echo "*** is required on your system"
+         echo "***"
+          echo "*** If you have an old version installed, it is best to remove it, although"
+          echo "*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH"],
+        [ echo "*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the"
+          echo "*** exact error that occured. This usually means SDL was incorrectly installed"
+          echo "*** or that you have moved SDL since it was installed. In the latter case, you"
+          echo "*** may want to edit the sdl-config script: $SDL_CONFIG" ])
+          CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+          LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+       fi
+     fi
+     SDL_CFLAGS=""
+     SDL_LIBS=""
+     ifelse([$3], , :, [$3])
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(SDL_CFLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(SDL_LIBS)
+  rm -f conf.sdltest
+])
+
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Support macros for makefiles generated by BAKEFILE.
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1111,28 +1287,57 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_PLATFORM,
     PLATFORM_MSDOS=0
     PLATFORM_MAC=0
     PLATFORM_MACOSX=0
-    
-    case "${host}" in
-        *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw32* )
-            PLATFORM_WIN32=1
-        ;;
-        *-pc-msdosdjgpp | *-pc-os2_emx | *-pc-os2-emx )
-            PLATFORM_MSDOS=1
-        ;;
-        powerpc-*-darwin* )
-            PLATFORM_MAC=1
-            PLATFORM_MACOSX=1
-        ;;
-        * )
-            PLATFORM_UNIX=1
-        ;;
-    esac
+    PLATFORM_OS2=0
+
+    if test "x$BAKEFILE_FORCE_PLATFORM" = "x"; then 
+        case "${BAKEFILE_HOST}" in
+            *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw32* )
+                PLATFORM_WIN32=1
+            ;;
+            *-pc-msdosdjgpp )
+                PLATFORM_MSDOS=1
+            ;;
+            *-pc-os2_emx | *-pc-os2-emx )
+                PLATFORM_OS2=1
+            ;;
+            powerpc-*-darwin* )
+                PLATFORM_MAC=1
+                PLATFORM_MACOSX=1
+            ;;
+            * )
+                PLATFORM_UNIX=1
+            ;;
+        esac
+    else
+        case "$BAKEFILE_FORCE_PLATFORM" in
+            win32 )
+                PLATFORM_WIN32=1
+            ;;
+            msdos )
+                PLATFORM_MSDOS=1
+            ;;
+            os2 )
+                PLATFORM_OS2=1
+            ;;
+            darwin )
+                PLATFORM_MAC=1
+                PLATFORM_MACOSX=1
+            ;;
+            unix )
+                PLATFORM_UNIX=1
+            ;;
+            * )
+                AC_MSG_ERROR([Unknown platform: $BAKEFILE_FORCE_PLATFORM])
+            ;;
+        esac
+    fi
 
     AC_SUBST(PLATFORM_UNIX)
     AC_SUBST(PLATFORM_WIN32)
     AC_SUBST(PLATFORM_MSDOS)
     AC_SUBST(PLATFORM_MAC)
     AC_SUBST(PLATFORM_MACOSX)
+    AC_SUBST(PLATFORM_OS2)
 ])
 
 
@@ -1149,10 +1354,11 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_SUFFIXES,
     SO_SUFFIX="so"
     SO_SUFFIX_MODULE="so"
     EXEEXT=""
+    LIBPREFIX=lib
     DLLPREFIX=lib
     DLLPREFIX_MODULE=
     
-    case "${host}" in
+    case "${BAKEFILE_HOST}" in
         *-hp-hpux* )
             SO_SUFFIX="sl"
             SO_SUFFIX_MODULE="sl"
@@ -1172,10 +1378,15 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_SUFFIXES,
             EXEEXT=".exe"
             DLLPREFIX=""
         ;;
-        *-pc-msdosdjgpp | *-pc-os2_emx | *-pc-os2-emx )
+        *-pc-msdosdjgpp )
             EXEEXT=".exe"
             DLLPREFIX=""
         ;;
+        *-pc-os2_emx | *-pc-os2-emx )
+            EXEEXT=".exe"
+            DLLPREFIX=""
+            LIBPREFIX=""
+        ;;
         powerpc-*-darwin* )
             SO_SUFFIX="dylib"
             SO_SUFFIX_MODULE="bundle"
@@ -1185,6 +1396,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_SUFFIXES,
     AC_SUBST(SO_SUFFIX)
     AC_SUBST(SO_SUFFIX_MODULE)
     AC_SUBST(EXEEXT)
+    AC_SUBST(LIBPREFIX)
     AC_SUBST(DLLPREFIX)
     AC_SUBST(DLLPREFIX_MODULE)
 ])
@@ -1209,7 +1421,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_SHARED_LD,
         PIC_FLAG="-fPIC"
     fi
 
-    case "${host}" in
+    case "${BAKEFILE_HOST}" in
       *-hp-hpux* )
         dnl default settings are good for gcc but not for the native HP-UX
         if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
@@ -1266,7 +1478,27 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_SHARED_LD,
         dnl or with a double stage link in order to create a single module
         dnl "-init _wxWindowsDylibInit" not useful with lazy linking solved
 
-        cat <<EOF >shared-ld-sh
+        dnl If using newer dev tools then there is a -single_module flag that
+        dnl we can use to do this, otherwise we'll need to use a helper
+        dnl script.  Check the version of gcc to see which way we can go:
+        AC_CACHE_CHECK([for gcc 3.1 or later], wx_cv_gcc31, [
+           AC_TRY_COMPILE([],
+               [
+                   #if (__GNUC__ < 3) || \
+                       ((__GNUC__ == 3) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ < 1))
+                       #error old gcc
+                   #endif
+               ],
+               [
+                   wx_cv_gcc31=yes
+               ],
+               [
+                   wx_cv_gcc31=no
+               ]
+           )
+        ])
+        if test "$wx_cv_gcc31" = "no"; then
+            cat <<EOF >shared-ld-sh
 #!/bin/sh
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #-- Name:        distrib/mac/shared-ld-sh
@@ -1294,7 +1526,7 @@ while test \${#} -gt 0; do
         shift
         ;;
 
-       -l*|-L*|-flat_namespace)
+       -l*|-L*|-flat_namespace|-headerpad_max_install_names)
         # collect these options
         args="\${args} \${1}"
         ;;
@@ -1353,17 +1585,22 @@ rm -f master.\$\$.o
 
 exit 0
 EOF
-        chmod +x shared-ld-sh
+            chmod +x shared-ld-sh
+
+            dnl Use the shared-ld-sh helper script
+            SHARED_LD_CC="`pwd`/shared-ld-sh -dynamiclib -headerpad_max_install_names -o"
+            SHARED_LD_MODULE_CC="`pwd`/shared-ld-sh -bundle -headerpad_max_install_names -o"
+            SHARED_LD_CXX="$SHARED_LD_CC"
+            SHARED_LD_MODULE_CXX="$SHARED_LD_MODULE_CC"
+        else
+            dnl Use the -single_module flag and let the linker do it for us
+            SHARED_LD_CC="\${CC} -dynamiclib -single_module -headerpad_max_install_names -o"
+            SHARED_LD_MODULE_CC="\${CC} -bundle -single_module -headerpad_max_install_names -o"
+            SHARED_LD_CXX="\${CXX} -dynamiclib -single_module -headerpad_max_install_names -o"
+            SHARED_LD_MODULE_CXX="\${CXX} -bundle -single_module -headerpad_max_install_names -o"
+        fi
 
-        SHARED_LD_CC="`pwd`/shared-ld-sh -dynamiclib -undefined suppress -flat_namespace -o"
-        SHARED_LD_MODULE_CC="`pwd`/shared-ld-sh -bundle -undefined suppress -flat_namespace -o"
-        SHARED_LD_CXX="$SHARED_LD_CC"
-        SHARED_LD_MODULE_CXX="$SHARED_LD_MODULE_CC"
         PIC_FLAG="-dynamic -fPIC"
-        dnl FIXME - what about C libs? Gilles says to use c++ because it doesn't
-        dnl         matter for C projects and matters for C++ ones
-        dnl FIXME - newer devel tools have linker flag to do this, the script
-        dnl         is not necessary - detect!
       ;;
 
       *-*-aix* )
@@ -1401,12 +1638,13 @@ EOF
       *-*-sunos4* | \
       *-*-osf* | \
       *-*-dgux5* | \
+      *-pc-os2_emx | *-pc-os2-emx | \
       *-*-sysv5* )
         dnl defaults are ok
       ;;
 
       *)
-        AC_MSG_ERROR(unknown system type $host.)
+        AC_MSG_ERROR(unknown system type $BAKEFILE_HOST.)
     esac
 
     if test "x$SHARED_LD_MODULE_CC" = "x" ; then
@@ -1439,7 +1677,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_SHARED_VERSIONS,
     USE_MACVERSION=0
     SONAME_FLAG=
 
-    case "${host}" in
+    case "${BAKEFILE_HOST}" in
       *-*-linux* )
         SONAME_FLAG="-Wl,-soname,"
         USE_SOVERSION=1
@@ -1484,7 +1722,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_DEPS,
     if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
         DEPSMODE=gcc
         DEPS_TRACKING=1
-        case "${host}" in
+        case "${BAKEFILE_HOST}" in
             powerpc-*-darwin* )
                 dnl -cpp-precomp (the default) conflicts with -MMD option
                 dnl used by bk-deps (see also http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Conceptual/PortingUnix/compiling/chapter_4_section_3.html)
@@ -1503,8 +1741,8 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_DEPS,
         cat <<EOF >bk-deps
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# This script is part of Bakefile (http://bakefile.sf.net) autoconf script.
-# It is used to track C/C++ files dependencies in portable way.
+# This script is part of Bakefile (http://bakefile.sourceforge.net) autoconf
+# script. It is used to track C/C++ files dependencies in portable way.
 #
 # Permission is given to use this file in any way.
 
@@ -1543,7 +1781,7 @@ if test \$DEPSMODE = gcc ; then
     else
         depfile=\`basename \$objfile | sed -e 's/\..*$/.d/g'\`
         if test -f \$depfile ; then
-            sed -e "/^\$objfile/! s,\$depobjname:,\$objfile:,g" \$depfile >\${DEPSDIR}/\${objfile}.d
+            sed -e "/^\$objfile/!s,\$depobjname:,\$objfile:,g" \$depfile >\${DEPSDIR}/\${objfile}.d
             rm -f \$depfile
         fi
     fi
@@ -1575,15 +1813,11 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_CHECK_BASIC_STUFF,
     AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
     AC_SUBST(MAKE_SET)
     
-    if test "$build" != "$host" ; then
-        AR=$host_alias-ar
-        STRIP=$host_alias-strip
-    else
-        AC_CHECK_PROG(AR, ar, ar, ar)
-        AC_CHECK_PROG(STRIP, strip, strip, true)
-    fi
+    AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, ar)
+    AC_CHECK_TOOL(STRIP, strip, :)
+    AC_CHECK_TOOL(NM, nm, :)
 
-    case ${host} in
+    case ${BAKEFILE_HOST} in
         *-hp-hpux* )
             INSTALL_DIR="mkdir"
             ;;
@@ -1593,7 +1827,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_CHECK_BASIC_STUFF,
     AC_SUBST(INSTALL_DIR)
 
     LDFLAGS_GUI=
-    case ${host} in
+    case ${BAKEFILE_HOST} in
         *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw32* )
         LDFLAGS_GUI="-Wl,--subsystem,windows -mwindows"
     esac
@@ -1612,7 +1846,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_RES_COMPILERS,
     RESCOMP=
     SETFILE=
 
-    case ${host} in 
+    case ${BAKEFILE_HOST} in 
         *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw32* )
             dnl Check for win32 resources compiler:
             if test "$build" != "$host" ; then
@@ -1632,14 +1866,122 @@ AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_RES_COMPILERS,
     AC_SUBST(SETFILE)
 ])
 
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl AC_BAKEFILE_PRECOMP_HEADERS
+dnl
+dnl Check for precompiled headers support (GCC >= 3.4)
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE_PRECOMP_HEADERS,
+[
+
+    AC_ARG_ENABLE([precomp-headers],
+                  [  --disable-precomp-headers  don't use precompiled headers even if compiler can],
+                  [bk_use_pch="$enableval"])
+
+    GCC_PCH=0
+
+    if test "x$bk_use_pch" = "x" -o "x$bk_use_pch" = "xyes" ; then
+        if test "x$GCC" = "xyes"; then
+            dnl test if we have gcc-3.4:
+            AC_MSG_CHECKING([if the compiler supports precompiled headers])
+            AC_TRY_COMPILE([],
+                [
+                    #if !defined(__GNUC__) || !defined(__GNUC_MINOR__)
+                        #error "no pch support"
+                    #endif
+                    #if (__GNUC__ < 3)
+                        #error "no pch support"
+                    #endif
+                    #if (__GNUC__ == 3) && \
+                       ((!defined(__APPLE_CC__) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ < 4)) || \
+                       ( defined(__APPLE_CC__) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)))
+                        #error "no pch support"
+                    #endif
+                ],
+                [
+                    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+                    dnl FIXME - this is temporary, till .gch dependencies 
+                    dnl         are fixed in generated Makefiles
+                    CPPFLAGS="-fpch-deps $CPPFLAGS"
+                    GCC_PCH=1
+                ],
+                [
+                    AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+                ])
+            if test $GCC_PCH = 1 ; then
+                cat <<EOF >bk-make-pch
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script is part of Bakefile (http://bakefile.sourceforge.net) autoconf
+# script. It is used to generated precompiled headers.
+#
+# Permission is given to use this file in any way.
+
+outfile="\${1}"
+header="\${2}"
+shift
+shift
+
+compiler=
+headerfile=
+while test \${#} -gt 0; do
+    case "\${1}" in
+        -I* )
+            incdir=\`echo \${1} | sed -e 's/-I\(.*\)/\1/g'\`
+            if test "x\${headerfile}" = "x" -a -f "\${incdir}/\${header}" ; then
+                headerfile="\${incdir}/\${header}"
+            fi
+        ;;
+    esac
+    compiler="\${compiler} \${1}"
+    shift
+done
+
+if test "x\${headerfile}" = "x" ; then
+    echo "error: can't find header \${header} in include paths" >2
+else
+    if test -f \${outfile} ; then
+        rm -f \${outfile}
+    else
+        mkdir -p \`dirname \${outfile}\`
+    fi
+    depsfile=".deps/\`basename \${outfile}\`.d"
+    mkdir -p .deps
+    # can do this because gcc is >= 3.4:
+    \${compiler} -o \${outfile} -MMD -MF "\${depsfile}" "\${headerfile}"
+    exit \${?}
+fi
+EOF
+                chmod +x bk-make-pch
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    AC_SUBST(GCC_PCH)
+])
+
+
+
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl AC_BAKEFILE
 dnl
 dnl To be used in configure.in of any project using Bakefile-generated mks
+dnl
+dnl Behaviour can be modified by setting following variables:
+dnl    BAKEFILE_CHECK_BASICS    set to "no" if you don't want bakefile to
+dnl                             to perform check for basic tools like ranlib
+dnl    BAKEFILE_HOST            set this to override host detection, defaults
+dnl                             to ${host}
+dnl    BAKEFILE_FORCE_PLATFORM  set to override platform detection
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_DEFUN(AC_BAKEFILE,
 [
+    if test "x$BAKEFILE_HOST" = "x"; then
+        BAKEFILE_HOST="${host}"
+    fi
+
     if test "x$BAKEFILE_CHECK_BASICS" != "xno"; then
         AC_BAKEFILE_CHECK_BASIC_STUFF
     fi