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@@ -1,89 +1,12 @@
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl
-dnl Purpose: Cursom macros for autoconf configure script.
-dnl Author:  Vadim Zeitlin
-dnl Created: 26.05.99
-dnl Version: $Id$
-dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-dnl ===========================================================================
-dnl GKT+ version test
-dnl ===========================================================================
-
-dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl AM_PATH_GTK([MINIMUM-VERSION, [ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]]])
-dnl Test for GTK, and define GTK_CFLAGS and GTK_LIBS. Uses variables
-dnl gtk_config_prefix and/or gtk_config_exec_prefix if defined.
-dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl Macros for configure.in for wxWindows by Robert Roebling, Phil Blecker,
+dnl Vadim Zeitlin and Ron Lee
 dnl
-AC_DEFUN(AM_PATH_GTK,
-[
-  if test x$gtk_config_exec_prefix != x ; then
-     gtk_config_args="$gtk_config_args --exec-prefix=$gtk_config_exec_prefix"
-     if test x${GTK_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
-        GTK_CONFIG=$gtk_config_exec_prefix/bin/gtk-config
-     fi
-  fi
-  if test x$gtk_config_prefix != x ; then
-     gtk_config_args="$gtk_config_args --prefix=$gtk_config_prefix"
-     if test x${GTK_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
-        GTK_CONFIG=$gtk_config_prefix/bin/gtk-config
-     fi
-  fi
-
-  AC_PATH_PROG(GTK_CONFIG, gtk-config, no)
-  min_gtk_version=ifelse([$1], ,0.99.7,$1)
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for GTK - version >= $min_gtk_version)
-  no_gtk=""
-  if test "$GTK_CONFIG" != "no" ; then
-    GTK_CFLAGS=`$GTK_CONFIG --cflags`
-    GTK_LIBS=`$GTK_CONFIG --libs`
-    ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-    ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $GTK_CFLAGS"
-    LIBS="$LIBS $GTK_LIBS"
-dnl
-dnl Now check if the installed GTK is sufficiently new. (Also sanity
-dnl checks the results of gtk-config to some extent)
+dnl This script is under the wxWindows licence.
 dnl
-    AC_TRY_RUN([
-#include <gtk/gtk.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-  int major, minor, micro;
-
-  if (sscanf("$min_gtk_version", "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro) != 3) {
-     printf("%s, bad version string\n", "$min_gtk_version");
-     exit(1);
-   }
-
-   if (gtk_minor_version == 1) return FALSE;
-
-   return !((gtk_major_version > major) ||
-           ((gtk_major_version == major) && (gtk_minor_version > minor)) ||
-           ((gtk_major_version == major) && (gtk_minor_version == minor) && (gtk_micro_version >= micro)));
-}
-],, no_gtk=yes,[echo $ac_n "cross compiling; assumed OK... $ac_c"])
-     CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
-     LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
-  else
-     no_gtk=yes
-  fi
-  if test "x$no_gtk" = x ; then
-     AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-     ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
-  else
-     AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-     GTK_CFLAGS=""
-     GTK_LIBS=""
-     ifelse([$3], , :, [$3])
-  fi
-  AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
-  AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBS)
-])
+dnl Version: $Id$
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 dnl ===========================================================================
 dnl macros to find the a file in the list of include/lib paths
@@ -93,10 +16,10 @@ dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl call WX_PATH_FIND_INCLUDES(search path, header name), sets ac_find_includes
 dnl to the full name of the file that was found or leaves it empty if not found
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-AC_DEFUN(WX_PATH_FIND_INCLUDES,
+AC_DEFUN([WX_PATH_FIND_INCLUDES],
 [
 ac_find_includes=
-for ac_dir in $1;
+for ac_dir in $1 /usr/include;
   do
     if test -f "$ac_dir/$2"; then
       ac_find_includes=$ac_dir
@@ -106,15 +29,15 @@ for ac_dir in $1;
 ])
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl call WX_PATH_FIND_LIBRARIES(search path, header name), sets ac_find_includes
+dnl call WX_PATH_FIND_LIBRARIES(search path, header name), sets ac_find_libraries
 dnl to the full name of the file that was found or leaves it empty if not found
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-AC_DEFUN(WX_PATH_FIND_LIBRARIES,
+AC_DEFUN([WX_PATH_FIND_LIBRARIES],
 [
 ac_find_libraries=
-for ac_dir in $1;
+for ac_dir in $1 /usr/lib;
   do
-    for ac_extension in a so sl; do
+    for ac_extension in a so sl dylib; do
       if test -f "$ac_dir/lib$2.$ac_extension"; then
         ac_find_libraries=$ac_dir
         break 2
@@ -126,29 +49,33 @@ for ac_dir in $1;
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Path to include, already defined
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-AC_DEFUN(WX_INCLUDE_PATH_EXIST,
+AC_DEFUN([WX_INCLUDE_PATH_EXIST],
 [
-  ac_path_to_include=$1
-  echo "$2" | grep "\-I$1" > /dev/null
-  result=$?
-  if test $result = 0; then
+  dnl never add -I/usr/include to the CPPFLAGS
+  if test "x$1" = "x/usr/include"; then
     ac_path_to_include=""
   else
-    ac_path_to_include="-I$1"
+    echo "$2" | grep "\-I$1" > /dev/null
+    result=$?
+    if test $result = 0; then
+      ac_path_to_include=""
+    else
+      ac_path_to_include=" -I$1"
+    fi
   fi
 ])
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Path to link, already defined
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-AC_DEFUN(WX_LINK_PATH_EXIST,
+AC_DEFUN([WX_LINK_PATH_EXIST],
 [
   echo "$2" | grep "\-L$1" > /dev/null
   result=$?
   if test $result = 0; then
     ac_path_to_link=""
   else
-    ac_path_to_link="-L$1"
+    ac_path_to_link=" -L$1"
   fi
 ])
 
@@ -161,27 +88,23 @@ dnl WX_CPP_NEW_HEADERS checks whether the compiler has "new" <iostream> header
 dnl or only the old <iostream.h> one - it may be generally assumed that if
 dnl <iostream> exists, the other "new" headers (without .h) exist too.
 dnl
-dnl call WX_CPP_NEW_HEADERS(actiof-if-true, action-if-false-or-cross-compiling)
+dnl call WX_CPP_NEW_HEADERS(actiof-if-true, action-if-false)
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_DEFUN(WX_CPP_NEW_HEADERS,
+AC_DEFUN([WX_CPP_NEW_HEADERS],
 [
-  if test "$cross_compiling" = "yes"; then
-    ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
-  else
     AC_LANG_SAVE
     AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS(iostream)
 
-    if test "x$HAVE_IOSTREAM" = x ; then
-      ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
-    else
+    if test "$ac_cv_header_iostream" = "yes" ; then
       ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
+    else
+      ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
     fi
 
     AC_LANG_RESTORE
-  fi
 ])
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -190,27 +113,27 @@ dnl
 dnl call WX_CPP_BOOL - will define HAVE_BOOL if the compiler supports bool
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_DEFUN(WX_CPP_BOOL,
+AC_DEFUN([WX_CPP_BOOL],
 [
   AC_CACHE_CHECK([if C++ compiler supports bool], wx_cv_cpp_bool,
   [
     AC_LANG_SAVE
     AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 
-    AC_TRY_RUN([
-        int main()
-        {
-            bool b = true;
+    AC_TRY_COMPILE(
+      [
+      ],
+      [
+        bool b = true;
 
-            return 0;
-        }
+        return 0;
       ],
       [
-        AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOL)
         wx_cv_cpp_bool=yes
       ],
-      wx_cv_cpp_bool=no,
-      wx_cv_cpp_bool=no
+      [
+        wx_cv_cpp_bool=no
+      ]
     )
 
     AC_LANG_RESTORE
@@ -222,56 +145,58 @@ AC_DEFUN(WX_CPP_BOOL,
 ])
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl WX_CPP_SIZE_T_IS_NOT_INT checks whether size_t and int are different types,
-dnl i.e. whether we may overload operator[] on its argument type
+dnl WX_CPP_EXPLICIT checks whether the C++ compiler support the explicit
+dnl keyword and defines HAVE_EXPLICIT if this is the case
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_DEFUN(WX_CPP_SIZE_T_IS_NOT_INT,
+AC_DEFUN([WX_CPP_EXPLICIT],
 [
-  AC_CACHE_CHECK([if size_t and int are different types], wx_cv_cpp_sizet_not_int,
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([if C++ compiler supports the explicit keyword],
+                 wx_cv_explicit,
   [
     AC_LANG_SAVE
     AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 
-    AC_TRY_RUN([
-        #include <stdlib.h>
-
-        class S
-        {
-        public:
-          S(char *s) { m_s = s; }
-
-          char operator[](size_t n) const { return m_s[n]; }
-          char operator[](int n) const { return m_s[n]; }
-
-        private:
-          char *m_s;
-        };
-
-        int main()
-        {
-            S s("dummy");
-            size_t n1 = 2;
-            int n2 = 3;
-
-            return s[n1] == s[n2];
-        }
+    dnl do the test in 2 steps: first check that the compiler knows about the
+    dnl explicit keyword at all and then verify that it really honours it
+    AC_TRY_COMPILE(
+      [
+        class Foo { public: explicit Foo(int) {} };
+      ],
+      [
+        return 0;
       ],
-      AC_DEFINE(wxUSE_SIZE_T_STRING_OPERATOR) wx_cv_cpp_sizet_not_int=yes,
-      wx_cv_cpp_sizet_not_int=no,
-      wx_cv_cpp_sizet_not_int=no
+      [
+        AC_TRY_COMPILE(
+            [
+                class Foo { public: explicit Foo(int) {} };
+                static void TakeFoo(const Foo& foo) { }
+            ],
+            [
+                TakeFoo(17);
+                return 0;
+            ],
+            wx_cv_explicit=no,
+            wx_cv_explicit=yes
+        )
+      ],
+      wx_cv_explicit=no
     )
 
     AC_LANG_RESTORE
   ])
+
+  if test "$wx_cv_explicit" = "yes"; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EXPLICIT)
+  fi
 ])
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl a slightly better AC_C_BIGENDIAN macro which allows cross-compiling
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_DEFUN(WX_C_BIGENDIAN,
-[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether byte ordering is bigendian, ac_cv_c_bigendian,
+AC_DEFUN([WX_C_BIGENDIAN],
+[AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether byte ordering is bigendian], ac_cv_c_bigendian,
 [ac_cv_c_bigendian=unknown
 # See if sys/param.h defines the BYTE_ORDER macro.
 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/types.h>
@@ -294,7 +219,7 @@ AC_TRY_RUN([main () {
   } u;
   u.l = 1;
   exit (u.c[sizeof (long) - 1] == 1);
-}], ac_cv_c_bigendian=no, ac_cv_c_bigendian=yes, ac_cv_c_bigendian=unknown)
+}], [ac_cv_c_bigendian=no], [ac_cv_c_bigendian=yes], [ac_cv_c_bigendian=unknown])
 fi])
 if test $ac_cv_c_bigendian = unknown; then
   AC_MSG_WARN([Assuming little-endian target machine - this may be overriden by adding the line "ac_cv_c_bigendian=${ac_cv_c_bigendian='yes'}" to config.cache file])
@@ -308,7 +233,7 @@ dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl override AC_ARG_ENABLE/WITH to cache the results in .cache file
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_DEFUN(WX_ARG_CACHE_INIT,
+AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_CACHE_INIT],
         [
           wx_arg_cache_file="configarg.cache"
           echo "loading argument cache $wx_arg_cache_file"
@@ -317,19 +242,69 @@ AC_DEFUN(WX_ARG_CACHE_INIT,
           touch ${wx_arg_cache_file}
         ])
 
-AC_DEFUN(WX_ARG_CACHE_FLUSH,
+AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_CACHE_FLUSH],
         [
           echo "saving argument cache $wx_arg_cache_file"
           mv ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp ${wx_arg_cache_file}
         ])
 
+dnl this macro checks for a three-valued command line --with argument:
+dnl   possible arguments are 'yes', 'no', 'sys', or 'builtin'
+dnl usage: WX_ARG_SYS_WITH(option, helpmessage, variable-name)
+AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_SYS_WITH],
+        [
+          AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --with-$1])
+          no_cache=0
+          AC_ARG_WITH($1, [$2],
+                      [
+                        if test "$withval" = yes; then
+                          ac_cv_use_$1='$3=yes'
+                        elif test "$withval" = no; then
+                          ac_cv_use_$1='$3=no'
+                        elif test "$withval" = sys; then
+                          ac_cv_use_$1='$3=sys'
+                        elif test "$withval" = builtin; then
+                          ac_cv_use_$1='$3=builtin'
+                        else
+                          AC_MSG_ERROR([Invalid value for --with-$1: should be yes, no, sys, or builtin])
+                        fi
+                      ],
+                      [
+                        LINE=`grep "$3" ${wx_arg_cache_file}`
+                        if test "x$LINE" != x ; then
+                          eval "DEFAULT_$LINE"
+                        else
+                          no_cache=1
+                        fi
+
+                        ac_cv_use_$1='$3='$DEFAULT_$3
+                      ])
+
+          eval "$ac_cv_use_$1"
+          if test "$no_cache" != 1; then
+            echo $ac_cv_use_$1 >> ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp
+          fi
+
+          if test "$$3" = yes; then
+            AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+          elif test "$$3" = no; then
+            AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+          elif test "$$3" = sys; then
+            AC_MSG_RESULT([system version])
+          elif test "$$3" = builtin; then
+            AC_MSG_RESULT([builtin version])
+          else
+            AC_MSG_ERROR([Invalid value for --with-$1: should be yes, no, sys, or builtin])
+          fi
+        ])
+
 dnl this macro checks for a command line argument and caches the result
 dnl usage: WX_ARG_WITH(option, helpmessage, variable-name)
-AC_DEFUN(WX_ARG_WITH,
+AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_WITH],
         [
-          AC_MSG_CHECKING("for --with-$1")
+          AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --with-$1])
           no_cache=0
-          AC_ARG_WITH($1, $2,
+          AC_ARG_WITH($1, [$2],
                       [
                         if test "$withval" = yes; then
                           ac_cv_use_$1='$3=yes'
@@ -361,12 +336,17 @@ AC_DEFUN(WX_ARG_WITH,
         ])
 
 dnl like WX_ARG_WITH but uses AC_ARG_ENABLE instead of AC_ARG_WITH
-dnl usage: WX_ARG_ENABLE(option, helpmessage, variable-name)
-AC_DEFUN(WX_ARG_ENABLE,
+dnl usage: WX_ARG_ENABLE(option, helpmessage, variable-name, enablestring)
+dnl
+dnl enablestring is a hack and allows to show "checking for --disable-foo"
+dnl message when running configure instead of the default "checking for
+dnl --enable-foo" one whih is useful for the options enabled by default
+AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_ENABLE],
         [
-          AC_MSG_CHECKING("for --enable-$1")
+         enablestring=$4
+          AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --${enablestring:-enable}-$1])
           no_cache=0
-          AC_ARG_ENABLE($1, $2,
+          AC_ARG_ENABLE($1, [$2],
                         [
                           if test "$enableval" = yes; then
                             ac_cv_use_$1='$3=yes'
@@ -397,3 +377,260 @@ AC_DEFUN(WX_ARG_ENABLE,
           fi
         ])
 
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+dnl Linker features test
+dnl ===========================================================================
+
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl WX_VERSIONED_SYMBOLS checks whether the linker can create versioned
+dnl symbols. If it can, sets LDFLAGS_VERSIONING to $CXX flags needed to use
+dnl version script file named versionfile
+dnl
+dnl call WX_VERSIONED_SYMBOLS(versionfile)
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+AC_DEFUN([WX_VERSIONED_SYMBOLS],
+[
+  found_versioning=no
+
+  dnl FIXME - doesn't work, Solaris linker doesn't accept wildcards
+  dnl         in the script.
+  dnl dnl Check for known non-gcc cases:
+  dnl case "${host}" in
+  dnl   *-*-solaris2* )
+  dnl     if test "x$GCC" != "xyes" ; then
+  dnl         LDFLAGS_VERSIONING="-M $1"
+  dnl         found_versioning=yes
+  dnl     fi
+  dnl   ;;
+  dnl esac
+  
+  dnl Generic check for GCC or GCC-like behaviour (Intel C++, GCC):
+  if test $found_versioning = no ; then
+      AC_CACHE_CHECK([if the linker accepts --version-script], wx_cv_version_script,
+      [
+        echo "VER_1 { *; };" >conftest.sym
+        echo "int main() { return 0; }" >conftest.cpp
+  
+        if AC_TRY_COMMAND([
+                $CXX -o conftest.output $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.cpp
+                -Wl,--version-script,conftest.sym >/dev/null 2>conftest.stderr]) ; then
+          if test -s conftest.stderr ; then
+              wx_cv_version_script=no
+          else
+              wx_cv_version_script=yes
+          fi
+        else
+          wx_cv_version_script=no
+        fi
+        rm -f conftest.output conftest.stderr conftest.sym conftest.cpp
+      ])
+      if test $wx_cv_version_script = yes ; then
+        LDFLAGS_VERSIONING="-Wl,--version-script,$1"
+      fi
+  fi
+])
+
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+dnl "3rd party" macros included here because they are not widely available
+dnl ===========================================================================
+
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl test for availability of iconv()
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+dnl From Bruno Haible.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AM_ICONV],
+[
+  dnl Some systems have iconv in libc, some have it in libiconv (OSF/1 and
+  dnl those with the standalone portable GNU libiconv installed).
+
+  AC_ARG_WITH([libiconv-prefix],
+[  --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR  search for libiconv in DIR/include and DIR/lib], [
+    for dir in `echo "$withval" | tr : ' '`; do
+      if test -d $dir/include; then CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$dir/include"; fi
+      if test -d $dir/lib; then LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$dir/lib"; fi
+    done
+   ])
+
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK(for iconv, am_cv_func_iconv, [
+    am_cv_func_iconv="no, consider installing GNU libiconv"
+    am_cv_lib_iconv=no
+    AC_TRY_LINK([#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <iconv.h>],
+      [iconv_t cd = iconv_open("","");
+       iconv(cd,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL);
+       iconv_close(cd);],
+      am_cv_func_iconv=yes)
+    if test "$am_cv_func_iconv" != yes; then
+      am_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+      LIBS="$LIBS -liconv"
+      AC_TRY_LINK([#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <iconv.h>],
+        [iconv_t cd = iconv_open("","");
+         iconv(cd,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL);
+         iconv_close(cd);],
+        am_cv_lib_iconv=yes
+        am_cv_func_iconv=yes)
+      LIBS="$am_save_LIBS"
+    fi
+  ])
+  if test "$am_cv_func_iconv" = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ICONV, 1, [Define if you have the iconv() function.])
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([if iconv needs const], wx_cv_func_iconv_const,
+      AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <iconv.h>
+extern
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+"C"
+#endif
+#if defined(__STDC__) || defined(__cplusplus)
+size_t iconv (iconv_t cd, char * *inbuf, size_t *inbytesleft, char * *outbuf, size_t *outbytesleft);
+#else
+size_t iconv();
+#endif
+        ],
+        [],
+        wx_cv_func_iconv_const="no",
+        wx_cv_func_iconv_const="yes"
+      )
+    )
+
+    iconv_const=
+    if test "x$wx_cv_func_iconv_const" = "xyes"; then
+        iconv_const="const"
+    fi
+
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ICONV_CONST, $iconv_const,
+      [Define as const if the declaration of iconv() needs const.])
+  fi
+  LIBICONV=
+  if test "$am_cv_lib_iconv" = yes; then
+    LIBICONV="-liconv"
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(LIBICONV)
+])
+
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl AC_SYS_LARGEFILE (partly based on the code from autoconf 2.5x)
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+dnl WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST
+dnl
+dnl NB: original autoconf test was checking if compiler supported 6 bit off_t
+dnl     arithmetic properly but this failed miserably with gcc under Linux
+dnl     whereas the system still supports 64 bit files, so now simply check
+dnl     that off_t is big enough
+define(WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST,
+[typedef struct {
+    unsigned int field: sizeof(off_t) == 8;
+} wxlf;
+])
+
+
+dnl WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_MACRO_VALUE(C-MACRO, VALUE, CACHE-VAR)
+define(WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_MACRO_VALUE,
+[
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([for $1 value needed for large files], [$3],
+        [
+          AC_TRY_COMPILE([#define $1 $2
+                          #include <sys/types.h>],
+                         WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST,
+                         [$3=$2],
+                         [$3=no])
+        ]
+    )
+
+    if test "$$3" != no; then
+        wx_largefile=yes
+        AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([$1], [$$3])
+    fi
+])
+
+
+dnl AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+dnl ----------------
+dnl By default, many hosts won't let programs access large files;
+dnl one must use special compiler options to get large-file access to work.
+dnl For more details about this brain damage please see:
+dnl http://www.sas.com/standards/large.file/x_open.20Mar96.html
+AC_DEFUN([AC_SYS_LARGEFILE],
+[AC_ARG_ENABLE(largefile,
+               [  --disable-largefile     omit support for large files])
+if test "$enable_largefile" != no; then
+    dnl _FILE_OFFSET_BITS==64 is needed for Linux, Solaris, ...
+    dnl _LARGE_FILES -- for AIX
+    wx_largefile=no
+    WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_MACRO_VALUE(_FILE_OFFSET_BITS, 64, ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits)
+    if test "x$wx_largefile" != "xyes"; then
+        WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_MACRO_VALUE(_LARGE_FILES, 1, ac_cv_sys_large_files)
+    fi
+
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING(if large file support is available)
+    if test "x$wx_largefile" = "xyes"; then
+        AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LARGEFILE_SUPPORT)
+    fi
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($wx_largefile)
+fi
+])
+
+
+dnl Available from the GNU Autoconf Macro Archive at:
+dnl http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_const_cast.html
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_CONST_CAST],
+[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports const_cast<>,
+ac_cv_cxx_const_cast,
+[AC_LANG_SAVE
+ AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE(,[int x = 0;const int& y = x;int& z = const_cast<int&>(y);return z;],
+ ac_cv_cxx_const_cast=yes, ac_cv_cxx_const_cast=no)
+ AC_LANG_RESTORE
+])
+if test "$ac_cv_cxx_const_cast" = yes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CONST_CAST,,[define if the compiler supports const_cast<>])
+fi
+])
+
+dnl http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_reinterpret_cast.html
+AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_REINTERPRET_CAST],
+[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports reinterpret_cast<>,
+ac_cv_cxx_reinterpret_cast,
+[AC_LANG_SAVE
+ AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <typeinfo>
+class Base { public : Base () {} virtual void f () = 0;};
+class Derived : public Base { public : Derived () {} virtual void f () {} };
+class Unrelated { public : Unrelated () {} };
+int g (Unrelated&) { return 0; }],[
+Derived d;Base& b=d;Unrelated& e=reinterpret_cast<Unrelated&>(b);return g(e);],
+ ac_cv_cxx_reinterpret_cast=yes, ac_cv_cxx_reinterpret_cast=no)
+ AC_LANG_RESTORE
+])
+if test "$ac_cv_cxx_reinterpret_cast" = yes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_REINTERPRET_CAST,,
+            [define if the compiler supports reinterpret_cast<>])
+fi
+])
+
+dnl and http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_static_cast.html
+AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_STATIC_CAST],
+[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports static_cast<>,
+ac_cv_cxx_static_cast,
+[AC_LANG_SAVE
+ AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <typeinfo>
+class Base { public : Base () {} virtual void f () = 0; };
+class Derived : public Base { public : Derived () {} virtual void f () {} };
+int g (Derived&) { return 0; }],[
+Derived d; Base& b = d; Derived& s = static_cast<Derived&> (b); return g (s);],
+ ac_cv_cxx_static_cast=yes, ac_cv_cxx_static_cast=no)
+ AC_LANG_RESTORE
+])
+if test "$ac_cv_cxx_static_cast" = yes; then
+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STATIC_CAST,, [define if the compiler supports static_cast<>])
+fi
+])