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Fix FILETIME <-> wxDateTime conversions while DST is in effect in wxMSW.
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index 0f77f7d51eeda7c62168db9a4c41b92910fc4c95..c700ef0eee1989418a30e40ddf2a90694ef61c6b 100644 (file)
@@ -8,8 +8,22 @@ dnl
 dnl Version: $Id$
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+
 dnl ===========================================================================
-dnl macros to find the a file in the list of include/lib paths
+dnl Objective-C(++) related macros
+dnl ===========================================================================
+m4_define([AC_WX_LANG_OBJECTIVEC],
+[AC_LANG(C)
+ac_ext=m
+])
+
+m4_define([AC_WX_LANG_OBJECTIVECPLUSPLUS],
+[AC_LANG(C++)
+ac_ext=mm
+])
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+dnl macros to find a file in the list of include/lib paths
 dnl ===========================================================================
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -19,7 +33,7 @@ dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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
@@ -29,16 +43,17 @@ for ac_dir in $1;
 ])
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-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 call WX_PATH_FIND_LIBRARIES(lib name, [optional extra search paths])
+dnl sets ac_find_libraries to the full name of the file that was found
+dnl or leaves it empty if not found
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AC_DEFUN([WX_PATH_FIND_LIBRARIES],
 [
-ac_find_libraries=
-for ac_dir in $1;
+  ac_find_libraries=
+  for ac_dir in $2 $SEARCH_LIB
   do
-    for ac_extension in a so sl dylib; do
-      if test -f "$ac_dir/lib$2.$ac_extension"; then
+    for ac_extension in a so sl dylib dll.a; do
+      if test -f "$ac_dir/lib$1.$ac_extension"; then
         ac_find_libraries=$ac_dir
         break 2
       fi
@@ -46,35 +61,127 @@ for ac_dir in $1;
   done
 ])
 
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl return list of standard library paths
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl return all default locations:
+dnl   - /usr/lib: standard
+dnl   - /usr/lib32: n32 ABI on IRIX
+dnl   - /usr/lib64: n64 ABI on IRIX
+dnl   - /usr/lib/64: 64 bit ABI on Solaris and Linux x86-64
+dnl
+dnl NB: if any of directories in the list is not a subdir of /usr, code setting
+dnl     wx_cv_std_libpath needs to be updated
+AC_DEFUN([WX_STD_LIBPATH], [/usr/lib /usr/lib32 /usr/lib/64 /usr/lib64])
+
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl Path to include, already defined
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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 Usage: WX_LINK_PATH_EXIST(path, libpath)
+dnl
+dnl Set ac_path_to_link to nothing if path is already in libpath, or to -Lpath
+dnl if it is not, so that libpath can be set to "$libpath$ac_path_to_link"
+dnl after calling this function
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AC_DEFUN([WX_LINK_PATH_EXIST],
 [
-  echo "$2" | grep "\-L$1" > /dev/null
-  result=$?
-  if test $result = 0; then
+  dnl never add -L/usr/libXXX explicitly to libpath
+  if test "$1" = "default location"; then
     ac_path_to_link=""
   else
-    ac_path_to_link=" -L$1"
+    echo "$2" | grep "\-L$1" > /dev/null
+    result=$?
+    if test $result = 0; then
+      ac_path_to_link=""
+    else
+      ac_path_to_link=" -L$1"
+    fi
   fi
 ])
 
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl Usage: WX_FIND_LIB(lib-name, [lib-function to test], [extra search paths])
+dnl
+dnl Tests in a variety of ways for the presence of lib-name
+dnl
+dnl On success, returns any novel path found in ac_find_libraries; else "std"
+dnl             and any cflags in ac_find_cflags
+dnl On failure, ac_find_libraries will be empty
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+AC_DEFUN([WX_FIND_LIB],
+[
+  ac_find_libraries=
+
+  dnl Try with pkg-config first. It requires its lib-name parameter lowercase
+  fl_pkgname=`echo "$1" | tr [[:upper:]] [[:lower:]]`
+  dnl suppress PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG output; we don't want to keep seeing it
+  PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG() AS_MESSAGE_FD> /dev/null
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([$1], [$fl_pkgname],
+    [
+      dnl Start by assuming there are no novel lib paths
+      ac_find_libraries="std"
+
+      dnl A simple copy of the internal vars $1_CFLAGS $1_LIBS doesn't work
+      dnl inside the macro
+      dnl
+      dnl TODO: When we stop being autoconf 2.61 compatible, the next 2 lines
+      dnl should become:
+      dnl AS_VAR_COPY([ac_find_cflags], [$1_CFLAGS])
+      dnl AS_VAR_COPY([fl_libs], [$1_LIBS])
+      eval ac_find_cflags=\$$1_CFLAGS
+      eval fl_libs=\$$1_LIBS
+
+      dnl fl_libs may now contain -Lfoopath -lfoo (only non-standard paths are
+      dnl added) We only want the path bit, not the lib names
+      for fl_path in $fl_libs
+      do
+        if test `echo "$fl_path" | cut -c 1-2` = "-L"; then
+          dnl there shouldn't be >1 novel path
+          dnl return it without the -L, ready for WX_LINK_PATH_EXIST
+          ac_find_libraries=`echo "$fl_path" | cut -c 3-`
+        fi
+      done
+    ],
+    [
+      if test "x$ac_find_libraries" = "x"; then
+        dnl Next with AC_CHECK_LIB, if a test function was provided
+        if test "x$2" != "x"; then
+          AC_CHECK_LIB([$1], [$2], [ac_find_libraries="std"])
+        fi
+      fi
+
+      if test "x$ac_find_libraries" = "x"; then
+        dnl Finally try the search path
+        dnl Output a message again, as AC_CHECK_LIB will just have said "no"
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING([elsewhere])
+        dnl $3 will occasionally hold extra path(s) to search
+        WX_PATH_FIND_LIBRARIES([$1], [$3])
+        if test "x$ac_find_libraries" != "x"; then
+          AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+        else
+          AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+        fi
+      fi
+    ])
+])
+
 dnl ===========================================================================
 dnl C++ features test
 dnl ===========================================================================
@@ -84,18 +191,15 @@ 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(action-if-true, action-if-false)
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 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)
+    AC_CHECK_HEADERS([iostream],,, [ ])
 
     if test "$ac_cv_header_iostream" = "yes" ; then
       ifelse([$1], , :, [$1])
@@ -104,46 +208,121 @@ AC_DEFUN([WX_CPP_NEW_HEADERS],
     fi
 
     AC_LANG_RESTORE
-  fi
 ])
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl WX_CPP_BOOL checks whether the C++ compiler has a built in bool type
-dnl
-dnl call WX_CPP_BOOL - will define HAVE_BOOL if the compiler supports bool
+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_BOOL],
+AC_DEFUN([WX_CPP_EXPLICIT],
 [
-  AC_CACHE_CHECK([if C++ compiler supports bool], wx_cv_cpp_bool,
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([if C++ compiler supports the explicit keyword],
+                 wx_cv_explicit,
   [
     AC_LANG_SAVE
     AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
 
+    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) {} };
       ],
       [
-        bool b = true;
-
         return 0;
       ],
       [
-        wx_cv_cpp_bool=yes
+        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_cpp_bool=no
-      ]
+      wx_cv_explicit=no
     )
 
     AC_LANG_RESTORE
   ])
 
-  if test "$wx_cv_cpp_bool" = "yes"; then
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BOOL)
+  if test "$wx_cv_explicit" = "yes"; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EXPLICIT)
   fi
 ])
 
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl WX_CHECK_FUNCS(FUNCTIONS...,
+dnl                [ACTION-IF-FOUND],
+dnl                [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND],
+dnl                [EXTRA-DEFINES-AND-INCLUDES],
+dnl                [EXTRA-TEST-CODE])
+dnl
+dnl Checks that the functions listed in FUNCTIONS exist in the headers and the
+dnl libs. For each function, if it is found then defines 'HAVE_FUNCTION' and
+dnl executes ACTION-IF-FOUND, otherwise executes ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND.
+dnl
+dnl The code from EXTRA-DEFINES-AND-INCLUDES is inserted into the test before
+dnl the default headers are included, and EXTRA-TEST-CODE is inserted into
+dnl the main() function after the default test for existence.
+dnl
+dnl Examples:
+dnl   # the simple case
+dnl   WX_CHECK_FUNCS(stat)
+dnl   # use break to finish the loop early
+dnl   WX_CHECK_FUNCS(mkstemp mktemp, break)
+dnl   # extra defines
+dnl   WX_CHECK_FUNCS(strtok_r, [], [], [#define _RREENTRANT])
+dnl   # extra includes
+dnl   WX_CHECK_FUNCS(swprintf, [], [], [#include <wchar.h>])
+dnl   # checking the signature with extra test code
+dnl   WX_CHECK_FUNCS(gettimeofday, [], [], [#include <sys/time.h>]
+dnl     [struct timeval tv; struct timezone tz; gettimeofday(&tv, &tz)])
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+AC_DEFUN([WX_CHECK_FUNCS],
+[
+  for wx_func in $1
+  do
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+      [for $wx_func],
+      [wx_cv_func_$wx_func],
+      [
+        AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+          [
+            AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+              [
+                $4
+                AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT
+              ],
+              [
+                #ifndef $wx_func
+                  &$wx_func;
+                #endif
+                $5
+              ])
+          ],
+          [eval wx_cv_func_$wx_func=yes],
+          [eval wx_cv_func_$wx_func=no])
+      ])
+
+    if eval test \$wx_cv_func_$wx_func = yes
+    then
+      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(AS_TR_CPP([HAVE_$wx_func]))
+      $2
+    else
+      :
+      $3
+    fi
+  done
+])
+
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl a slightly better AC_C_BIGENDIAN macro which allows cross-compiling
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -175,7 +354,7 @@ AC_TRY_RUN([main () {
 }], [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])
+  AC_MSG_WARN([Assuming little-endian target machine - this may be overridden by adding the line "ac_cv_c_bigendian=${ac_cv_c_bigendian='yes'}" to config.cache file])
 fi
 if test $ac_cv_c_bigendian = yes; then
   AC_DEFINE(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
@@ -183,60 +362,38 @@ fi
 ])
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl override AC_ARG_ENABLE/WITH to cache the results in .cache file
+dnl override AC_ARG_ENABLE/WITH to handle options defaults
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_CACHE_INIT],
-        [
-          wx_arg_cache_file="configarg.cache"
-          echo "loading argument cache $wx_arg_cache_file"
-          rm -f ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp
-          touch ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp
-          touch ${wx_arg_cache_file}
-        ])
-
-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)
+dnl
+dnl the default value (used if the option is not specified at all) is the value
+dnl of wxUSE_ALL_FEATURES (which is "yes" by default but can be changed by
+dnl giving configure --disable-all-features option)
 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'
+                          AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)='$3=yes'
                         elif test "$withval" = no; then
-                          ac_cv_use_$1='$3=no'
+                          AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)='$3=no'
                         elif test "$withval" = sys; then
-                          ac_cv_use_$1='$3=sys'
+                          AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)='$3=sys'
                         elif test "$withval" = builtin; then
-                          ac_cv_use_$1='$3=builtin'
+                          AS_TR_SH(wx_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
+                        AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)='$3=${'DEFAULT_$3":-$wxUSE_ALL_FEATURES}"
                       ])
 
-          eval "$ac_cv_use_$1"
-          if test "$no_cache" != 1; then
-            echo $ac_cv_use_$1 >> ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp
-          fi
+          eval "$AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)"
 
           if test "$$3" = yes; then
             AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
@@ -251,86 +408,230 @@ AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_SYS_WITH],
           fi
         ])
 
-dnl this macro checks for a command line argument and caches the result
-dnl usage: WX_ARG_WITH(option, helpmessage, variable-name)
+dnl this macro simply checks for a command line argument
+dnl usage: WX_ARG_WITH(option, helpmessage, variable-name, [withstring])
 AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_WITH],
         [
-          AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --with-$1])
-          no_cache=0
+          withstring=$4
+          defaultval=$wxUSE_ALL_FEATURES
+          if test -z "$defaultval"; then
+              if test x"$withstring" = xwithout; then
+                  defaultval=yes
+              else
+                  defaultval=no
+              fi
+          fi
+          AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --${withstring:-with}-$1])
           AC_ARG_WITH($1, [$2],
                       [
                         if test "$withval" = yes; then
-                          ac_cv_use_$1='$3=yes'
+                          AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)='$3=yes'
                         else
-                          ac_cv_use_$1='$3=no'
+                          AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)='$3=no'
                         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
+                        AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)='$3=${'DEFAULT_$3":-$defaultval}"
                       ])
 
-          eval "$ac_cv_use_$1"
-          if test "$no_cache" != 1; then
-            echo $ac_cv_use_$1 >> ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp
-          fi
+          eval "$AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)"
 
-          if test "$$3" = yes; then
-            AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+          if test x"$withstring" = xwithout; then
+            if test $$3 = yes; then
+              result=no
+            else
+              result=yes
+            fi
           else
-            AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+            result=$$3
           fi
+
+          AC_MSG_RESULT($result)
         ])
 
+dnl same as WX_ARG_WITH but makes it clear that the option is enabled by default
+AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_WITHOUT], [WX_ARG_WITH($1, [$2], $3, without)])
+
 dnl like WX_ARG_WITH but uses AC_ARG_ENABLE instead of AC_ARG_WITH
-dnl usage: WX_ARG_ENABLE(option, helpmessage, variable-name)
+dnl usage: WX_ARG_ENABLE(option, helpmessage, var, [enablestring], [default])
+dnl
+dnl enablestring can be omitted or a literal string "disable" and allows to
+dnl show "checking for --disable-foo" message when running configure instead of
+dnl the default "checking for --enable-foo" one whih is useful for the options
+dnl enabled by default
+dnl
+dnl the "default" argument can be omitted or contain the default value to use
+dnl for the option if it's unspecified
 AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_ENABLE],
         [
-          AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --enable-$1])
-          no_cache=0
+          enablestring=$4
+          defaultval=$5
+          if test -z "$defaultval"; then
+              if test x"$enablestring" = xdisable; then
+                  defaultval=yes
+              else
+                  defaultval=no
+              fi
+          fi
+
+          AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --${enablestring:-enable}-$1])
           AC_ARG_ENABLE($1, [$2],
                         [
                           if test "$enableval" = yes; then
-                            ac_cv_use_$1='$3=yes'
+                            AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)='$3=yes'
                           else
-                            ac_cv_use_$1='$3=no'
+                            AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)='$3=no'
                           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
+                          AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)='$3=${'DEFAULT_$3":-$defaultval}"
                         ])
 
-          eval "$ac_cv_use_$1"
-          if test "$no_cache" != 1; then
-            echo $ac_cv_use_$1 >> ${wx_arg_cache_file}.tmp
-          fi
+          eval "$AS_TR_SH(wx_cv_use_$1)"
 
-          if test "$$3" = yes; then
-            AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+          if test x"$enablestring" = xdisable; then
+            if test $$3 = no; then
+              result=yes
+            else
+              result=no
+            fi
           else
-            AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+            result=$$3
           fi
+
+          AC_MSG_RESULT($result)
         ])
 
+dnl the same as WX_ARG_ENABLE but makes it more clear that the option is
+dnl enabled by default
+AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_DISABLE], [WX_ARG_ENABLE($1, [$2], $3, disable)])
 
+dnl same as WX_ARG_ENABLE but defaults to wxUSE_ALL_FEATURES instead of "yes"
+AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_FEATURE], [WX_ARG_ENABLE($1, [$2], $3,, $wxUSE_ALL_FEATURES)])
+
+dnl Like WX_ARG_ENABLE but accepts a parameter.
+dnl
+dnl Usage:
+dnl   WX_ARG_ENABLE_PARAM(option, helpmessage, variable-name, enablestring)
+dnl
+dnl Example:
+dnl   WX_ARG_ENABLE_PARAM(foo, [[  --enable-foo[=bar] use foo]], wxUSE_FOO)
+dnl
+dnl  --enable-foo       wxUSE_FOO=yes
+dnl  --disable-foo      wxUSE_FOO=no
+dnl  --enable-foo=bar   wxUSE_FOO=bar
+dnl  <not given>        wxUSE_FOO=$DEFAULT_wxUSE_FOO
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([WX_ARG_ENABLE_PARAM],
+        [
+          enablestring=$4
+          AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --${enablestring:-enable}-$1])
+          AC_ARG_ENABLE($1, [$2],
+                        [
+                          wx_cv_use_$1="$3='$enableval'"
+                        ],
+                        [
+                          wx_cv_use_$1='$3='$DEFAULT_$3
+                        ])
+
+          eval "$wx_cv_use_$1"
+
+          AC_MSG_RESULT([$$3])
+        ])
 
 dnl ===========================================================================
-dnl "3rd party" macros included here because they are not widely available
+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 $CXX flags needed to use
+dnl version script file named versionfile
+dnl
+dnl call WX_VERSIONED_SYMBOLS(versionfile)
+dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+AC_DEFUN([WX_VERSIONED_SYMBOLS],
+[
+    case "${host}" in
+        *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* )
+            dnl although ld does support version script option on these
+            dnl platforms, it doesn't make much sense to use it under Win32
+            dnl and, moreover, this breaks linking because of a bug in handling
+            dnl paths in -Wl,--version-script,path option (if we ever do need
+            dnl to use it for cygwin/mingw32, keep in mind that replacing last
+            dnl comma with the equal sign works) so
+            dnl simply disable it
+            wx_cv_version_script=no
+            ;;
+
+        *)
+            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
+
+                dnl There's a problem in some old linkers with --version-script that
+                dnl can cause linking to fail when you have objects with vtables in
+                dnl libs 3 deep.  This is known to happen in netbsd and openbsd with
+                dnl ld 2.11.2.
+                dnl
+                dnl To test for this we need to make some shared libs and
+                dnl unfortunately we can't be sure of the right way to do that. If the
+                dnl first two compiles don't succeed then it looks like the test isn't
+                dnl working and the result is ignored, but if OTOH the first two
+                dnl succeed but the third does not then the bug has been detected and
+                dnl the --version-script flag is dropped.
+                if test $wx_cv_version_script = yes
+                then
+                  echo "struct B { virtual ~B() { } }; \
+                        struct D : public B { }; \
+                        void F() { D d; }" > conftest.cpp
+
+                  if AC_TRY_COMMAND([
+                        $CXX -shared -fPIC -o conftest1.output $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.cpp
+                        -Wl,--version-script,conftest.sym >/dev/null 2>/dev/null]) &&
+                     AC_TRY_COMMAND([
+                        $CXX -shared -fPIC -o conftest2.output $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.cpp
+                        -Wl,--version-script,conftest.sym conftest1.output >/dev/null 2>/dev/null])
+                  then
+                    if AC_TRY_COMMAND([
+                          $CXX -shared -fPIC -o conftest3.output $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.cpp
+                          -Wl,--version-script,conftest.sym conftest2.output conftest1.output >/dev/null 2>/dev/null])
+                    then
+                      wx_cv_version_script=yes
+                    else
+                      wx_cv_version_script=no
+                    fi
+                  fi
+                fi
+
+                rm -f conftest.output conftest.stderr conftest.sym conftest.cpp
+                rm -f conftest1.output conftest2.output conftest3.output
+            ])
+
+            if test $wx_cv_version_script = yes ; then
+                LDFLAGS_VERSIONING="-Wl,--version-script,$1"
+            fi
+            ;;
+    esac
+])
+
+
+dnl ===========================================================================
+dnl "3rd party" macros included here because they are not widely available
+dnl ===========================================================================
 
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl test for availability of iconv()
@@ -396,7 +697,7 @@ size_t iconv();
     )
 
     iconv_const=
-    if test "x$wx_cv_func_iconv_const" != "xyes"; then
+    if test "x$wx_cv_func_iconv_const" = "xyes"; then
         iconv_const="const"
     fi
 
@@ -410,199 +711,66 @@ size_t iconv();
   AC_SUBST(LIBICONV)
 ])
 
-
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl test for GTK+ 2.0
+dnl AC_SYS_LARGEFILE (partly based on the code from autoconf 2.5x)
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-dnl AM_PATH_GTK_2_0([MINIMUM-VERSION, [ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND [, MODULES]]]])
-dnl Test for GTK, and define GTK_CFLAGS and GTK_LIBS
-dnl
-AC_DEFUN(AM_PATH_GTK_2_0,
-[dnl
-dnl Get the cflags and libraries from the gtk-config-2.0 script
+dnl WX_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST
 dnl
-AC_ARG_WITH(gtk-prefix,[  --with-gtk-prefix=PFX   Prefix where GTK is installed (optional)],
-            gtk_config_prefix="$withval", gtk_config_prefix="")
-AC_ARG_WITH(gtk-exec-prefix,[  --with-gtk-exec-prefix=PFX Exec prefix where GTK is installed (optional)],
-            gtk_config_exec_prefix="$withval", gtk_config_exec_prefix="")
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(gtktest, [  --disable-gtktest       Do not try to compile and run a test GTK program],
-                    , enable_gtktest=yes)
-
-  for module in . $4
-  do
-      case "$module" in
-         gthread)
-             gtk_config_args="$gtk_config_args gthread"
-         ;;
-      esac
-  done
+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;
+])
 
-  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_2_0+set} != xset ; then
-        GTK_CONFIG_2_0=$gtk_config_exec_prefix/bin/gtk-config-2.0
-     fi
-  fi
-  if test x$gtk_config_prefix != x ; then
-     gtk_config_args="$gtk_config_args --prefix=$gtk_config_prefix"
-     if test x${GTK_CONFIG_2_0+set} != xset ; then
-        GTK_CONFIG_2_0=$gtk_config_prefix/bin/gtk-config-2.0
-     fi
-  fi
 
-  AC_PATH_PROG(GTK_CONFIG_2_0, gtk-config-2.0, no)
-  min_gtk_version=ifelse([$1], ,1.3.1,$1)
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for GTK - version >= $min_gtk_version)
-  no_gtk=""
-  if test "$GTK_CONFIG_2_0" = "no" ; then
-    no_gtk=yes
-  else
-    GTK_CFLAGS=`$GTK_CONFIG_2_0 $gtk_config_args --cflags`
-    GTK_LIBS=`$GTK_CONFIG_2_0 $gtk_config_args --libs`
-    gtk_config_major_version=`$GTK_CONFIG_2_0 $gtk_config_args --version | \
-           sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\1/'`
-    gtk_config_minor_version=`$GTK_CONFIG_2_0 $gtk_config_args --version | \
-           sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\2/'`
-    gtk_config_micro_version=`$GTK_CONFIG_2_0 $gtk_config_args --version | \
-           sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\3/'`
-    if test "x$enable_gtktest" = "xyes" ; then
-      ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-      ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-      CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $GTK_CFLAGS"
-      LIBS="$GTK_LIBS $LIBS"
-dnl
-dnl Now check if the installed GTK is sufficiently new. (Also sanity
-dnl checks the results of gtk-config-2.0 to some extent
-dnl
-      rm -f conf.gtktest
-      AC_TRY_RUN([
-#include <gtk/gtk.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
+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])
+        ]
+    )
 
-int
-main ()
-{
-  int major, minor, micro;
-  char *tmp_version;
-
-  system ("touch conf.gtktest");
-
-  /* HP/UX 9 (%@#!) writes to sscanf strings */
-  tmp_version = g_strdup("$min_gtk_version");
-  if (sscanf(tmp_version, "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro) != 3) {
-     printf("%s, bad version string\n", "$min_gtk_version");
-     exit(1);
-   }
-
-  if ((gtk_major_version != $gtk_config_major_version) ||
-      (gtk_minor_version != $gtk_config_minor_version) ||
-      (gtk_micro_version != $gtk_config_micro_version))
-    {
-      printf("\n*** 'gtk-config-2.0 --version' returned %d.%d.%d, but GTK+ (%d.%d.%d)\n",
-             $gtk_config_major_version, $gtk_config_minor_version, $gtk_config_micro_version,
-             gtk_major_version, gtk_minor_version, gtk_micro_version);
-      printf ("*** was found! If gtk-config-2.0 was correct, then it is best\n");
-      printf ("*** to remove the old version of GTK+. You may also be able to fix the error\n");
-      printf("*** by modifying your LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment variable, or by editing\n");
-      printf("*** /etc/ld.so.conf. Make sure you have run ldconfig if that is\n");
-      printf("*** required on your system.\n");
-      printf("*** If gtk-config-2.0 was wrong, set the environment variable GTK_CONFIG_2_0\n");
-      printf("*** to point to the correct copy of gtk-config-2.0, and remove the file config.cache\n");
-      printf("*** before re-running configure\n");
-    }
-#if defined (GTK_MAJOR_VERSION) && defined (GTK_MINOR_VERSION) && defined (GTK_MICRO_VERSION)
-  else if ((gtk_major_version != GTK_MAJOR_VERSION) ||
-           (gtk_minor_version != GTK_MINOR_VERSION) ||
-           (gtk_micro_version != GTK_MICRO_VERSION))
-    {
-      printf("*** GTK+ header files (version %d.%d.%d) do not match\n",
-             GTK_MAJOR_VERSION, GTK_MINOR_VERSION, GTK_MICRO_VERSION);
-      printf("*** library (version %d.%d.%d)\n",
-             gtk_major_version, gtk_minor_version, gtk_micro_version);
-    }
-#endif /* defined (GTK_MAJOR_VERSION) ... */
-  else
-    {
-      if ((gtk_major_version > major) ||
-        ((gtk_major_version == major) && (gtk_minor_version > minor)) ||
-        ((gtk_major_version == major) && (gtk_minor_version == minor) && (gtk_micro_version >= micro)))
-      {
-        return 0;
-       }
-     else
-      {
-        printf("\n*** An old version of GTK+ (%d.%d.%d) was found.\n",
-               gtk_major_version, gtk_minor_version, gtk_micro_version);
-        printf("*** You need a version of GTK+ newer than %d.%d.%d. The latest version of\n",
-               major, minor, micro);
-        printf("*** GTK+ is always available from ftp://ftp.gtk.org.\n");
-        printf("***\n");
-        printf("*** If you have already installed a sufficiently new version, this error\n");
-        printf("*** probably means that the wrong copy of the gtk-config-2.0 shell script is\n");
-        printf("*** being found. The easiest way to fix this is to remove the old version\n");
-        printf("*** of GTK+, but you can also set the GTK_CONFIG_2_0 environment to point to the\n");
-        printf("*** correct copy of gtk-config-2.0. (In this case, you will have to\n");
-        printf("*** modify your LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf\n");
-        printf("*** so that the correct libraries are found at run-time))\n");
-      }
-    }
-  return 1;
-}
-],, no_gtk=yes,[echo $ac_n "cross compiling; assumed OK... $ac_c"])
-       CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
-       LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
-     fi
-  fi
-  if test "x$no_gtk" = x ; then
-     AC_MSG_RESULT(yes (version $gtk_config_major_version.$gtk_config_minor_version.$gtk_config_micro_version))
-     ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])
-  else
-     AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-     if test "$GTK_CONFIG_2_0" = "no" ; then
-       echo "*** The gtk-config-2.0 script installed by GTK could not be found"
-       echo "*** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in"
-       echo "*** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG_2_0 environment variable to the"
-       echo "*** full path to gtk-config-2.0."
-     else
-       if test -f conf.gtktest ; then
-        :
-       else
-          echo "*** Could not run GTK test program, checking why..."
-          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $GTK_CFLAGS"
-          LIBS="$LIBS $GTK_LIBS"
-          AC_TRY_LINK([
-#include <gtk/gtk.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-],      [ return ((gtk_major_version) || (gtk_minor_version) || (gtk_micro_version)); ],
-        [ echo "*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means"
-          echo "*** that the run-time linker is not finding GTK or finding the wrong"
-          echo "*** version of GTK. If it is not finding GTK, 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 "***"
-          echo "*** If you have a RedHat 5.0 system, you should remove the GTK package that"
-          echo "*** came with the system with the command"
-          echo "***"
-          echo "***    rpm --erase --nodeps gtk gtk-devel" ],
-        [ echo "*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the"
-          echo "*** exact error that occured. This usually means GTK was incorrectly installed"
-          echo "*** or that you have moved GTK since it was installed. In the latter case, you"
-          echo "*** may want to edit the gtk-config-2.0 script: $GTK_CONFIG_2_0" ])
-          CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
-          LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
-       fi
-     fi
-     GTK_CFLAGS=""
-     GTK_LIBS=""
-     ifelse([$3], , :, [$3])
-  fi
-  AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
-  AC_SUBST(GTK_LIBS)
-  rm -f conf.gtktest
+    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
+])
+