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18 package Autom4te::General;
20 =head1 NAME
22 Autom4te::General - general support functions for Autoconf and Automake
24 =head1 SYNOPSIS
26 use Autom4te::General
28 =head1 DESCRIPTION
30 This perl module provides various general purpose support functions
31 used in several executables of the Autoconf and Automake packages.
33 =cut
35 use 5.005_03;
36 use Exporter;
37 use Autom4te::ChannelDefs;
38 use Autom4te::Channels;
39 use File::Basename;
40 use File::Path ();
41 use File::stat;
42 use IO::File;
43 use Carp;
44 use strict;
46 use vars qw (@ISA @EXPORT);
48 @ISA = qw (Exporter);
50 # Variables we define and export.
51 my @export_vars =
52 qw ($debug $force $help $me $tmp $verbose $version);
54 # Functions we define and export.
55 my @export_subs =
56 qw (&debug
57 &getopt &shell_quote &mktmpdir
58 &uniq);
60 # Functions we forward (coming from modules we use).
61 my @export_forward_subs =
62 qw (&basename &dirname &fileparse);
64 @EXPORT = (@export_vars, @export_subs, @export_forward_subs);
67 # Variable we share with the main package. Be sure to have a single
68 # copy of them: using `my' together with multiple inclusion of this
69 # package would introduce several copies.
71 =head2 Global Variables
73 =over 4
75 =item C<$debug>
77 Set this variable to 1 if debug messages should be enabled. Debug
78 messages are meant for developpers only, or when tracking down an
79 incorrect execution.
81 =cut
83 use vars qw ($debug);
84 $debug = 0;
86 =item C<$force>
88 Set this variable to 1 to recreate all the files, or to consider all
89 the output files are obsolete.
91 =cut
93 use vars qw ($force);
94 $force = undef;
96 =item C<$help>
98 Set to the help message associated to the option C<--help>.
100 =cut
102 use vars qw ($help);
103 $help = undef;
105 =item C<$me>
107 The name of this application, as should be used in diagostic messages.
109 =cut
111 use vars qw ($me);
112 $me = basename ($0);
114 =item C<$tmp>
116 The name of the temporary directory created by C<mktmpdir>. Left
117 C<undef> otherwise.
119 =cut
121 # Our tmp dir.
122 use vars qw ($tmp);
123 $tmp = undef;
125 =item C<$verbose>
127 Enable verbosity messages. These messages are meant for ordinary
128 users, and typically make explicit the steps being performed.
130 =cut
132 use vars qw ($verbose);
133 $verbose = 0;
135 =item C<$version>
137 Set to the version message associated to the option C<--version>.
139 =cut
141 use vars qw ($version);
142 $version = undef;
144 =back
146 =cut
150 ## ----- ##
151 ## END. ##
152 ## ----- ##
154 =head2 Functions
156 =over 4
158 =item C<END>
160 Filter Perl's exit codes, delete any temporary directory (unless
161 C<$debug>), and exit nonzero whenever closing C<STDOUT> fails.
163 =cut
165 # END
166 # ---
167 sub END
169 # $? contains the exit status we will return.
170 # It was set using one of the following ways:
172 # 1) normal termination
173 # this sets $? = 0
174 # 2) calling `exit (n)'
175 # this sets $? = n
176 # 3) calling die or friends (croak, confess...):
177 # a) when $! is non-0
178 # this set $? = $!
179 # b) when $! is 0 but $? is not
180 # this sets $? = ($? >> 8) (i.e., the exit code of the
181 # last program executed)
182 # c) when both $! and $? are 0
183 # this sets $? = 255
185 # Cases 1), 2), and 3b) are fine, but we prefer $? = 1 for 3a) and 3c).
186 my $status = $?;
187 $status = 1 if ($! && $! == $?) || $? == 255;
188 # (Note that we cannot safely distinguish calls to `exit (n)'
189 # from calls to die when `$! = n'. It's not big deal because
190 # we only call `exit (0)' or `exit (1)'.)
192 if (!$debug && defined $tmp && -d $tmp)
194 local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub { $status = 1; warn $_[0] };
195 File::Path::rmtree $tmp;
198 # This is required if the code might send any output to stdout
199 # E.g., even --version or --help. So it's best to do it unconditionally.
200 if (! close STDOUT)
202 print STDERR "$me: closing standard output: $!\n";
203 $? = 1;
204 return;
207 $? = $status;
211 ## ----------- ##
212 ## Functions. ##
213 ## ----------- ##
216 =item C<debug (@message)>
218 If the debug mode is enabled (C<$debug> and C<$verbose>), report the
219 C<@message> on C<STDERR>, signed with the name of the program.
221 =cut
223 # &debug(@MESSAGE)
224 # ----------------
225 # Messages displayed only if $DEBUG and $VERBOSE.
226 sub debug (@)
228 print STDERR "$me: ", @_, "\n"
229 if $verbose && $debug;
233 =item C<getopt (%option)>
235 Wrapper around C<Getopt::Long>. In addition to the user C<option>s,
236 support C<-h>/C<--help>, C<-V>/C<--version>, C<-v>/C<--verbose>,
237 C<-d>/C<--debug>, C<-f>/C<--force>. Conform to the GNU Coding
238 Standards for error messages. Try to work around a weird behavior
239 from C<Getopt::Long> to preserve C<-> as an C<@ARGV> instead of
240 rejecting it as a broken option.
242 =cut
244 # getopt (%OPTION)
245 # ----------------
246 # Handle the %OPTION, plus all the common options.
247 # Work around Getopt bugs wrt `-'.
248 sub getopt (%)
250 my (%option) = @_;
251 use Getopt::Long;
253 # F*k. Getopt seems bogus and dies when given `-' with `bundling'.
254 # If fixed some day, use this: '' => sub { push @ARGV, "-" }
255 my $stdin = grep /^-$/, @ARGV;
256 @ARGV = grep !/^-$/, @ARGV;
257 %option = ("h|help" => sub { print $help; exit 0 },
258 "V|version" => sub { print $version; exit 0 },
260 "v|verbose" => sub { ++$verbose },
261 "d|debug" => sub { ++$debug },
262 'f|force' => \$force,
264 # User options last, so that they have precedence.
265 %option);
266 Getopt::Long::Configure ("bundling", "pass_through");
267 GetOptions (%option)
268 or exit 1;
270 foreach (grep { /^-./ } @ARGV)
272 print STDERR "$0: unrecognized option `$_'\n";
273 print STDERR "Try `$0 --help' for more information.\n";
274 exit (1);
277 push @ARGV, '-'
278 if $stdin;
280 setup_channel 'note', silent => !$verbose;
281 setup_channel 'verb', silent => !$verbose;
285 =item C<shell_quote ($file_name)>
287 Quote C<$file_name> for the shell.
289 =cut
291 # $FILE_NAME
292 # shell_quote ($FILE_NAME)
293 # ------------------------
294 # If the string $S is a well-behaved file name, simply return it.
295 # If it contains white space, quotes, etc., quote it, and return
296 # the new string.
297 sub shell_quote($)
299 my ($s) = @_;
300 if ($s =~ m![^\w+/.,-]!)
302 # Convert each single quote to '\''
303 $s =~ s/\'/\'\\\'\'/g;
304 # Then single quote the string.
305 $s = "'$s'";
307 return $s;
310 =item C<mktmpdir ($signature)>
312 Create a temporary directory which name is based on C<$signature>.
313 Store its name in C<$tmp>. C<END> is in charge of removing it, unless
314 C<$debug>.
316 =cut
318 # mktmpdir ($SIGNATURE)
319 # ---------------------
320 sub mktmpdir ($)
322 my ($signature) = @_;
323 my $TMPDIR = $ENV{'TMPDIR'} || '/tmp';
324 my $quoted_tmpdir = shell_quote ($TMPDIR);
326 # If mktemp supports dirs, use it.
327 $tmp = `(umask 077 &&
328 mktemp -d $quoted_tmpdir/"${signature}XXXXXX") 2>/dev/null`;
329 chomp $tmp;
331 if (!$tmp || ! -d $tmp)
333 $tmp = "$TMPDIR/$signature" . int (rand 10000) . ".$$";
334 mkdir $tmp, 0700
335 or croak "$me: cannot create $tmp: $!\n";
338 print STDERR "$me:$$: working in $tmp\n"
339 if $debug;
343 =item C<uniq (@list)>
345 Return C<@list> with no duplicates, keeping only the first
346 occurrences.
348 =cut
350 # @RES
351 # uniq (@LIST)
352 # ------------
353 sub uniq (@)
355 my @res = ();
356 my %seen = ();
357 foreach my $item (@_)
359 if (! exists $seen{$item})
361 $seen{$item} = 1;
362 push (@res, $item);
365 return wantarray ? @res : "@res";
369 =item C<handle_exec_errors ($command)>
371 Display an error message for C<$command>, based on the content of
372 C<$?> and C<$!>.
374 =cut
377 # handle_exec_errors ($COMMAND)
378 # -----------------------------
379 sub handle_exec_errors ($)
381 my ($command) = @_;
383 $command = (split (' ', $command))[0];
384 if ($!)
386 error "failed to run $command: $!";
388 else
390 use POSIX qw (WIFEXITED WEXITSTATUS WIFSIGNALED WTERMSIG);
392 if (WIFEXITED ($?))
394 my $status = WEXITSTATUS ($?);
395 # WIFEXITED and WEXITSTATUS can alter $!, reset it so that
396 # error() actually propagates the command's exit status, not $!.
397 $! = 0;
398 error "$command failed with exit status: $status";
400 elsif (WIFSIGNALED ($?))
402 my $signal = WTERMSIG ($?);
403 # In this case we prefer to exit with status 1.
404 $! = 1;
405 error "$command terminated by signal: $signal";
407 else
409 error "$command exited abnormally";
414 =back
416 =head1 SEE ALSO
418 L<Autom4te::XFile>
420 =head1 HISTORY
422 Written by Alexandre Duret-Lutz E<lt>F<adl@gnu.org>E<gt> and Akim
423 Demaille E<lt>F<akim@freefriends.org>E<gt>.
425 =cut
429 1; # for require
431 ### Setup "GNU" style for perl-mode and cperl-mode.
432 ## Local Variables:
433 ## perl-indent-level: 2
434 ## perl-continued-statement-offset: 2
435 ## perl-continued-brace-offset: 0
436 ## perl-brace-offset: 0
437 ## perl-brace-imaginary-offset: 0
438 ## perl-label-offset: -2
439 ## cperl-indent-level: 2
440 ## cperl-brace-offset: 0
441 ## cperl-continued-brace-offset: 0
442 ## cperl-label-offset: -2
443 ## cperl-extra-newline-before-brace: t
444 ## cperl-merge-trailing-else: nil
445 ## cperl-continued-statement-offset: 2
446 ## End: