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25 m4_define([autoconf_PACKAGE_NAME], [GNU Autoconf])
26 m4_define([autoconf_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT], [bug-autoconf@gnu.org])
29 m4_defn([autoconf_PACKAGE_NAME]),
30 [m4_esyscmd([build-aux/git-version-gen .tarball-version])],
31 m4_defn([autoconf_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT])
33 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([lib/autoconf/autoconf.m4])
35 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
37 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 dist-xz readme-alpha no-texinfo.tex std-options])
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42 AC_SUBST([RELEASE_YEAR])
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47 # in the scripts. Although incredible, there are sh implementations
48 # that go into endless loops with '-n', e.g., SunOS's:
51 # SunOS ondine 4.1.3 2 sun4m unknown
58 # $ time sh endless.sh
59 # sh endless.sh 0,02s user 0,03s system 78% cpu 0,064 total
60 # $ time sh -nx endless.sh
61 # ^Csh -nx endless.sh 3,67s user 0,03s system 63% cpu 5,868 total
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64 # that they are unusable on large scripts like our testsuite.
66 # So we must identify a shell whose -n can safely be used.
68 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for a shell whose -n mode is known to work],
70 [ac_cv_sh_working_n=none
71 # Start by trying the shell that autoconf decided to use for this script,
72 # follow with a hardwired list of shells that are known to work and can
73 # be identified as such, starting with the ones with the fewest
74 # syntactic extensions. Unfortunately, several shells that are also
75 # known to work can't be easily identified (e.g. some BSD shells and dash).
76 # Try ksh93, which is often buggy, and plain ksh and sh last.
77 for cand_sh in "$SHELL" pdksh bash zsh ksh93 ksh sh
80 unset BASH_VERSION ZSH_VERSION
82 test ${BASH_VERSION+y} || # Bash
83 test ${KSH_VERSION+y} || # pdksh
84 test ${ZSH_VERSION+y} || # zsh
85 test ${NETBSD_SHELL+y} || # NetBSD sh
86 test -n "${.sh.version}" # ksh93; put this last since its syntax is dodgy
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95 AC_SUBST([SHELL_N], [$ac_cv_sh_working_n])
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100 for c in '\\' \" '<' '>' '*' '?' '|'
102 touch "conftest.t${c}t" 2>/dev/null
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111 AC_MSG_RESULT([none])
114 AC_SUBST([ac_cv_unsupported_fs_chars])
116 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether directories can have trailing spaces],
117 [ac_cv_dir_trailing_space],
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128 # Initialize the test suite.
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131 AC_PATH_PROG([EXPR], [expr])
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158 if test "$PERL" = no; then
159 AC_MSG_ERROR([perl is not found])
161 $PERL -e 'require 5.006;' || {
162 AC_MSG_ERROR([Perl 5.006 or better is required])
165 # Find out whether the system supports flock
166 # Note this test does not try to find out whether it works with this
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168 # where that bails out.
169 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether $PERL Fcntl::flock is implemented],
170 [ac_cv_perl_flock_implemented],
171 [echo lock me > conftest.fil
172 if $PERL -e 'use Fcntl ":flock"; flock("conftest.fil", LOCK_EX); 1;'; then
173 ac_cv_perl_flock_implemented=yes
175 ac_cv_perl_flock_implemented=no
179 AC_SUBST([PERL_FLOCK], [$ac_cv_perl_flock_implemented])
187 test x"$TEST_EMACS" = xt && TEST_EMACS=
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197 [# Note: The quoted "EOF" is intentional. It protects the ` in the text.
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200 (defun broken-mode () (setq broken-defaults `(broken nil)))
203 [$TEST_EMACS -batch -q -f batch-byte-compile conftest.el 1>&2])],
204 [ac_cv_prog_emacs_ok=yes], [ac_cv_prog_emacs_ok=no])
205 rm -f conftest.el conftest.elc])
206 AS_IF([test $ac_cv_prog_emacs_ok = no], [TEST_EMACS=no])])
208 AC_SUBST([EMACS], [$TEST_EMACS])
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234 dnl Allow maintainer rules under GNU make even in VPATH builds.
235 AC_CONFIG_LINKS([GNUmakefile:GNUmakefile])
237 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
238 AC_CONFIG_FILES([lib/version.m4:lib/version.in])
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