2 dnl Copyright (C) 2008-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
7 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_PERROR],
9 AC_REQUIRE([gl_STDIO_H_DEFAULTS])
10 AC_REQUIRE([gl_HEADER_ERRNO_H])
11 AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_STRERROR_R])
12 AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_STRERROR_0])
13 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
14 dnl We intentionally do not check for the broader REPLACE_STRERROR_R,
15 dnl since on glibc systems, strerror_r is replaced only for signature
16 dnl issues, and perror is just fine. Rather, we only want to
17 dnl replace perror if strerror_r was replaced for a content fix.
18 if test "$ERRNO_H:$REPLACE_STRERROR_0" != :0; then
19 dnl The system's perror() cannot know about the new errno values we add
20 dnl to <errno.h>, or any fix for strerror(0). Replace it.
23 case ${gl_cv_func_strerror_r_works-unset} in
25 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether perror matches strerror],
26 [gl_cv_func_perror_works],
34 [[char *str = strerror (-1);
35 if (!getenv("CONFTEST_OUTPUT")) return 0;
42 [if CONFTEST_OUTPUT=1 ./conftest$EXEEXT >conftest.txt1 2>conftest.txt2 \
43 && cmp conftest.txt1 conftest.txt2 >/dev/null; then
44 gl_cv_func_perror_works=yes
46 gl_cv_func_perror_works=no
48 rm -rf conftest.txt1 conftest.txt2],
49 [gl_cv_func_perror_works=no],
51 # Guess yes on musl systems.
52 *-musl*) gl_cv_func_perror_works="guessing yes" ;;
53 # Guess yes on native Windows.
54 mingw*) gl_cv_func_perror_works="guessing yes" ;;
55 # Otherwise obey --enable-cross-guesses.
56 *) gl_cv_func_perror_works="$gl_cross_guess_normal" ;;
60 case "$gl_cv_func_perror_works" in
62 *) REPLACE_PERROR=1 ;;
66 dnl The system's perror() probably inherits the bugs in the
67 dnl system's strerror_r(). Replace it.