2 dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2017 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_POPEN],
9 AC_REQUIRE([gl_STDIO_H_DEFAULTS])
10 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
11 AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([popen])
12 if test $ac_cv_func_popen = no; then
15 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether popen works with closed stdin],
16 [gl_cv_func_popen_works],
20 [[#include <stdio.h>]],
25 child = popen ("echo a", "r");
26 if (fgetc (child) != 'a')
28 if (pclose (child) != 0)
32 [gl_cv_func_popen_works=yes],
33 [gl_cv_func_popen_works=no],
35 # For now, only cygwin 1.5 or older is known to be broken.
36 cygwin*) gl_cv_func_popen_works="guessing no" ;;
37 # Guess yes on native Windows.
38 mingw*) gl_cv_func_popen_works="guessing yes" ;;
39 *) gl_cv_func_popen_works="guessing yes" ;;
43 case "$gl_cv_func_popen_works" in
50 # Prerequisites of lib/popen.c.
51 AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_POPEN],