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authorJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2017-03-27 21:42:03 +0200
committerJörg Frings-Fürst <debian@jff-webhosting.net>2017-03-27 21:42:03 +0200
commitdb6f1f397f45ccd3c11d16352ed46a9c1eae3442 (patch)
treee0b9334e2637f17696c796ac13b2c39294bf9233 /gnulib-m4/gnulib-common.m4
parent0250cb64565a7d5238bbc751225d4b0236ef8316 (diff)
parent6b73edd95d603e27d55d4905134ac1327d426534 (diff)
Merge tag 'upstream/0.9.7'
Upstream version 0.9.7
Diffstat (limited to 'gnulib-m4/gnulib-common.m4')
-rw-r--r--gnulib-m4/gnulib-common.m445
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/gnulib-m4/gnulib-common.m4 b/gnulib-m4/gnulib-common.m4
index 40e82f6..f8454c8 100644
--- a/gnulib-m4/gnulib-common.m4
+++ b/gnulib-m4/gnulib-common.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# gnulib-common.m4 serial 36
-dnl Copyright (C) 2007-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
@@ -253,9 +253,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_PROG_AR_RANLIB],
[
dnl Minix 3 comes with two toolchains: The Amsterdam Compiler Kit compiler
dnl as "cc", and GCC as "gcc". They have different object file formats and
- dnl library formats. In particular, the GNU binutils programs ar, ranlib
+ dnl library formats. In particular, the GNU binutils programs ar and ranlib
dnl produce libraries that work only with gcc, not with cc.
AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
+ AC_BEFORE([$0], [AM_PROG_AR])
AC_CACHE_CHECK([for Minix Amsterdam compiler], [gl_cv_c_amsterdam_compiler],
[
AC_EGREP_CPP([Amsterdam],
@@ -267,25 +268,37 @@ Amsterdam
[gl_cv_c_amsterdam_compiler=yes],
[gl_cv_c_amsterdam_compiler=no])
])
- if test -z "$AR"; then
- if test $gl_cv_c_amsterdam_compiler = yes; then
+
+ dnl Don't compete with AM_PROG_AR's decision about AR/ARFLAGS if we are not
+ dnl building with __ACK__.
+ if test $gl_cv_c_amsterdam_compiler = yes; then
+ if test -z "$AR"; then
AR='cc -c.a'
- if test -z "$ARFLAGS"; then
- ARFLAGS='-o'
- fi
- else
- dnl Use the Automake-documented default values for AR and ARFLAGS,
- dnl but prefer ${host}-ar over ar (useful for cross-compiling).
- AC_CHECK_TOOL([AR], [ar], [ar])
- if test -z "$ARFLAGS"; then
- ARFLAGS='cr'
- fi
fi
- else
if test -z "$ARFLAGS"; then
- ARFLAGS='cr'
+ ARFLAGS='-o'
fi
+ else
+ dnl AM_PROG_AR was added in automake v1.11.2. AM_PROG_AR does not AC_SUBST
+ dnl ARFLAGS variable (it is filed into Makefile.in directly by automake
+ dnl script on-demand, if not specified by ./configure of course).
+ dnl Don't AC_REQUIRE the AM_PROG_AR otherwise the code for __ACK__ above
+ dnl will be ignored. Also, pay attention to call AM_PROG_AR in else block
+ dnl because AM_PROG_AR is written so it could re-set AR variable even for
+ dnl __ACK__. It may seem like its easier to avoid calling the macro here,
+ dnl but we need to AC_SUBST both AR/ARFLAGS (thus those must have some good
+ dnl default value and automake should usually know them).
+ m4_ifdef([AM_PROG_AR], [AM_PROG_AR], [:])
+ fi
+
+ dnl In case the code above has not helped with setting AR/ARFLAGS, use
+ dnl Automake-documented default values for AR and ARFLAGS, but prefer
+ dnl ${host}-ar over ar (useful for cross-compiling).
+ AC_CHECK_TOOL([AR], [ar], [ar])
+ if test -z "$ARFLAGS"; then
+ ARFLAGS='cr'
fi
+
AC_SUBST([AR])
AC_SUBST([ARFLAGS])
if test -z "$RANLIB"; then