build: don't run any ${host} binaries while checking for readline.

[ginac.git] / acinclude.m4

diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index dd7299c08ebea595232594d3c224e39918fe1015..9645620e1a56e0565eccb5b60801823dae8dab61 100644 (file)
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -4,44 +4,46 @@ dnl additions' names with AC_ but with GINAC_ in order to steer clear of
 dnl future trouble.
 dnl ===========================================================================
 
-dnl Usage: GINAC_RLVERSION
-dnl The maintainers of libreadline are complete morons: they don't care a shit
-dnl about compatiblilty (which is not so bad by itself) and at the same time 
-dnl they don't export the version to the preprocessor so we could kluge around 
-dnl incomatiblities.  The only reliable way to figure out the version is by 
-dnl checking the extern variable rl_library_version at runtime.  &#@$%*!
-AC_DEFUN([GINAC_LIB_READLINE_VERSION],
-[AC_CACHE_CHECK([for version of libreadline], ginac_cv_rlversion, [
-AC_TRY_RUN([
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <readline/readline.h>
-
-int main()
-{
-    FILE *fd;
-    fd = fopen("conftest.out", "w");
-    fprintf(fd, "%s\n", rl_library_version);
-    fclose(fd);
-    return 0;
-}], [
-dnl Some non-GNU readline implementations have non-numeric rl_library_version
-ginac_cv_rlversion=`sed -e 's/[[^0-9.]]//g' 'conftest.out'`], [ ginac_cv_rlversion='unknown'], [ ginac_cv_rlversion='4.2'])])
-if test -z "$ginac_cv_rlversion"; then
-       GINAC_WARNING([Unsupported version of libreadline.])
-       ginac_cv_rlversion='unknown'
-fi
-if test "x${ginac_cv_rlversion}" != "xunknown"; then
-       AC_DEFINE(REALLY_HAVE_LIBREADLINE, ,[Define if GNU libreadline is installed])
-  RL_VERSION_MAJOR=`echo ${ginac_cv_rlversion} | sed -e 's/\([[0-9]]*\)\.\([[0-9]]*\).*/\1/'`
-  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GINAC_RL_VERSION_MAJOR, $RL_VERSION_MAJOR, [Major version of installed readline library.])
-  RL_VERSION_MINOR=`echo ${ginac_cv_rlversion} | sed -e 's/\([[0-9]]*\)\.\([[0-9]]*\).*/\2/'`
-  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GINAC_RL_VERSION_MINOR, $RL_VERSION_MINOR, [Minor version of installed readline library.])
+dnl Usage: GINAC_LIBREADLINE
+dnl
+dnl Check if GNU readline library and headers are avialable.
+dnl Defines GINSH_LIBS variable, and HAVE_LIBREADLINE,
+dnl HAVE_READLINE_READLINE_H, HAVE_READLINE_HISTORY_H preprocessor macros.
+dnl
+dnl Note: this macro rejects readline versions <= 4.2 and non-GNU
+dnl implementations.
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([GINAC_READLINE],[
+AC_REQUIRE([GINAC_TERMCAP])
+GINSH_LIBS=""
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(readline/readline.h readline/history.h)
+if test "x${ac_cv_header_readline_readline_h}" != "xyes" -o "x${ac_cv_header_readline_history_h}" != "xyes"; then
+       GINAC_WARNING([readline headers could not be found.])
 else
-  GINAC_WARNING([I could not run a test of libreadline (needed for building ginsh).])
+       AC_CACHE_CHECK([for version of libreadline], [ginac_cv_rl_supported], [
+               ginac_cv_rl_supported="no"
+               AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+                       #include <stdio.h>
+                       #include <readline/readline.h>
+                       #if !defined(RL_VERSION_MAJOR) || !defined(RL_VERSION_MINOR)
+                       #error "Ancient/unsupported version of readline"
+                       #endif]])],
+                       [ginac_cv_rl_supported="yes"])])
+       if test "x${ginac_cv_rl_supported}" != "xyes"; then
+               GINAC_WARNING([Unsupported version of readline (<= 4.2 or non-GNU).])
+       else
+               save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+               LIBS="$LIBTERMCAP $LIBS"
+               AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, readline)
+               if test "x${ac_cv_lib_readline_readline}" != "xyes"; then
+                       GINAC_WARNING([libreadline could not be found.])
+               fi
+               GINSH_LIBS="$LIBS"
+               LIBS="$save_LIBS"
+       fi
 fi
-])
-
+AC_SUBST(GINSH_LIBS)])
+       
 dnl Usage: GINAC_TERMCAP
 dnl libreadline is based on the termcap functions.
 dnl Some systems have tgetent(), tgetnum(), tgetstr(), tgetflag(), tputs(),