configure: run important checks first (and bail out if something is missing).

[ginac.git] / configure.ac

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b592220b4263f7236e133f630de975cefc054061..45fd2d648e46e2815957676caff3fdf67b2b45a8 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ dnl The version number in newly created archives will be ARCHIVE_VERSION.
 dnl Archives version (ARCHIVE_VERSION-ARCHIVE_AGE) thru ARCHIVE_VERSION can
 dnl be read by this version of the GiNaC library.
 
-ARCHIVE_VERSION=2
-ARCHIVE_AGE=2
+ARCHIVE_VERSION=3
+ARCHIVE_AGE=3
 
 AC_SUBST(ARCHIVE_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(ARCHIVE_AGE)
@@ -71,52 +71,29 @@ AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AM_PROG_LEX
 AC_PROG_YACC
 
-dnl Check for data types which are needed by the hash function 
-dnl (golden_ratio_hash).
-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(int)
-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long)
-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long long)
-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(long double)
-AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(void *)
 
 dnl Switch to C++ language mode for the following libraries and headers.
 AC_LANG([C++])
 
+dnl Make sure all the necessary standard headers are installed on the system.
+GINAC_STD_CXX_HEADERS
+
+dnl We need to have Bruno Haible's CLN installed.
+dnl (pkg-config must have installed pkg.m4 at a visible place, which provides
+dnl this macro. CLN >= 1.1.6 must have installed cln.pc at a visible place,
+dnl which provides the actual dependency information.)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLN, cln >= 1.1.6)
+LIBS="$LIBS $CLN_LIBS"
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $CLN_CFLAGS"
+
+dnl Check for data types which are needed by the hash function 
+dnl (golden_ratio_hash).
+AC_CHECK_TYPE(long long)
+
 dnl Check for stuff needed for building the GiNaC interactive shell (ginsh).
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(unistd.h)
 GINAC_HAVE_RUSAGE
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(readline/readline.h readline/history.h)
-if test "x${ac_cv_header_readline_readline_h}" != "xyes" -o "x${ac_cv_header_readline_history_h}" != "xyes"; then
-  GINAC_WARNING([I could not find the headers for libreadline (needed for building ginsh).])
-fi
-GINAC_TERMCAP
-save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="$LIBTERMCAP $LIBS"
-AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, readline)
-if test "x${ac_cv_lib_readline_readline}" = "xyes"; then
-  GINAC_LIB_READLINE_VERSION
-else
-  GINAC_WARNING([I could not find libreadline (needed by ginsh).])
-fi
-GINSH_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS=$save_LIBS
-AC_SUBST(GINSH_LIBS)
-
-dnl Make sure all the necessary standard headers are installed on the system.
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(iosfwd, , GINAC_ERROR([The standard <iosfwd> header file could not be found.]))
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(iostream, , GINAC_ERROR([The standard <iostream> header file could not be found.]))
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(vector, , GINAC_ERROR([The standard <vector> header file could not be found.]))
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(list, , GINAC_ERROR([The standard <list> header file could not be found.]))
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(map, , GINAC_ERROR([The standard <map> header file could not be found.]))
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(string, , GINAC_ERROR([The standard <string> header file could not be found.]))
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(sstream, , GINAC_ERROR([The standard <sstream> header file could not be found.]))
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(typeinfo, , GINAC_ERROR([The standard <typeinfo> header file could not be found.]))
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(stdexcept, , GINAC_ERROR([The standard <stdexcept> header file could not be found.]))
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(algorithm, , GINAC_ERROR([The standard <algorithm> header file could not be found.]))
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(limits, , GINAC_ERROR([The standard <limits> header file could not be found.]))
-if test "x$CONFIG_RUSAGE" = "xno"; then
-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(ctime, , GINAC_ERROR([The standard <ctime> header file could not be found.]))
-fi
+GINAC_READLINE
 
 DL_LIBS=""
 dnl Check for dl library (needed for GiNaC::compile).
@@ -128,13 +105,6 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen,
        GINAC_WARNING([libdl not found. GiNaC::compile will be disabled.]))
 AC_SUBST(DL_LIBS)
 
-dnl We need to have Bruno Haible's CLN installed.
-dnl (pkg-config must have installed pkg.m4 at a visible place, which provides
-dnl this macro. CLN >= 1.1.6 must have installed cln.pc at a visible place,
-dnl which provides the actual dependency information.)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLN, cln >= 1.1.6)
-LIBS="$LIBS $CLN_LIBS"
-CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $CLN_CFLAGS"
 
 dnl Check for utilities needed by the different kinds of documentation.
 dnl Documentation needs only be built when extending it, so never mind if it
@@ -149,6 +119,10 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_TEX, [test ! \( -z "$LATEX" -o -z $"PDFLATEX" -o -z "$MAKE
 AC_PATH_PROG(FIG2DEV, fig2dev, "")
 AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_FIG2DEV, [test ! -z "$FIG2DEV"])
 
+dnl generate boilerplate code for the (new) parser.
+dnl Only developers need this tool.
+AC_PATH_PROG(AUTOGEN, autogen, "")
+
 dnl Output makefiles etc.
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile