annotate m4/lib-ld.m4 @ 1400:fe0a9cf95642

make use of SIMPLE_INPUT_PLUGIN() as an example.

# lib-ld.m4 serial 2 (gettext-0.12)
dnl Copyright (C) 1996-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
dnl General Public License.  As a special exception to the GNU General
dnl Public License, this file may be distributed as part of a program
dnl that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, under
dnl the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.

dnl Subroutines of libtool.m4,
dnl with replacements s/AC_/AC_LIB/ and s/lt_cv/acl_cv/ to avoid collision
dnl with libtool.m4.

dnl From libtool-1.4. Sets the variable with_gnu_ld to yes or no.
AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_PROG_LD_GNU],
[AC_CACHE_CHECK([if the linker ($LD) is GNU ld], acl_cv_prog_gnu_ld,
[# I'd rather use --version here, but apparently some GNU ld's only accept -v.
if $LD -v 2>&1 </dev/null | egrep '(GNU|with BFD)' 1>&5; then
  acl_cv_prog_gnu_ld=yes
else
  acl_cv_prog_gnu_ld=no
fi])
with_gnu_ld=$acl_cv_prog_gnu_ld
])

dnl From libtool-1.4. Sets the variable LD.
AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_PROG_LD],
[AC_ARG_WITH(gnu-ld,
[  --with-gnu-ld           assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no]],
test "$withval" = no || with_gnu_ld=yes, with_gnu_ld=no)
AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])dnl
AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])dnl
# Prepare PATH_SEPARATOR.
# The user is always right.
if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
  echo "#! /bin/sh" >conf$$.sh
  echo  "exit 0"   >>conf$$.sh
  chmod +x conf$$.sh
  if (PATH="/nonexistent;."; conf$$.sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
  else
    PATH_SEPARATOR=:
  fi
  rm -f conf$$.sh
fi
ac_prog=ld
if test "$GCC" = yes; then
  # Check if gcc -print-prog-name=ld gives a path.
  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for ld used by GCC])
  case $host in
  *-*-mingw*)
    # gcc leaves a trailing carriage return which upsets mingw
    ac_prog=`($CC -print-prog-name=ld) 2>&5 | tr -d '\015'` ;;
  *)
    ac_prog=`($CC -print-prog-name=ld) 2>&5` ;;
  esac
  case $ac_prog in
    # Accept absolute paths.
    [[\\/]* | [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*)]
      [re_direlt='/[^/][^/]*/\.\./']
      # Canonicalize the path of ld
      ac_prog=`echo $ac_prog| sed 's%\\\\%/%g'`
      while echo $ac_prog | grep "$re_direlt" > /dev/null 2>&1; do
	ac_prog=`echo $ac_prog| sed "s%$re_direlt%/%"`
      done
      test -z "$LD" && LD="$ac_prog"
      ;;
  "")
    # If it fails, then pretend we aren't using GCC.
    ac_prog=ld
    ;;
  *)
    # If it is relative, then search for the first ld in PATH.
    with_gnu_ld=unknown
    ;;
  esac
elif test "$with_gnu_ld" = yes; then
  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for GNU ld])
else
  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for non-GNU ld])
fi
AC_CACHE_VAL(acl_cv_path_LD,
[if test -z "$LD"; then
  IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}${PATH_SEPARATOR-:}"
  for ac_dir in $PATH; do
    test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
    if test -f "$ac_dir/$ac_prog" || test -f "$ac_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exeext"; then
      acl_cv_path_LD="$ac_dir/$ac_prog"
      # Check to see if the program is GNU ld.  I'd rather use --version,
      # but apparently some GNU ld's only accept -v.
      # Break only if it was the GNU/non-GNU ld that we prefer.
      if "$acl_cv_path_LD" -v 2>&1 < /dev/null | egrep '(GNU|with BFD)' > /dev/null; then
	test "$with_gnu_ld" != no && break
      else
	test "$with_gnu_ld" != yes && break
      fi
    fi
  done
  IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
else
  acl_cv_path_LD="$LD" # Let the user override the test with a path.
fi])
LD="$acl_cv_path_LD"
if test -n "$LD"; then
  AC_MSG_RESULT($LD)
else
  AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
fi
test -z "$LD" && AC_MSG_ERROR([no acceptable ld found in \$PATH])
AC_LIB_PROG_LD_GNU
])