dnl Copyright (C) 2007 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.
dnl
dnl Copyright (C) 2007 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.
dnl
-dnl Checks whether EXPRESSION requires -lm to compile and link. If so, sets
-dnl the shell VARIABLE to -lm, otherwise to the empty string.
+dnl Sets the shell VARIABLE according to the libraries needed by EXPRESSION
+dnl to compile and link: to the empty string if no extra libraries are needed,
+dnl to "-lm" if -lm is needed, or to "missing" if it does not compile and
+dnl link either way.