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[gnulib.git] / m4 / getgroups.m4

diff --git a/m4/getgroups.m4 b/m4/getgroups.m4
index 1dd39ea..54dbe8e 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/getgroups.m4
+++ b/m4/getgroups.m4
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# serial 13
+# serial 16
 
 dnl From Jim Meyering.
 dnl A wrapper around AC_FUNC_GETGROUPS.
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-1997, 1999-2004, 2008-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-1997, 1999-2004, 2008-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -15,11 +15,26 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_GETGROUPS],
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_TYPE_GETGROUPS])
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
   if test "$ac_cv_func_getgroups" != yes; then
-    AC_LIBOBJ([getgroups])
     HAVE_GETGROUPS=0
-  elif test "$ac_cv_func_getgroups_works" != yes; then
-    AC_LIBOBJ([getgroups])
+  elif test "$ac_cv_func_getgroups_works.$ac_cv_type_getgroups" != yes.gid_t
+  then
     REPLACE_GETGROUPS=1
+    AC_DEFINE([GETGROUPS_ZERO_BUG], [1], [Define this to 1 if
+      getgroups(0,NULL) does not return the number of groups.])
+  else
+    dnl Detect FreeBSD bug; POSIX requires getgroups(-1,ptr) to fail.
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether getgroups handles negative values],
+      [gl_cv_func_getgroups_works],
+      [AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT],
+        [[int size = getgroups (0, 0);
+          gid_t *list = malloc (size * sizeof *list);
+          return getgroups (-1, list) != -1;]])],
+        [gl_cv_func_getgroups_works=yes],
+        [gl_cv_func_getgroups_works=no],
+        [gl_cv_func_getgroups_works="guessing no"])])
+    if test "$gl_cv_func_getgroups_works" != yes; then
+      REPLACE_GETGROUPS=1
+    fi
   fi
   test -n "$GETGROUPS_LIB" && LIBS="$GETGROUPS_LIB $LIBS"
 ])