mkfifo-tests, etc.: allow HP-UX 11.11 bug

[gnulib.git] / m4 / readline.m4

diff --git a/m4/readline.m4 b/m4/readline.m4
index d955507..dfc48a0 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/readline.m4
+++ b/m4/readline.m4
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-# readline.m4 serial 1
-dnl Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# readline.m4 serial 10
+dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2006, 2009-2013 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 Written by Simon Josefsson, with help from Bruno Haible and Oskar
+dnl Liljeblad.
+
 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_READLINE],
 [
-  AC_LIBSOURCES([readline.c, readline.h])
-
   dnl Prerequisites of AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY.
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX])
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_LIB_RPATH])
@@ -18,43 +19,60 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_READLINE],
 
   dnl Add $INCREADLINE to CPPFLAGS before performing the following checks,
   dnl because if the user has installed libreadline and not disabled its use
-  dnl via --without-libreadline-prefix, he wants to use it. The AC_TRY_LINK
+  dnl via --without-libreadline-prefix, he wants to use it. The AC_LINK_IFELSE
   dnl will then succeed.
   am_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
   AC_LIB_APPENDTOVAR([CPPFLAGS], [$INCREADLINE])
 
-  AC_CACHE_CHECK(for readline, gl_cv_lib_readline, [
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for readline], [gl_cv_lib_readline], [
     gl_cv_lib_readline=no
     am_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-    LIBS="$LIBS $LIBREADLINE"
-    AC_TRY_LINK([#include <stdio.h>
-#include <readline/readline.h>],
-      [readline((char*)0);],
-      gl_cv_lib_readline=yes)
+    dnl On some systems, -lreadline doesn't link without an additional
+    dnl -lncurses or -ltermcap.
+    dnl Try -lncurses before -ltermcap, because libtermcap is insecure
+    dnl by design and obsolete since 1994. Try -lcurses last, because
+    dnl libcurses is unusable on some old Unices.
+    for extra_lib in "" ncurses termcap curses; do
+      LIBS="$am_save_LIBS $LIBREADLINE"
+      if test -n "$extra_lib"; then
+        LIBS="$LIBS -l$extra_lib"
+      fi
+      AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <stdio.h>
+#include <readline/readline.h>]],
+          [[readline((char*)0);]])],
+        [if test -n "$extra_lib"; then
+           gl_cv_lib_readline="yes, requires -l$extra_lib"
+         else
+           gl_cv_lib_readline="yes"
+         fi
+        ])
+      if test "$gl_cv_lib_readline" != no; then
+        break
+      fi
+    done
     LIBS="$am_save_LIBS"
   ])
-  if test "$gl_cv_lib_readline" = yes; then
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_READLINE, 1, [Define if you have the readline() library.])
-  fi
-  if test "$gl_cv_lib_readline" = yes; then
+
+  if test "$gl_cv_lib_readline" != no; then
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_READLINE], [1], [Define if you have the readline library.])
+    extra_lib=`echo "$gl_cv_lib_readline" | sed -n -e 's/yes, requires //p'`
+    if test -n "$extra_lib"; then
+      LIBREADLINE="$LIBREADLINE $extra_lib"
+      LTLIBREADLINE="$LTLIBREADLINE $extra_lib"
+    fi
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to link with libreadline])
     AC_MSG_RESULT([$LIBREADLINE])
   else
-    dnl If $LIBREADLINE didn't lead to a usable library, we don't need $INCREADLINE
-    dnl either.
+    dnl If $LIBREADLINE didn't lead to a usable library, we don't
+    dnl need $INCREADLINE either.
     CPPFLAGS="$am_save_CPPFLAGS"
     LIBREADLINE=
     LTLIBREADLINE=
   fi
-  AC_SUBST(LIBREADLINE)
-  AC_SUBST(LTLIBREADLINE)
-
-  AC_CHECK_HEADERS(readline/readline.h)
+  AC_SUBST([LIBREADLINE])
+  AC_SUBST([LTLIBREADLINE])
 
-  if test $gl_cv_lib_readline = no; then
-    AC_LIBOBJ(readline)
-    gl_PREREQ_READLINE
-  fi
+  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([readline/readline.h readline/history.h])
 ])
 
 # Prerequisites of lib/readline.c.