# tmpfile.m4 serial 2 # Copyright (C) 2007, 2009-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. # Written by Ben Pfaff. # Check whether to use a replacement tmpfile() function. # The native Windows tmpfile function always tries to put the temporary # file in the root directory. (This behaviour is even documented in # Microsoft's documentation!) This often fails for ordinary users who # don't have the permissions to write in the root directory. # # We can't test for tmpfile even at runtime, since our test program # might be running with privileges that allow it to write to the root # directory, even though tmpfile wouldn't work in general. Instead, # just test for a Windows platform (excluding Cygwin). AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_TMPFILE], [ AC_REQUIRE([gl_STDIO_H_DEFAULTS]) AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether tmpfile should be overridden], [gl_cv_func_tmpfile_unusable], [AC_EGREP_CPP([choke me], [ #if (defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && !defined __CYGWIN__ choke me #endif ], [gl_cv_func_tmpfile_unusable=yes], [gl_cv_func_tmpfile_unusable=no])]) if test $gl_cv_func_tmpfile_unusable = yes; then REPLACE_TMPFILE=1 fi ]) # Prerequisites of lib/tmpfile.c. AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_TMPFILE], [:])