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authorUlf Hermann <[email protected]>2017-02-23 17:22:41 +0100
committerUlf Hermann <[email protected]>2017-04-27 15:56:33 +0000
commit121d248c1da7f2130a2edde6d158f116c89ed407 (patch)
treead7a348a88db648da6e2df366d89fcb7b7436a1c /m4/getprogname.m4
parentf10810fff6fda147f9c07fea0e1b33a7c4d79ad1 (diff)
Add gnulib modules to replace missing libc functionality
This enables us to build a fully featured elfutils package on systems with reduced C libraries, such as windows. All the modules are built into libgnu.a, which is then linked into all binaries if --enable-gnulib is given on the configure line. Change-Id: I743fd22172bc85d9f10dcc3dad8eb921f462b554 Reviewed-by: Christian Kandeler <[email protected]>
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+# getprogname.m4 - check for getprogname or replacements for it
+
+# Copyright (C) 2016-2017 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.
+
+# serial 4
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_GETPROGNAME],
+[
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([getprogname getexecname])
+ AC_REQUIRE([gl_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS])
+ ac_found=0
+ AC_CHECK_DECLS([program_invocation_name], [ac_found=1], [],
+ [#include <errno.h>])
+ AC_CHECK_DECLS([program_invocation_short_name], [ac_found=1], [],
+ [#include <errno.h>])
+ AC_CHECK_DECLS([__argv], [ac_found=1], [], [#include <stdlib.h>])
+
+ # Incur the cost of this test only if none of the above worked.
+ if test $ac_found = 0; then
+ # On OpenBSD 5.1, using the global __progname variable appears to be
+ # the only way to implement getprogname.
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether __progname is defined in default libraries],
+ [gl_cv_var___progname],
+ [
+ gl_cv_var___progname=
+ AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+ [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+ [[extern char *__progname;]],
+ [[return *__progname;]]
+ )],
+ [gl_cv_var___progname=yes]
+ )
+ ]
+ )
+ if test "$gl_cv_var___progname" = yes; then
+ AC_DEFINE([HAVE_VAR___PROGNAME], 1,
+ [Define if you have a global __progname variable])
+ fi
+ fi
+])