Disable gccdeps if -MD is not supported

Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/buildtools/wafsamba/wscript b/buildtools/wafsamba/wscript
index bad65cac24..e2b1a278dd 100644
--- a/buildtools/wafsamba/wscript
+++ b/buildtools/wafsamba/wscript
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def set_options(opt):
                    action="store_true", dest='fatal_errors', default=False)
     gr.add_option('--enable-gccdeps',
                    help=("Enable use of gcc -MD dependency module"),
-                   action="store_true", dest='enable_gccdeps', default=False)
+                   action="store_true", dest='enable_gccdeps', default=True)
     gr.add_option('--timestamp-dependencies',
                    help=("use file timestamps instead of content for build dependencies (BROKEN)"),
                    action="store_true", dest='timestamp_dependencies', default=False)
@@ -160,9 +160,29 @@ def configure(conf):
     # we need git for 'waf dist'
     conf.find_program('git', var='GIT')
 
+    # older gcc versions (< 4.4) does not work with gccdeps, so we have to see if the .d file is generated
     if Options.options.enable_gccdeps:
-        # don't enable gccdeps by default as it needs a very recent version gcc
-        conf.check_tool('gccdeps', tooldir=conf.srcdir + "/buildtools/wafsamba")
+        from TaskGen import feature, after
+        @feature('testd')
+        @after('apply_core')
+        def check_d(self):
+            tsk = self.compiled_tasks[0]
+            tsk.outputs.append(tsk.outputs[0].change_ext('.d'))
+
+        import Task
+        cc = Task.TaskBase.classes['cc']
+        oldmeth = cc.run
+
+        cc.run = Task.compile_fun_noshell('cc', '${CC} ${CCFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${_CCINCFLAGS} ${_CCDEFFLAGS} ${CC_SRC_F}${SRC} ${CC_TGT_F}${TGT[0].abspath(env)}')[0]
+        try:
+            try:
+                conf.check(features='cc testd', fragment='int main() {return 0;}\n', ccflags=['-MD'], mandatory=True, msg='Check for -MD')
+            except:
+                pass
+            else:
+                conf.check_tool('gccdeps', tooldir=conf.srcdir + "/buildtools/wafsamba")
+        finally:
+            cc.run = oldmeth
 
     # make the install paths available in environment
     conf.env.LIBDIR = Options.options.LIBDIR or '${PREFIX}/lib'