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diff --git a/source3/m4/check_gnu_make.m4 b/source3/m4/check_gnu_make.m4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..44e1d9aa20 --- /dev/null +++ b/source3/m4/check_gnu_make.m4 @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +##### http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/check_gnu_make.html +# +# SYNOPSIS +# +# CHECK_GNU_MAKE() +# +# DESCRIPTION +# +# This macro searches for a GNU version of make. If a match is found, +# the makefile variable `ifGNUmake' is set to the empty string, +# otherwise it is set to "#". This is useful for including a special +# features in a Makefile, which cannot be handled by other versions +# of make. The variable _cv_gnu_make_command is set to the command to +# invoke GNU make if it exists, the empty string otherwise. +# +# Here is an example of its use: +# +# Makefile.in might contain: +# +# # A failsafe way of putting a dependency rule into a makefile +# $(DEPEND): +# $(CC) -MM $(srcdir)/*.c > $(DEPEND) +# +# @ifGNUmake@ ifeq ($(DEPEND),$(wildcard $(DEPEND))) +# @ifGNUmake@ include $(DEPEND) +# @ifGNUmake@ endif +# +# Then configure.in would normally contain: +# +# CHECK_GNU_MAKE() +# AC_OUTPUT(Makefile) +# +# Then perhaps to cause gnu make to override any other make, we could +# do something like this (note that GNU make always looks for +# GNUmakefile first): +# +# if ! test x$_cv_gnu_make_command = x ; then +# mv Makefile GNUmakefile +# echo .DEFAULT: > Makefile ; +# echo \ $_cv_gnu_make_command \$@ >> Makefile; +# fi +# +# Then, if any (well almost any) other make is called, and GNU make +# also exists, then the other make wraps the GNU make. +# +# LAST MODIFICATION +# +# 2002-01-04 +# +# COPYLEFT +# +# Copyright (c) 2002 John Darrington <j.darrington@elvis.murdoch.edu.au> +# +# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without +# modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided +# the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. + +AC_DEFUN( + [CHECK_GNU_MAKE], [ AC_CACHE_CHECK( for GNU make,_cv_gnu_make_command, + _cv_gnu_make_command='' ; +dnl Search all the common names for GNU make + for a in "$MAKE" make gmake gnumake ; do + if test -z "$a" ; then continue ; fi ; + if ( sh -c "$a --version" 2> /dev/null | grep GNU 2>&1 > /dev/null ) ; then + _cv_gnu_make_command=$a ; + break; + fi + done ; + ) ; +dnl If there was a GNU version, then set @ifGNUmake@ to the empty string, '#' otherwise + if test "x$_cv_gnu_make_command" != "x" ; then + ifGNUmake='' ; + else + ifGNUmake='#' ; + AC_MSG_RESULT("Not found"); + fi + AC_SUBST(ifGNUmake) +] ) |