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diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi index 0c489a31..3e27e295 100644 --- a/doc/autoconf.texi +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi @@ -3885,57 +3885,78 @@ succeeds. @subsection Default Includes @cindex Default includes @cindex Includes, default +@hdrindex{assert.h} +@hdrindex{ctype.h} +@hdrindex{errno.h} +@hdrindex{float.h} +@hdrindex{iso646.h} +@hdrindex{limits.h} +@hdrindex{locale.h} +@hdrindex{math.h} +@hdrindex{setjmp.h} +@hdrindex{signal.h} +@hdrindex{stdarg.h} +@hdrindex{stddef.h} +@hdrindex{stdio.h} +@hdrindex{stdlib.h} +@hdrindex{string.h} +@hdrindex{time.h} +@hdrindex{wchar.h} +@hdrindex{wctype.h} -Several tests depend upon a set of header files. Since these headers -are not universally available, tests actually have to provide a set of -protected includes, such as: +Test programs frequently need to include headers that may or may not be +available on the system whose features are being tested. Each test can +use all the preprocessor macros that have been @code{AC_DEFINE}d by +previous tests, so for example one may write @example @group -#ifdef TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME +#include <time.h> +#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H # include <sys/time.h> -# include <time.h> -#else -# ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H -# include <sys/time.h> -# else -# include <time.h> -# endif #endif @end group @end example @noindent -Unless you know exactly what you are doing, you should avoid using -unconditional includes, and check the existence of the headers you -include beforehand (@pxref{Header Files}). +if @file{sys/time.h} has already been tested for. + +All hosted environments that are still of interest for portable code +provide all of the headers specified in ISO C90 (as amended in 1995): +@file{assert.h}, @file{ctype.h}, @file{errno.h}, @file{float.h}, +@file{iso646.h}, @file{limits.h}, @file{locale.h}, @file{math.h}, +@file{setjmp.h}, @file{signal.h}, @file{stdarg.h}, @file{stddef.h}, +@file{stdio.h}, @file{stdlib.h}, @file{string.h}, @file{time.h}, +@file{wchar.h}, and @file{wctype.h}. Most programs can safely include +these headers unconditionally. All other headers, including all headers +from later revisions of the C standard, need to be tested for +(@pxref{Header Files}). -Most generic macros use the following macro to provide the default set +If your program needs to be portable to a @emph{freestanding} +environment, such as an embedded OS that doesn't provide all of the +facilities of the C90 standard library, you may need to test for some of +the above headers as well. Note that many Autoconf macros internally +assume that the complete set of C90 headers are available. + +Most generic macros use the following macro to provide a default set of includes: @defmac AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT (@ovar{include-directives}) @acindex{INCLUDES_DEFAULT} -Expand to @var{include-directives} if defined, otherwise to: +Expand to @var{include-directives} if present and nonempty, otherwise to: @example @group +#include <stddef.h> #include <stdio.h> +#include <stdlib.h> +#include <string.h> #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H # include <sys/types.h> #endif #ifdef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H # include <sys/stat.h> #endif -#if defined STDC_HEADERS || defined HAVE_STDLIB_H -# include <stdlib.h> -#endif -#include <stddef.h> -#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H -# if !defined STDC_HEADERS && defined HAVE_MEMORY_H -# include <memory.h> -# endif -# include <string.h> -#endif #ifdef HAVE_STRINGS_H # include <strings.h> #endif @@ -3951,14 +3972,13 @@ Expand to @var{include-directives} if defined, otherwise to: @end group @end example -If the default includes are used, then check for the presence of these -headers and their compatibility, i.e., you don't need to run -@code{AC_HEADER_STDC}, nor check for @file{stdlib.h} etc. - -These headers are checked for in the same order as they are included. -For instance, on some systems @file{string.h} and @file{strings.h} both -exist, but conflict. Then @code{HAVE_STRING_H} is defined, not -@code{HAVE_STRINGS_H}. +Using this macro without @var{include-directives} has the side effect of +checking for @file{sys/types.h}, @file{sys/stat.h}, @file{strings.h}, +@file{inttypes.h}, @file{stdint.h}, and @file{unistd.h}, as if by +@code{AC_CHECK_HEADERS}. For backward compatibility's sake, it also +unconditionally defines @code{HAVE_STRING_H}, @code{HAVE_STDLIB_H}, and +@code{STDC_HEADERS}. New code should not make use of these preprocessor +macros. @end defmac @node Alternative Programs @@ -4887,9 +4907,7 @@ like the following, to declare it properly. @example @group -#if defined STDC_HEADERS || defined HAVE_STDLIB_H -# include <stdlib.h> -#endif +#include <stdlib.h> #include <stddef.h> #ifdef HAVE_ALLOCA_H # include <alloca.h> @@ -5744,6 +5762,34 @@ Posix Headers, gnulib, GNU gnulib} and @ref{Glibc Header File Substitutes, , Glibc Headers, gnulib, GNU gnulib}. Please help us keep the gnulib list as complete as possible. +When we say that a header ``may require'' some set of other headers, we +mean that it may be necessary for you to manually include those other +headers first, or the contents of the header under test will fail to +compile. When checking for these headers, you must provide the +potentially-required headers in the @var{includes} argument to +@code{AC_CHECK_HEADER} or @code{AC_CHECK_HEADERS}, or the check will +fail spuriously. @code{AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT} (@pxref{Default Includes}) +arranges to include a number of common requirements and should normally +come first in your @var{includes}. For example, @file{net/if.h} may +require @file{sys/types.h}, @file{sys/socket.h}, or both, and +@code{AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT} handles @file{sys/types.h} but not +@file{sys/socket.h}, so you should check for it like this: + +@example +AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/socket.h]) +AC_CHECK_HEADERS([net/if.h], [], [], +[AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT[ +#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H +# include <sys/socket.h> +#endif +]]) +@end example + +Note that the example mixes single quoting (for@code{AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT}, +so that it gets expanded) and double quoting (to ensure that each +preprocessor @code{#} gets treated as a literal string rather than a +comment). + @table @asis @item @file{limits.h} @@ -5752,96 +5798,67 @@ In C99 and later, @file{limits.h} defines @code{LLONG_MIN}, environments (e.g., default GCC 4.0.2 + glibc 2.4) do not define them. +@item @file{memory.h} +@hdrindex{memory.h} +This header file is obsolete; use @file{string.h} instead. + +@item @file{strings.h} +@hdrindex{strings.h} +On some systems, this is the only header that declares +@code{strcasecmp}, @code{strncasecmp}, and @code{ffs}. + +This header may or may not include @file{string.h} for you. However, on +all recent systems it is safe to include both @file{string.h} and +@file{strings.h}, in either order, in the same source file. + @item @file{inttypes.h} vs.@: @file{stdint.h} @hdrindex{inttypes.h} @hdrindex{stdint.h} -In C99 and later, @file{inttypes.h} includes -@file{stdint.h}, so there's no need to include @file{stdint.h} -separately in a standard environment. Some implementations have -@file{inttypes.h} but not @file{stdint.h} (e.g., Solaris 7), but we don't -know of any implementation that has @file{stdint.h} but not -@file{inttypes.h}. +C99 specifies that @file{inttypes.h} includes @file{stdint.h}, so there's +no need to include @file{stdint.h} separately in a standard environment. +However, some implementations have @file{inttypes.h} but not @file{stdint.h} +(e.g., Solaris 7), and some have @file{stdint.h} but not @file{inttypes.h} +(e.g. MSVC 2012). Therefore, it is necessary to check for each and include +each only if available. @item @file{linux/irda.h} @hdrindex{linux/irda.h} -It requires @file{linux/types.h} and @file{sys/socket.h}. +This header may require @file{linux/types.h} and/or @file{sys/socket.h}. @item @file{linux/random.h} @hdrindex{linux/random.h} -It requires @file{linux/types.h}. +This header may require @file{linux/types.h}. @item @file{net/if.h} @hdrindex{net/if.h} -On Darwin, this file requires that @file{sys/socket.h} be included -beforehand. One should run: - -@example -AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/socket.h]) -AC_CHECK_HEADERS([net/if.h], [], [], -[#include <stdio.h> -#if defined STDC_HEADERS || defined HAVE_STDLIB_H -# include <stdlib.h> -#endif -#include <stddef.h> -#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H -# include <sys/socket.h> -#endif -]) -@end example +This header may require @file{sys/types.h} and/or @file{sys/socket.h}. @item @file{netinet/if_ether.h} @hdrindex{netinet/if_ether.h} -On Darwin, this file requires that @file{stdio.h} and -@file{sys/socket.h} be included beforehand. One should run: - -@example -AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/socket.h]) -AC_CHECK_HEADERS([netinet/if_ether.h], [], [], -[#include <stdio.h> -#if defined STDC_HEADERS || defined HAVE_STDLIB_H -# include <stdlib.h> -#endif -#include <stddef.h> -#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H -# include <sys/socket.h> -#endif -]) -@end example - -@item @file{stdint.h} -See above, item @file{inttypes.h} vs.@: @file{stdint.h}. - -@item @file{stdlib.h} -@hdrindex{stdlib.h} -On many systems (e.g., Darwin), @file{stdio.h} is a prerequisite. +This header may require some combination of @file{sys/types.h}, +@file{sys/socket.h}, @file{netinet/in.h}, and @file{net/if.h}. @item @file{sys/mount.h} @hdrindex{sys/mount.h} -On FreeBSD 4.8 on ia32 and using gcc version 2.95.4, -@file{sys/params.h} is a prerequisite. +This header may require @file{sys/params.h}. @item @file{sys/ptem.h} @hdrindex{sys/ptem.h} -On Solaris 8, @file{sys/stream.h} is a prerequisite. +This header may require @file{sys/stream.h}. @item @file{sys/socket.h} @hdrindex{sys/socket.h} -On Darwin, @file{stdlib.h} is a prerequisite. +This header may require @file{sys/types.h}. @item @file{sys/ucred.h} @hdrindex{sys/ucred.h} -On Tru64 5.1, @file{sys/types.h} is a prerequisite. +This header may require @file{sys/types.h}. @item @file{X11/extensions/scrnsaver.h} @hdrindex{X11/extensions/scrnsaver.h} Using XFree86, this header requires @file{X11/Xlib.h}, which is probably so required that you might not even consider looking for it. -@example -AC_CHECK_HEADERS([X11/extensions/scrnsaver.h], [], [], -[[#include <X11/Xlib.h> -]]) -@end example @end table @@ -6035,91 +6052,14 @@ does not. @defmac AC_HEADER_STDC @acindex{HEADER_STDC} @cvindex STDC_HEADERS -@hdrindex{stdlib.h} -@hdrindex{stdarg.h} -@hdrindex{string.h} -@hdrindex{float.h} -@hdrindex{ctype.h} @caindex header_stdc -Define @code{STDC_HEADERS} if the system has C header files -conforming to ANSI C89 (ISO C90). -Specifically, this macro checks for @file{stdlib.h}, @file{stdarg.h}, -@file{string.h}, and @file{float.h}; if the system has those, it -probably has the rest of the C89 header files. This macro also -checks whether @file{string.h} declares @code{memchr} (and thus -presumably the other @code{mem} functions), whether @file{stdlib.h} -declare @code{free} (and thus presumably @code{malloc} and other related -functions), and whether the @file{ctype.h} macros work on characters -with the high bit set, as the C standard requires. - -If you use this macro, your code can refer to @code{STDC_HEADERS} to -determine whether the system has conforming header files (and probably C -library functions). - -This macro caches its result in the @code{ac_cv_header_stdc} variable. - -This macro is obsolescent, as current systems have conforming header -files. New programs need not use this macro. -@hdrindex{string.h} -@hdrindex{strings.h} -Nowadays @file{string.h} is part of the C standard and declares functions like -@code{strcpy}, and @file{strings.h} is standardized by Posix and declares -BSD functions like @code{bcopy}; but -historically, string functions were a major sticking point in this area. -If you still want to worry about portability to ancient systems without -standard headers, there is so much variation -that it is probably easier to declare the functions you use than to -figure out exactly what the system header files declare. Some ancient systems -contained a mix of functions from the C standard and from BSD; -some were mostly standard but lacked @samp{memmove}; some defined the -BSD functions as macros in @file{string.h} or -@file{strings.h}; some had only the BSD functions but -@file{string.h}; some declared the memory functions in @file{memory.h}, -some in @file{string.h}; etc. It is probably sufficient to check for -one string function and one memory function; if the library had the -standard versions of those then it probably had most of the others. -If you put the following in @file{configure.ac}: - -@example -# This example is obsolescent. -# Nowadays you can omit these macro calls. -AC_HEADER_STDC -AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strchr memcpy]) -@end example - -@noindent -then, in your code, you can use declarations like this: +This macro is obsolescent. Its sole effect is to make sure that all the +headers that are included by @code{AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT} (@pxref{Default +Includes}), but not part of ISO C90, have been checked for. -@example -@group -/* This example is obsolescent. - Nowadays you can just #include <string.h>. */ -#ifdef STDC_HEADERS -# include <string.h> -#else -# ifndef HAVE_STRCHR -# define strchr index -# define strrchr rindex -# endif -char *strchr (), *strrchr (); -# ifndef HAVE_MEMCPY -# define memcpy(d, s, n) bcopy ((s), (d), (n)) -# define memmove(d, s, n) bcopy ((s), (d), (n)) -# endif -#endif -@end group -@end example - -@noindent -If you use a function like @code{memchr}, @code{memset}, @code{strtok}, -or @code{strspn}, which have no BSD equivalent, then macros don't -suffice to port to ancient hosts; you must provide an implementation of -each function. An easy -way to incorporate your implementations only when needed (since the ones -in system C libraries may be hand optimized) is to, taking @code{memchr} -for example, put it in @file{memchr.c} and use -@samp{AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([memchr])}. +All hosted environments that are still of interest for portable code +provide all of the headers specified in ISO C90 (as amended in 1995). @end defmac @defmac AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT @@ -6180,46 +6120,6 @@ The way to check whether the system supports Posix is: @end group @end example -@anchor{AC_HEADER_TIME} -@defmac AC_HEADER_TIME -@acindex{HEADER_TIME} -@cvindex TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME -@hdrindex{time.h} -@hdrindex{sys/time.h} -@caindex header_time -If a program may include both @file{time.h} and @file{sys/time.h}, -define @code{TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME}. On some ancient systems, -@file{sys/time.h} included @file{time.h}, but @file{time.h} was not -protected against multiple inclusion, so programs could not explicitly -include both files. This macro is useful in programs that use, for -example, @code{struct timeval} as well as -@code{struct tm}. It is best used in conjunction with -@code{HAVE_SYS_TIME_H}, which can be checked for using -@code{AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/time.h])}. - -@example -@group -#ifdef TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME -# include <sys/time.h> -# include <time.h> -#else -# ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H -# include <sys/time.h> -# else -# include <time.h> -# endif -#endif -@end group -@end example - -@noindent -This macro caches its result in the @code{ac_cv_header_time} variable. - -This macro is obsolescent, as current systems can include both files -when they exist. New programs need not use this macro. -@end defmac - - @defmac AC_HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ @acindex{HEADER_TIOCGWINSZ} @cvindex GWINSZ_IN_SYS_IOCTL @@ -23403,6 +23303,24 @@ Replaced by @code{AC_CHECK_HEADER} (@pxref{AC_CHECK_HEADER}). Replaced by @code{AC_EGREP_HEADER} (@pxref{AC_EGREP_HEADER}). @end defmac +@anchor{AC_HEADER_TIME} +@defmac AC_HEADER_TIME +@acindex{HEADER_TIME} +@cvindex TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME +@hdrindex{time.h} +@hdrindex{sys/time.h} +@caindex header_time +This macro used to check whether it was possible to include +@file{time.h} and @file{sys/time.h} in the same source file, +defining @code{TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME} if so. + +Nowadays, it is equivalent to @samp{AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/time.h])}, +although it does still define @code{TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME} for +compatibility's sake. @file{time.h} is universally present, and the +systems on which @file{sys/time.h} conflicted with @file{time.h} are +obsolete. +@end defmac + @defmac AC_HELP_STRING @acindex{HELP_STRING} Replaced by @code{AS_HELP_STRING} (@pxref{AS_HELP_STRING}). @@ -23559,9 +23477,7 @@ Replaced by @code{AC_HEADER_MAJOR} (@pxref{AC_HEADER_MAJOR}). Used to define @code{NEED_MEMORY_H} if the @code{mem} functions were defined in @file{memory.h}. Today it is equivalent to @samp{AC_CHECK_HEADERS([memory.h])} (@pxref{AC_CHECK_HEADERS}). Adjust -your code to depend upon -@code{HAVE_MEMORY_H}, not @code{NEED_MEMORY_H}; see @ref{Standard -Symbols}. +your code to get the @code{mem} functions from @file{string.h} instead. @end defmac @defmac AC_MINGW32 @@ -23811,7 +23727,9 @@ Replaced by @code{AC_HEADER_STAT} (@pxref{AC_HEADER_STAT}). @defmac AC_STDC_HEADERS @acindex{STDC_HEADERS} -Replaced by @code{AC_HEADER_STDC} (@pxref{AC_HEADER_STDC}). +Replaced by @code{AC_HEADER_STDC} (@pxref{AC_HEADER_STDC}), which +is itself obsolete. Nowadays it is safe to assume the facilities of C90 +exist. @end defmac @defmac AC_STRCOLL @@ -23909,7 +23827,9 @@ Replaced by @code{AC_STRUCT_TIMEZONE} (@pxref{AC_STRUCT_TIMEZONE}). @defmac AC_TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME @acindex{TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME} -Replaced by @code{AC_HEADER_TIME} (@pxref{AC_HEADER_TIME}). +Replaced by @code{AC_HEADER_TIME} (@pxref{AC_HEADER_TIME}), which is +itself obsolete; nowadays one need only do +@samp{AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/time.h])}. @end defmac @defmac AC_TRY_COMPILE (@var{includes}, @var{function-body}, @ @@ -24049,15 +23969,24 @@ Replaced by @code{AC_TYPE_UID_T} (@pxref{AC_TYPE_UID_T}). @defmac AC_UNISTD_H @acindex{UNISTD_H} -Same as @samp{AC_CHECK_HEADERS([unistd.h])} (@pxref{AC_CHECK_HEADERS}). +Same as @samp{AC_CHECK_HEADERS([unistd.h])} (@pxref{AC_CHECK_HEADERS}), +which is one of the tests done as a side effect by +@code{AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT} (@pxref{Default Includes}), so usually +unnecessary to write explicitly. @end defmac @defmac AC_USG @acindex{USG} @cvindex USG -Define @code{USG} if the BSD string functions are defined in -@file{strings.h}. You should no longer depend upon @code{USG}, but on -@code{HAVE_STRING_H}; see @ref{Standard Symbols}. +Define @code{USG} if the BSD string functions (@code{bcopy}, +@code{bzero}, @code{index}, @code{rindex}, etc) are @emph{not} defined +in @file{strings.h}. Modern code should assume @file{string.h} exists +and should use the ISO C string functions (@code{memmove}, @code{memset}, +@code{strchr}, @code{strrchr}, etc) unconditionally. + +@file{strings.h} may be the only header that declares @code{strcasecmp}, +@code{strncasecmp}, and @code{ffs}. @code{AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT} checks +for it (@pxref{Default Includes}); test @code{HAVE_STRINGS_H}. @end defmac @defmac AC_UTIME_NULL |