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authorMathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>2017-09-20 00:08:59 +0200
committerMathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>2017-09-20 00:08:59 +0200
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+# Check to make sure that the build environment is sane. -*- Autoconf -*-
+
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2017 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.
+
+# AM_SANITY_CHECK
+# ---------------
+AC_DEFUN([AM_SANITY_CHECK],
+[AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether build environment is sane])
+# Reject unsafe characters in $srcdir or the absolute working directory
+# name. Accept space and tab only in the latter.
+am_lf='
+'
+case `pwd` in
+ *[[\\\"\#\$\&\'\`$am_lf]]*)
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([unsafe absolute working directory name]);;
+esac
+case $srcdir in
+ *[[\\\"\#\$\&\'\`$am_lf\ \ ]]*)
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([unsafe srcdir value: '$srcdir']);;
+esac
+
+# Do 'set' in a subshell so we don't clobber the current shell's
+# arguments. Must try -L first in case configure is actually a
+# symlink; some systems play weird games with the mod time of symlinks
+# (eg FreeBSD returns the mod time of the symlink's containing
+# directory).
+if (
+ am_has_slept=no
+ for am_try in 1 2; do
+ echo "timestamp, slept: $am_has_slept" > conftest.file
+ set X `ls -Lt "$srcdir/configure" conftest.file 2> /dev/null`
+ if test "$[*]" = "X"; then
+ # -L didn't work.
+ set X `ls -t "$srcdir/configure" conftest.file`
+ fi
+ if test "$[*]" != "X $srcdir/configure conftest.file" \
+ && test "$[*]" != "X conftest.file $srcdir/configure"; then
+
+ # If neither matched, then we have a broken ls. This can happen
+ # if, for instance, CONFIG_SHELL is bash and it inherits a
+ # broken ls alias from the environment. This has actually
+ # happened. Such a system could not be considered "sane".
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([ls -t appears to fail. Make sure there is not a broken
+ alias in your environment])
+ fi
+ if test "$[2]" = conftest.file || test $am_try -eq 2; then
+ break
+ fi
+ # Just in case.
+ sleep 1
+ am_has_slept=yes
+ done
+ test "$[2]" = conftest.file
+ )
+then
+ # Ok.
+ :
+else
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([newly created file is older than distributed files!
+Check your system clock])
+fi
+AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+# If we didn't sleep, we still need to ensure time stamps of config.status and
+# generated files are strictly newer.
+am_sleep_pid=
+if grep 'slept: no' conftest.file >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ ( sleep 1 ) &
+ am_sleep_pid=$!
+fi
+AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(
+ [AC_MSG_CHECKING([that generated files are newer than configure])
+ if test -n "$am_sleep_pid"; then
+ # Hide warnings about reused PIDs.
+ wait $am_sleep_pid 2>/dev/null
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([done])])
+rm -f conftest.file
+])