build: Add/use m4 magic for checking Vala bindings

m4 script from Marc-Andre Lureau <marcandre.lureau@gmail.com>.

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+dnl vala.m4
+dnl
+dnl Copyright 2010 Marc-Andre Lureau
+dnl
+dnl This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+dnl modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+dnl License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+dnl version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+dnl
+dnl This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+dnl Lesser General Public License for more details.
+dnl
+dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+dnl License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+dnl Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
+
+# _VALA_CHECK_COMPILE_WITH_ARGS(ARGS, [ACTION-IF-TRUE],
+#   [ACTION-IF-FALSE])
+# --------------------------------------
+# Check that Vala compile with ARGS.
+#
+AC_DEFUN([_VALA_CHECK_COMPILE_WITH_ARGS],
+[AC_REQUIRE([AM_PROG_VALAC])[]dnl
+
+  cat <<_ACEOF >conftest.vala
+void main(){}
+_ACEOF
+
+  AS_IF([vala_error=`$VALAC $1 -q -o conftest$ac_exeext conftest.vala 2>&1`],
+        [$2], [$3])
+])
+
+])# _VALA_CHECK_COMPILE_WITH_ARGS
+
+# VALA_CHECK_PACKAGES(PKGS, [ACTION-IF-FOUND],
+#   [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])
+# --------------------------------------
+# Check that PKGS Vala bindings are installed and usable.
+#
+AC_DEFUN([VALA_CHECK_PACKAGES],
+[
+  ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; unset IFS
+  for vala_pkg in $(echo "$1"); do
+      vala_pkgs="$vala_pkgs --pkg $vala_pkg"
+      vala_bindings="$vala_bindings $vala_pkg"
+  done
+  IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $vala_bindings vala bindings])
+  _VALA_CHECK_COMPILE_WITH_ARGS([$vala_pkgs],
+    [vala_pkg_exists=yes],
+    [vala_pkg_exists=no])
+
+AS_IF([test x${vala_pkg_exists} = xno],[
+  ifelse([$3], , [AC_MSG_ERROR([]dnl
+[Package requirements were not met: $1
+
+$vala_error
+
+Consider adjusting the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable if you
+installed bindings in a non-standard prefix.
+])],
+  [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+$3])],[
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+  ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])[]dnl
+])
+
+])# VALA_CHECK_PACKAGES