curl/ares/m4/cares-system.m4
Yang Tse 4e4b6de5ce provide a common PATH_SEPARATOR check method which is required by
upcomming work to support the broadest range of Autoconf versions
2008-11-18 19:29:31 +00:00

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#***************************************************************************
# $Id$
#
# Copyright (C) 2008 by Daniel Stenberg et al
#
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# File version for 'aclocal' use. Keep it a single number.
# serial 1
dnl CARES_CHECK_PATH_SEPARATOR
dnl -------------------------------------------------
dnl Check and compute the path separator for us. This
dnl path separator is the symbol used to diferentiate
dnl or separate paths inside the PATH environment var.
AC_DEFUN([CARES_CHECK_PATH_SEPARATOR], [
if test -z "$cares_cv_PATH_SEPARATOR"; then
if test -z "$PATH"; then
AC_MSG_ERROR([PATH not set. Cannot continue without PATH being set.])
fi
dnl Directory count in PATH when using a colon separator.
tst_dirs_col=0
tst_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=':'
for tst_dir in $PATH; do
IFS=$tst_save_IFS
test -d "$tst_dir" && tst_dirs_col=`expr $tst_dirs_col + 1`
done
IFS=$tst_save_IFS
dnl Directory count in PATH when using a semicolon separator.
tst_dirs_sem=0
tst_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=';'
for tst_dir in $PATH; do
IFS=$tst_save_IFS
test -d "$tst_dir" && tst_dirs_sem=`expr $tst_dirs_sem + 1`
done
IFS=$tst_save_IFS
if test $tst_dirs_sem -eq $tst_dirs_col; then
dnl When both counting methods give the same result we do not want to
dnl chose one over the other, and consider auto-detection not possible.
if test -z "$PATH_SEPARATOR"; then
dnl Stop dead until user provides PATH_SEPARATOR definition.
AC_MSG_ERROR([PATH_SEPARATOR not set. Cannot continue without it.])
fi
else
dnl Separator with the greater directory count is the auto-detected one.
if test $tst_dirs_sem -gt $tst_dirs_col; then
tst_auto_separator=';'
PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
else
tst_auto_separator=':'
PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
fi
if test -z "$PATH_SEPARATOR"; then
dnl Simply use the auto-detected one when not already set.
PATH_SEPARATOR="$tst_auto_separator"
fi
fi
cares_cv_PATH_SEPARATOR="$PATH_SEPARATOR"
fi
AC_SUBST([PATH_SEPARATOR])
AC_SUBST([PATH])
])