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authorWilliam Jon McCann <mccann@jhu.edu>2007-03-27 14:24:41 +0000
committerWilliam Jon McCann <mccann@src.gnome.org>2007-03-27 14:24:41 +0000
commit779731248273714f6b9c321204ba8bc83bd65802 (patch)
tree1a38aff0cbdb2faf07bdc896bc6bf4f9513f4da9 /acinclude.m4
parentd62b4d4abdc450d1b63782688ada7ebbd852f9b7 (diff)
downloadgdm-779731248273714f6b9c321204ba8bc83bd65802.tar.gz
Make sure that we expand the LOCALSTATEDIR before using it to find the PID
2007-03-27 William Jon McCann <mccann@jhu.edu> * acinclude.m4: * configure.ac: Make sure that we expand the LOCALSTATEDIR before using it to find the PID file location. For #162849. svn path=/trunk/; revision=4732
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+dnl as-ac-expand.m4 0.2.0
+dnl autostars m4 macro for expanding directories using configure's prefix
+dnl thomas@apestaart.org
+
+dnl AS_AC_EXPAND(VAR, CONFIGURE_VAR)
+dnl example
+dnl AS_AC_EXPAND(SYSCONFDIR, $sysconfdir)
+dnl will set SYSCONFDIR to /usr/local/etc if prefix=/usr/local
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_AC_EXPAND],
+[
+ EXP_VAR=[$1]
+ FROM_VAR=[$2]
+
+ dnl first expand prefix and exec_prefix if necessary
+ prefix_save=$prefix
+ exec_prefix_save=$exec_prefix
+
+ dnl if no prefix given, then use /usr/local, the default prefix
+ if test "x$prefix" = "xNONE"; then
+ prefix="$ac_default_prefix"
+ fi
+ dnl if no exec_prefix given, then use prefix
+ if test "x$exec_prefix" = "xNONE"; then
+ exec_prefix=$prefix
+ fi
+
+ full_var="$FROM_VAR"
+ dnl loop until it doesn't change anymore
+ while true; do
+ new_full_var="`eval echo $full_var`"
+ if test "x$new_full_var" = "x$full_var"; then break; fi
+ full_var=$new_full_var
+ done
+
+ dnl clean up
+ full_var=$new_full_var
+ AC_SUBST([$1], "$full_var")
+
+ dnl restore prefix and exec_prefix
+ prefix=$prefix_save
+ exec_prefix=$exec_prefix_save
+])