initial version of autopoint

all autoconf packages that use gnu gettext for translations require
a tool called autopoint in order to run `autoreconf -i`, which is
the command to generate the configure script from configure.ac.
this is often needed to compile git checkouts of applications, because
they usually do not have the configure scripts and the other generated
files checked into their version control systems.

the autopoint tool is called without parameters, and it is required to
copy some m4 files into place and generate some other files.
this version here was created just by observing which error messages
would be thrown after running it and gradually adding functionality.
it was tested on a git checkout of weechat, and later on the source
tarballs of various packages like glib, and it seemed to work so far.

it's very likely that in future new scenarios will show up that require
additional files, but what we have right now is a good start.
the m4 files were taken from gnu gettext 0.18, and they are all licensed
under very liberal conditions. each file has the original copyright header.
there's only one m4 file i wrote myself, which is configheader.m4,
supplying a macro i couldn't otherwise find in gettext's source code.

1 files changed, 92 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/m4/progtest.m4 b/m4/progtest.m4
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+# progtest.m4 serial 6 (gettext-0.18)
+dnl Copyright (C) 1996-2003, 2005, 2008-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+dnl
+dnl This file can can be used in projects which are not available under
+dnl the GNU General Public License or the GNU Library General Public
+dnl License but which still want to provide support for the GNU gettext
+dnl functionality.
+dnl Please note that the actual code of the GNU gettext library is covered
+dnl by the GNU Library General Public License, and the rest of the GNU
+dnl gettext package package is covered by the GNU General Public License.
+dnl They are *not* in the public domain.
+
+dnl Authors:
+dnl   Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1996.
+
+AC_PREREQ([2.50])
+
+# Search path for a program which passes the given test.
+
+dnl AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST(VARIABLE, PROG-TO-CHECK-FOR,
+dnl   TEST-PERFORMED-ON-FOUND_PROGRAM [, VALUE-IF-NOT-FOUND [, PATH]])
+AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_PROG_WITH_TEST],
+[
+# Prepare PATH_SEPARATOR.
+# The user is always right.
+if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
+  echo "#! /bin/sh" >conf$$.sh
+  echo  "exit 0"   >>conf$$.sh
+  chmod +x conf$$.sh
+  if (PATH="/nonexistent;."; conf$$.sh) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
+  else
+    PATH_SEPARATOR=:
+  fi
+  rm -f conf$$.sh
+fi
+
+# Find out how to test for executable files. Don't use a zero-byte file,
+# as systems may use methods other than mode bits to determine executability.
+cat >conf$$.file <<_ASEOF
+#! /bin/sh
+exit 0
+_ASEOF
+chmod +x conf$$.file
+if test -x conf$$.file >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  ac_executable_p="test -x"
+else
+  ac_executable_p="test -f"
+fi
+rm -f conf$$.file
+
+# Extract the first word of "$2", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $2; ac_word=[$]2
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $ac_word])
+AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv_path_$1],
+[case "[$]$1" in
+  [[\\/]]* | ?:[[\\/]]*)
+    ac_cv_path_$1="[$]$1" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+    ;;
+  *)
+    ac_save_IFS="$IFS"; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+    for ac_dir in ifelse([$5], , $PATH, [$5]); do
+      IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
+      test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
+      for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+        if $ac_executable_p "$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+          echo "$as_me: trying $ac_dir/$ac_word..." >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+          if [$3]; then
+            ac_cv_path_$1="$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
+            break 2
+          fi
+        fi
+      done
+    done
+    IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
+dnl If no 4th arg is given, leave the cache variable unset,
+dnl so AC_PATH_PROGS will keep looking.
+ifelse([$4], , , [  test -z "[$]ac_cv_path_$1" && ac_cv_path_$1="$4"
+])dnl
+    ;;
+esac])dnl
+$1="$ac_cv_path_$1"
+if test ifelse([$4], , [-n "[$]$1"], ["[$]$1" != "$4"]); then
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$][$1])
+else
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+fi
+AC_SUBST([$1])dnl
+])