# readline.m4 serial 10 dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2006, 2009-2023 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 Written by Simon Josefsson, with help from Bruno Haible and Oskar dnl Liljeblad. AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_READLINE], [ dnl Prerequisites of AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY. AC_REQUIRE([AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX]) AC_REQUIRE([AC_LIB_RPATH]) dnl Search for libreadline and define LIBREADLINE, LTLIBREADLINE and dnl INCREADLINE accordingly. AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY([readline]) dnl Add $INCREADLINE to CPPFLAGS before performing the following checks, dnl because if the user has installed libreadline and not disabled its use dnl via --without-libreadline-prefix, he wants to use it. The AC_LINK_IFELSE dnl will then succeed. am_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS" AC_LIB_APPENDTOVAR([CPPFLAGS], [$INCREADLINE]) AC_CACHE_CHECK([for readline], [gl_cv_lib_readline], [ gl_cv_lib_readline=no am_save_LIBS="$LIBS" dnl On some systems, -lreadline doesn't link without an additional dnl -lncurses or -ltermcap. dnl Try -lncurses before -ltermcap, because libtermcap is insecure dnl by design and obsolete since 1994. Try -lcurses last, because dnl libcurses is unusable on some old Unices. for extra_lib in "" ncurses termcap curses; do LIBS="$am_save_LIBS $LIBREADLINE" if test -n "$extra_lib"; then LIBS="$LIBS -l$extra_lib" fi AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include #include ]], [[readline((char*)0);]])], [if test -n "$extra_lib"; then gl_cv_lib_readline="yes, requires -l$extra_lib" else gl_cv_lib_readline="yes" fi ]) if test "$gl_cv_lib_readline" != no; then break fi done LIBS="$am_save_LIBS" ]) if test "$gl_cv_lib_readline" != no; then AC_DEFINE([HAVE_READLINE], [1], [Define if you have the readline library.]) extra_lib=`echo "$gl_cv_lib_readline" | sed -n -e 's/yes, requires //p'` if test -n "$extra_lib"; then LIBREADLINE="$LIBREADLINE $extra_lib" LTLIBREADLINE="$LTLIBREADLINE $extra_lib" fi AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to link with libreadline]) AC_MSG_RESULT([$LIBREADLINE]) else dnl If $LIBREADLINE didn't lead to a usable library, we don't dnl need $INCREADLINE either. CPPFLAGS="$am_save_CPPFLAGS" LIBREADLINE= LTLIBREADLINE= fi AC_SUBST([LIBREADLINE]) AC_SUBST([LTLIBREADLINE]) AC_CHECK_HEADERS([readline/readline.h readline/history.h]) ]) # Prerequisites of lib/readline.c. AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_READLINE], [ : ])