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+# -*- Autoconf -*-
+# m4-syscmd.m4 -- Allow choice of syscmd shell.
+# Written by Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2010, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of GNU M4.
+#
+# GNU M4 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# GNU M4 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# serial 1
+
+# M4_SYSCMD
+# ---------
+# Allow user to choose different shell than /bin/sh for e?syscmd.
+AC_DEFUN([M4_SYSCMD],
+[AC_MSG_CHECKING([[which shell to use for syscmd]])
+AC_ARG_WITH([syscmd-shell],
+ [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-syscmd-shell], [shell used by syscmd [/bin/sh]])],
+ [case $withval in
+ yes[)] with_syscmd_shell=no;;
+ esac], [with_syscmd_shell=no])
+if test "$with_syscmd_shell" = no ; then
+ with_syscmd_shell=/bin/sh
+ if test "$cross_compiling" != yes ; then
+dnl Give mingw a default that is more likely to be available.
+ AS_IF([AS_EXECUTABLE_P([/bin/sh])], [],
+ [if (cmd /c) 2>/dev/null; then with_syscmd_shell=cmd; fi])
+dnl Too bad _AS_PATH_WALK is not public.
+ M4_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+ for M4_dir in `if (command -p getconf PATH) 2>/dev/null ; then
+ command -p getconf PATH
+ else
+ echo "/bin$PATH_SEPARATOR$PATH"
+ fi`
+ do
+ IFS=$M4_save_IFS
+ test -z "$M4_dir" && continue
+ AS_EXECUTABLE_P(["$M4_dir/sh"]) \
+ && { with_syscmd_shell=$M4_dir/sh; break; }
+ done
+ IFS=$M4_save_IFS
+ fi
+fi
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$with_syscmd_shell])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([M4_SYSCMD_SHELL], ["$with_syscmd_shell"],
+ [Shell used by syscmd and esyscmd, must accept -c argument.])
+])