Re: autoconf 2.52 broke glib on Solaris

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

[laca, forwarding this to gtk-devel to get comments]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Laszlo PETER wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Just upgraded to autoconf 2.52 and glib broke: alloca() remained
> undefined. I've found that the new autoconf has a different
> AC_FUNC_ALLOCA which sets ac_cv_working_alloca_h rather than
> ac_cv_header_alloca_h.
> 
> This patch should make it work with both versions.

anyone else has experience with the new autoconf and knows
whether this is ok to commit?

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Laca
> 
> Index: configure.in
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /sgnome/cvsroots/GNOME/glib/configure.in,v
> retrieving revision 1.212
> diff -u -r1.212 configure.in
> --- configure.in	2001/07/17 19:01:11	1.212
> +++ configure.in	2001/07/25 17:14:49
> @@ -1808,7 +1808,14 @@
>  # on variable expansion in case labels.  Look at the generated config.status
>  # for a hint.
>  
> -glib_header_alloca_h="$ac_cv_header_alloca_h"
> +case xyes in
> +x$ac_cv_header_alloca_h)
> +  glib_header_alloca_h=yes
> +  ;;
> +x$ac_cv_working_alloca_h)
> +  glib_header_alloca_h=yes
> +  ;;
> +esac
>  
>  case xyes in
>  x$ac_cv_header_float_h)
> 
> 

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ciaoTJ