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-rw-r--r--m4/readline.m415
2 files changed, 37 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/m4/ChangeLog b/m4/ChangeLog
index 59ddc228..81fdcec0 100644
--- a/m4/ChangeLog
+++ b/m4/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+2014-04-08 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+ * 4.1.1: Release tar ball made.
+
+2014-03-11 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+ * readline.m4: Add manual check for *bsd* OS and add -ltermcap
+ if so. Hack, slash. Can you say "quick and dirty" boys and girls?
+ I knew you could.
+
+2013-10-16 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+ * readline.m4: Add check for NULL return from readline() in
+ call to printf() for results. Thanks to Dagobert Michelsen
+ <dam@opencsw.org> for the report.
+
+2013-08-29 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+ * readline.m4: Add additional code to check for history_list()
+ function. Patterned after checks in:
+ http://ftp.samba.org/pub/unpacked/samba_3_current/source4/lib/smbreadline/readline.m4
+ Thanks to Larry Baker (larry.baker@stanfordalumni.org) for the
+ pointer.
+
2013-05-09 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
* 4.1.0: Release tar ball made.
diff --git a/m4/readline.m4 b/m4/readline.m4
index 76605af8..77ed8b25 100644
--- a/m4/readline.m4
+++ b/m4/readline.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
dnl Check for readline and dependencies
-dnl Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl
dnl This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
dnl General Public License. As a special exception to the GNU General
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
dup(fd);
line = readline("giveittome> ");
- printf("got <%s>\n", line);
+ /* some printfs don't handle NULL for %s */
+ printf("got <%s>\n", line ? line : "(NULL)");
return 0;
}]]),
dnl action if true:
@@ -69,9 +70,19 @@ dnl action if cross compiling:
LIBS=$_readline_save_libs
if test $_found_readline = yes ; then
+ case $host_os in
+ *bsd* ) _combo="$_combo -ltermcap"
+ ;;
+ esac
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBREADLINE,1,
[Define to 1 if you have a fully functional readline library.])
AC_SUBST(LIBREADLINE,$_combo)
+
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, history_list,
+ [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_HISTORY_LIST, 1, [Do we have history_list?])],
+ [],
+ [$_combo])
+
break
fi
done