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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-03-26 12:22:44 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-03-26 12:22:44 +0000 |
commit | 665ede556d8dcff12df52333c0c8273fc0e7e23b (patch) | |
tree | e7386fcee3d5b102db5ba4c49bfb9d1bd61f0bbd /m4/double-slash-root.m4 | |
parent | 864c4c28af2464104fe777e7a8d42dd95d3a30d1 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-665ede556d8dcff12df52333c0c8273fc0e7e23b.tar.xz |
new file from Eric Blake
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diff --git a/m4/double-slash-root.m4 b/m4/double-slash-root.m4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f8cbd54f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/m4/double-slash-root.m4 @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +#serial 1 -*- autoconf -*- +dnl Copyright (C) 2006 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. + +AC_DEFUN([gl_DOUBLE_SLASH_ROOT], +[ + AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) + AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether // is distinct from /], [ac_cv_double_slash_root], + [ if test x"$cross_compiling" = xyes ; then + # When cross-compiling, there is no way to tell whether // is special + # short of a list of hosts. However, the only known hosts to date + # that have a distinct // are Apollo DomainOS (too old to port to) + # and Cygwin. If anyone knows of another system for which // has + # special semantics and is distinct from /, please report it to + # <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>. + case $host in + *-cygwin) + ac_cv_double_slash_root=yes ;; + *) + # Be optimistic and assume that / and // are the same when we + # don't know. + ac_cv_double_slash_root='unknown, assuming no' ;; + esac + else + set x `ls -di / //` + if test $[2] = $[4]; then + ac_cv_double_slash_root=no + else + ac_cv_double_slash_root=yes + fi + fi]) + if test x"$ac_cv_double_slash_root" = xyes; then + ac_double_slash_root=1 + else + ac_double_slash_root=0 + fi + + AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DOUBLE_SLASH_IS_DISTINCT_ROOT], + $ac_double_slash_root, + [Define to 1 if // is a file system root distinct from /.]) +]) |