Port: Add configure check for __attribute__ support

Signed-off-by: Michael Jeanson <mjeanson@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3ab6b497a7b87f0f5d09f5411c69fd8056f88ef5..f9bb2e033d0a0515b9e750fe0ff508dd10997e34 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ AC_PROG_LEX
 AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 
 AC_PROG_MKDIR_P
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 

+AX_C___ATTRIBUTE__
+AS_IF([test "x$ax_cv___attribute__" = "xyes"],
+       [:],
+       [AC_MSG_ERROR([The compiler does not support __attribute__ extensions])])
+

 # Check linker option
 AX_APPEND_LINK_FLAGS([-Wl,--no-as-needed], [LD_NO_AS_NEEDED])
 AC_SUBST([LD_NO_AS_NEEDED])
 # Check linker option
 AX_APPEND_LINK_FLAGS([-Wl,--no-as-needed], [LD_NO_AS_NEEDED])
 AC_SUBST([LD_NO_AS_NEEDED])

diff --git a/m4/ax_c___attribute__.m4 b/m4/ax_c___attribute__.m4
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..cf3d62b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/ax_c___attribute__.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# ===========================================================================
+#    http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_c___attribute__.html
+# ===========================================================================
+#
+# SYNOPSIS
+#
+#   AX_C___ATTRIBUTE__
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#
+#   Provides a test for the compiler support of __attribute__ extensions.
+#   Defines HAVE___ATTRIBUTE__ if it is found.
+#
+# LICENSE
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2008 Stepan Kasal <skasal@redhat.com>
+#   Copyright (c) 2008 Christian Haggstrom
+#   Copyright (c) 2008 Ryan McCabe <ryan@numb.org>
+#
+#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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+#   option) any later version.
+#
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+#   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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+#   Public License for more details.
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+
+#serial 8
+
+AC_DEFUN([AX_C___ATTRIBUTE__], [
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for __attribute__], [ax_cv___attribute__],
+    [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+      [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+       [[#include <stdlib.h>
+         static void foo(void) __attribute__ ((unused));
+         static void
+         foo(void) {
+             exit(1);
+         }
+        ]], [])],
+      [ax_cv___attribute__=yes],
+      [ax_cv___attribute__=no]
+    )
+  ])
+  if test "$ax_cv___attribute__" = "yes"; then
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE___ATTRIBUTE__], 1, [define if your compiler has __attribute__])
+  fi
+])