source: trunk/essentials/sys-apps/findutils/gnulib/m4/chown.m4

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findutils 4.3.2

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1#serial 16
2# Determine whether we need the chown wrapper.
3
4dnl Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free
5dnl Software Foundation, Inc.
6
7dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
8dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
9dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
10
11# chown should accept arguments of -1 for uid and gid, and it should
12# dereference symlinks. If it doesn't, arrange to use the replacement
13# function.
14
15# From Jim Meyering.
16
17AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_CHOWN],
18[
19 AC_REQUIRE([AC_TYPE_UID_T])
20 AC_REQUIRE([AC_FUNC_CHOWN])
21 AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_CHOWN_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK])
22
23 if test $ac_cv_func_chown_works = no; then
24 AC_DEFINE(CHOWN_FAILS_TO_HONOR_ID_OF_NEGATIVE_ONE, 1,
25 [Define if chown is not POSIX compliant regarding IDs of -1.])
26 fi
27
28 # If chown has either of the above problems, then we need the wrapper.
29 if test $ac_cv_func_chown_works$gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink = yesyes; then
30 : # no wrapper needed
31 else
32 AC_LIBOBJ(chown)
33 AC_DEFINE(chown, rpl_chown,
34 [Define to rpl_chown if the replacement function should be used.])
35 gl_PREREQ_CHOWN
36 fi
37])
38
39# Determine whether chown follows symlinks (it should).
40AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_CHOWN_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK],
41[
42 AC_CACHE_CHECK(
43 [whether chown(2) dereferences symlinks],
44 gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink,
45 [
46 AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
47#include <unistd.h>
48#include <stdlib.h>
49#include <errno.h>
50
51 int
52 main ()
53 {
54 char const *dangling_symlink = "conftest.dangle";
55
56 unlink (dangling_symlink);
57 if (symlink ("conftest.no-such", dangling_symlink))
58 abort ();
59
60 /* Exit successfully on a conforming system,
61 i.e., where chown must fail with ENOENT. */
62 exit ( ! (chown (dangling_symlink, getuid (), getgid ()) != 0
63 && errno == ENOENT));
64 }
65 ]])],
66 [gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink=yes],
67 [gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink=no],
68 [gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink=yes]
69 )
70 ]
71 )
72
73 if test $gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink = no; then
74 AC_DEFINE(CHOWN_MODIFIES_SYMLINK, 1,
75 [Define if chown modifies symlinks.])
76 fi
77])
78
79# Prerequisites of lib/chown.c.
80AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_CHOWN],
81[
82 AC_CHECK_FUNC([fchown], , [AC_LIBOBJ(fchown-stub)])
83])
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