Remove the autoconf hack, fix gettext broken in b6c4b865

and fix the M4 ignore rules

.gitignore

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 *.dylib
 *.lo
 *.la
-*.m4
 *.mak
 *.moc.cpp
 *.o

bootstrap

@@ -56,17 +56,6 @@ elif test ".`uname -s`" = ".Darwin"; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# Check for autoconf
-rm -f m4/autoconf260.m4
-case "$(autoreconf --version|head -n 1)" in
-  *2.59*)
-    echo "Enabling provisional autoconf 2.59 work-around. Update autoconf ASAP."
-    echo "Press Enter to continue"
-    read
-    cp -f extras/buildsystem/autotools/m4/autoconf260.m4 m4/
-    ;;
-esac
-
 # Check for pkg-config
 if pkg-config --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   # We have pkg-config, everything is cool.

configure.ac

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ CONFIGURE_LINE="`echo "$0 $ac_configure_args" | sed -e 's/\\\/\\\\\\\/g'`"
 CODENAME="Grishenko"
 COPYRIGHT_YEARS="1996-2008"
 
-AC_PREREQ(2.59) dnl this really should be 2.59c
+AC_PREREQ(2.59c)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/libvlc.c)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(autotools)
 AC_CANONICAL_BUILD
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all
 dnl
 dnl Gettext stuff
 dnl
-AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.16.1)
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.17)
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 VLC_ADD_LIBS([libvlc vlc], [${LTLIBINTL}])
 

extras/buildsystem/autotools/m4/autoconf260.m4

-# Replacements for autoconf 2.59 and older
-# Please make official source tarballs with recent autoconf only.
-# Copyright (C) 2006 Rémi Denis-Courmont.
-# Distribution and usage of this file, verbatim or modified, is permitted
-# with no limitations.
-
-AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_CC_C99],
-[ AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])dnl
-  CC="$CC -std=gnu99"
-])
-
-AC_DEFUN([AC_PROG_OBJC], [ 
- AC_MSG_CHECKING(for an Objective-C compiler) 	 	 
- OBJC="${CXX}" 	 	 
- AC_SUBST(OBJC) 	 	 
- OBJCFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -fgnu-runtime -fconstant-string-class=NSConstantString" 	 	 
- AC_SUBST(OBJCFLAGS)
-
-])
-
-AC_DEFUN([AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS],
-[ AC_DEFINE([_GNU_SOURCE], [ ], [Enable lots of stuff with glibc.])
-])
-

m4/.gitignore

-gettext.m4
-glibc2.m4
-iconv.m4
-intdiv0.m4
-intl.m4
-intmax.m4
-lib-link.m4
-lock.m4
-longdouble.m4
-longlong.m4
-nls.m4
-po.m4
-printf-posix.m4
-private.m4
-size_max.m4
-uintmax_t.m4
-wchar_t.m4
-wint_t.m4
-xsize.m4

m4/gettext.m4

-# gettext.m4 serial 59 (gettext-0.16.1)
-dnl Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# gettext.m4 serial 60 (gettext-0.17)
+dnl Copyright (C) 1995-2007 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.
@@ -362,44 +362,6 @@ return * gettext ("")$gt_expression_test_code + _nl_msg_cat_cntr + *_nl_expand_a
 ])
 
 
-dnl Checks for special options needed on MacOS X.
-dnl Defines INTL_MACOSX_LIBS.
-AC_DEFUN([gt_INTL_MACOSX],
-[
-  dnl Check for API introduced in MacOS X 10.2.
-  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for CFPreferencesCopyAppValue],
-    gt_cv_func_CFPreferencesCopyAppValue,
-    [gt_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-     LIBS="$LIBS -Wl,-framework -Wl,CoreFoundation"
-     AC_TRY_LINK([#include <CoreFoundation/CFPreferences.h>],
-       [CFPreferencesCopyAppValue(NULL, NULL)],
-       [gt_cv_func_CFPreferencesCopyAppValue=yes],
-       [gt_cv_func_CFPreferencesCopyAppValue=no])
-     LIBS="$gt_save_LIBS"])
-  if test $gt_cv_func_CFPreferencesCopyAppValue = yes; then
-    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CFPREFERENCESCOPYAPPVALUE], 1,
-      [Define to 1 if you have the MacOS X function CFPreferencesCopyAppValue in the CoreFoundation framework.])
-  fi
-  dnl Check for API introduced in MacOS X 10.3.
-  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for CFLocaleCopyCurrent], gt_cv_func_CFLocaleCopyCurrent,
-    [gt_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-     LIBS="$LIBS -Wl,-framework -Wl,CoreFoundation"
-     AC_TRY_LINK([#include <CoreFoundation/CFLocale.h>], [CFLocaleCopyCurrent();],
-       [gt_cv_func_CFLocaleCopyCurrent=yes],
-       [gt_cv_func_CFLocaleCopyCurrent=no])
-     LIBS="$gt_save_LIBS"])
-  if test $gt_cv_func_CFLocaleCopyCurrent = yes; then
-    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CFLOCALECOPYCURRENT], 1,
-      [Define to 1 if you have the MacOS X function CFLocaleCopyCurrent in the CoreFoundation framework.])
-  fi
-  INTL_MACOSX_LIBS=
-  if test $gt_cv_func_CFPreferencesCopyAppValue = yes || test $gt_cv_func_CFLocaleCopyCurrent = yes; then
-    INTL_MACOSX_LIBS="-Wl,-framework -Wl,CoreFoundation"
-  fi
-  AC_SUBST([INTL_MACOSX_LIBS])
-])
-
-
 dnl gt_NEEDS_INIT ensures that the gt_needs variable is initialized.
 m4_define([gt_NEEDS_INIT],
 [

m4/glibc2.m4

+# glibc2.m4 serial 1
+dnl Copyright (C) 2000-2002, 2004 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.
+
+# Test for the GNU C Library, version 2.0 or newer.
+# From Bruno Haible.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gt_GLIBC2],
+  [
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether we are using the GNU C Library 2 or newer,
+      ac_cv_gnu_library_2,
+      [AC_EGREP_CPP([Lucky GNU user],
+	[
+#include <features.h>
+#ifdef __GNU_LIBRARY__
+ #if (__GLIBC__ >= 2)
+  Lucky GNU user
+ #endif
+#endif
+	],
+	ac_cv_gnu_library_2=yes,
+	ac_cv_gnu_library_2=no)
+      ]
+    )
+    AC_SUBST(GLIBC2)
+    GLIBC2="$ac_cv_gnu_library_2"
+  ]
+)

m4/iconv.m4

-# iconv.m4 serial AM4 (gettext-0.11.3)
-dnl Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# iconv.m4 serial AM6 (gettext-0.17)
+dnl Copyright (C) 2000-2002, 2007 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.
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_ICONV_LINK],
 [
   dnl Some systems have iconv in libc, some have it in libiconv (OSF/1 and
   dnl those with the standalone portable GNU libiconv installed).
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
 
   dnl Search for libiconv and define LIBICONV, LTLIBICONV and INCICONV
   dnl accordingly.
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_ICONV_LINK],
   am_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
   AC_LIB_APPENDTOVAR([CPPFLAGS], [$INCICONV])
 
-  AC_CACHE_CHECK(for iconv, am_cv_func_iconv, [
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for iconv], am_cv_func_iconv, [
     am_cv_func_iconv="no, consider installing GNU libiconv"
     am_cv_lib_iconv=no
     AC_TRY_LINK([#include <stdlib.h>
@@ -56,7 +57,85 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_ICONV_LINK],
     fi
   ])
   if test "$am_cv_func_iconv" = yes; then
-    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ICONV, 1, [Define if you have the iconv() function.])
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([for working iconv], am_cv_func_iconv_works, [
+      dnl This tests against bugs in AIX 5.1 and HP-UX 11.11.
+      am_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+      if test $am_cv_lib_iconv = yes; then
+        LIBS="$LIBS $LIBICONV"
+      fi
+      AC_TRY_RUN([
+#include <iconv.h>
+#include <string.h>
+int main ()
+{
+  /* Test against AIX 5.1 bug: Failures are not distinguishable from successful
+     returns.  */
+  {
+    iconv_t cd_utf8_to_88591 = iconv_open ("ISO8859-1", "UTF-8");
+    if (cd_utf8_to_88591 != (iconv_t)(-1))
+      {
+        static const char input[] = "\342\202\254"; /* EURO SIGN */
+        char buf[10];
+        const char *inptr = input;
+        size_t inbytesleft = strlen (input);
+        char *outptr = buf;
+        size_t outbytesleft = sizeof (buf);
+        size_t res = iconv (cd_utf8_to_88591,
+                            (char **) &inptr, &inbytesleft,
+                            &outptr, &outbytesleft);
+        if (res == 0)
+          return 1;
+      }
+  }
+#if 0 /* This bug could be worked around by the caller.  */
+  /* Test against HP-UX 11.11 bug: Positive return value instead of 0.  */
+  {
+    iconv_t cd_88591_to_utf8 = iconv_open ("utf8", "iso88591");
+    if (cd_88591_to_utf8 != (iconv_t)(-1))
+      {
+        static const char input[] = "\304rger mit b\366sen B\374bchen ohne Augenma\337";
+        char buf[50];
+        const char *inptr = input;
+        size_t inbytesleft = strlen (input);
+        char *outptr = buf;
+        size_t outbytesleft = sizeof (buf);
+        size_t res = iconv (cd_88591_to_utf8,
+                            (char **) &inptr, &inbytesleft,
+                            &outptr, &outbytesleft);
+        if ((int)res > 0)
+          return 1;
+      }
+  }
+#endif
+  /* Test against HP-UX 11.11 bug: No converter from EUC-JP to UTF-8 is
+     provided.  */
+  if (/* Try standardized names.  */
+      iconv_open ("UTF-8", "EUC-JP") == (iconv_t)(-1)
+      /* Try IRIX, OSF/1 names.  */
+      && iconv_open ("UTF-8", "eucJP") == (iconv_t)(-1)
+      /* Try AIX names.  */
+      && iconv_open ("UTF-8", "IBM-eucJP") == (iconv_t)(-1)
+      /* Try HP-UX names.  */
+      && iconv_open ("utf8", "eucJP") == (iconv_t)(-1))
+    return 1;
+  return 0;
+}], [am_cv_func_iconv_works=yes], [am_cv_func_iconv_works=no],
+        [case "$host_os" in
+           aix* | hpux*) am_cv_func_iconv_works="guessing no" ;;
+           *)            am_cv_func_iconv_works="guessing yes" ;;
+         esac])
+      LIBS="$am_save_LIBS"
+    ])
+    case "$am_cv_func_iconv_works" in
+      *no) am_func_iconv=no am_cv_lib_iconv=no ;;
+      *)   am_func_iconv=yes ;;
+    esac
+  else
+    am_func_iconv=no am_cv_lib_iconv=no
+  fi
+  if test "$am_func_iconv" = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ICONV, 1,
+      [Define if you have the iconv() function and it works.])
   fi
   if test "$am_cv_lib_iconv" = yes; then
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to link with libiconv])

m4/intdiv0.m4

-# intdiv0.m4 serial 1 (gettext-0.11.3)
-dnl Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# intdiv0.m4 serial 2 (gettext-0.17)
+dnl Copyright (C) 2002, 2007 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.
@@ -14,16 +14,27 @@ AC_DEFUN([gt_INTDIV0],
   AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether integer division by zero raises SIGFPE],
     gt_cv_int_divbyzero_sigfpe,
     [
-      AC_TRY_RUN([
+      gt_cv_int_divbyzero_sigfpe=
+changequote(,)dnl
+      case "$host_os" in
+        macos* | darwin[6-9]* | darwin[1-9][0-9]*)
+          # On MacOS X 10.2 or newer, just assume the same as when cross-
+          # compiling. If we were to perform the real test, 1 Crash Report
+          # dialog window would pop up.
+          case "$host_cpu" in
+            i[34567]86 | x86_64)
+              gt_cv_int_divbyzero_sigfpe="guessing yes" ;;
+          esac
+          ;;
+      esac
+changequote([,])dnl
+      if test -z "$gt_cv_int_divbyzero_sigfpe"; then
+        AC_TRY_RUN([
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 
 static void
-#ifdef __cplusplus
 sigfpe_handler (int sig)
-#else
-sigfpe_handler (sig) int sig;
-#endif
 {
   /* Exit with code 0 if SIGFPE, with code 1 if any other signal.  */
   exit (sig != SIGFPE);
@@ -51,15 +62,18 @@ int main ()
   exit (1);
 }
 ], gt_cv_int_divbyzero_sigfpe=yes, gt_cv_int_divbyzero_sigfpe=no,
-        [
-          # Guess based on the CPU.
-          case "$host_cpu" in
-            alpha* | i[34567]86 | m68k | s390*)
-              gt_cv_int_divbyzero_sigfpe="guessing yes";;
-            *)
-              gt_cv_int_divbyzero_sigfpe="guessing no";;
-          esac
-        ])
+          [
+            # Guess based on the CPU.
+changequote(,)dnl
+            case "$host_cpu" in
+              alpha* | i[34567]86 | x86_64 | m68k | s390*)
+                gt_cv_int_divbyzero_sigfpe="guessing yes";;
+              *)
+                gt_cv_int_divbyzero_sigfpe="guessing no";;
+            esac
+changequote([,])dnl
+          ])
+      fi
     ])
   case "$gt_cv_int_divbyzero_sigfpe" in
     *yes) value=1;;

m4/intl.m4

-# intl.m4 serial 3 (gettext-0.16)
-dnl Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# intl.m4 serial 8 (gettext-0.17)
+dnl Copyright (C) 1995-2007 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.
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_INTL_SUBDIR],
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_VISIBILITY])dnl
   AC_REQUIRE([gt_INTL_SUBDIR_CORE])dnl
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_TYPE_LONG_LONG_INT])dnl
-  AC_REQUIRE([gt_TYPE_LONGDOUBLE])dnl
   AC_REQUIRE([gt_TYPE_WCHAR_T])dnl
   AC_REQUIRE([gt_TYPE_WINT_T])dnl
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_AC_HEADER_INTTYPES_H])
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_INTL_SUBDIR],
   dnl    exported variables _also_ in the static library.
   if test "$enable_shared" = yes; then
     case "$host_os" in
-      cygwin*) is_woe32dll=yes ;;
+      mingw* | cygwin*) is_woe32dll=yes ;;
       *) is_woe32dll=no ;;
     esac
   else
@@ -107,6 +106,31 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_INTL_SUBDIR],
   WOE32DLL=$is_woe32dll
   AC_SUBST([WOE32DLL])
 
+  dnl On mingw and Cygwin, we can activate special Makefile rules which add
+  dnl version information to the shared libraries and executables.
+  case "$host_os" in
+    mingw* | cygwin*) is_woe32=yes ;;
+    *) is_woe32=no ;;
+  esac
+  WOE32=$is_woe32
+  AC_SUBST([WOE32])
+  if test $WOE32 = yes; then
+    dnl Check for a program that compiles Windows resource files.
+    AC_CHECK_TOOL([WINDRES], [windres])
+  fi
+
+  dnl Determine whether when creating a library, "-lc" should be passed to
+  dnl libtool or not. On many platforms, it is required for the libtool option
+  dnl -no-undefined to work. On HP-UX, however, the -lc - stored by libtool
+  dnl in the *.la files - makes it impossible to create multithreaded programs,
+  dnl because libtool also reorders the -lc to come before the -pthread, and
+  dnl this disables pthread_create() <http://docs.hp.com/en/1896/pthreads.html>.
+  case "$host_os" in
+    hpux*) LTLIBC="" ;;
+    *)     LTLIBC="-lc" ;;
+  esac
+  AC_SUBST([LTLIBC])
+
   dnl Rename some macros and functions used for locking.
   AH_BOTTOM([
 #define __libc_lock_t                   gl_lock_t
@@ -197,7 +221,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([gt_INTL_SUBDIR_CORE],
   AC_CACHE_CHECK([for NL_LOCALE_NAME macro], gt_cv_nl_locale_name,
     [AC_TRY_LINK([#include <langinfo.h>
 #include <locale.h>],
-      [char* cs = nl_langinfo(_NL_LOCALE_NAME(LC_MESSAGES));],
+      [char* cs = nl_langinfo(_NL_LOCALE_NAME(LC_MESSAGES));
+       return !cs;
+      ],
       gt_cv_nl_locale_name=yes,
       gt_cv_nl_locale_name=no)
     ])

m4/intlmacosx.m4

+# intlmacosx.m4 serial 1 (gettext-0.17)
+dnl Copyright (C) 2004-2007 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.
+dnl
+dnl This file can can be used in projects which are not available under
+dnl the GNU General Public License or the GNU Library General Public
+dnl License but which still want to provide support for the GNU gettext
+dnl functionality.
+dnl Please note that the actual code of the GNU gettext library is covered
+dnl by the GNU Library General Public License, and the rest of the GNU
+dnl gettext package package is covered by the GNU General Public License.
+dnl They are *not* in the public domain.
+
+dnl Checks for special options needed on MacOS X.
+dnl Defines INTL_MACOSX_LIBS.
+AC_DEFUN([gt_INTL_MACOSX],
+[
+  dnl Check for API introduced in MacOS X 10.2.
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for CFPreferencesCopyAppValue],
+    gt_cv_func_CFPreferencesCopyAppValue,
+    [gt_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+     LIBS="$LIBS -Wl,-framework -Wl,CoreFoundation"
+     AC_TRY_LINK([#include <CoreFoundation/CFPreferences.h>],
+       [CFPreferencesCopyAppValue(NULL, NULL)],
+       [gt_cv_func_CFPreferencesCopyAppValue=yes],
+       [gt_cv_func_CFPreferencesCopyAppValue=no])
+     LIBS="$gt_save_LIBS"])
+  if test $gt_cv_func_CFPreferencesCopyAppValue = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CFPREFERENCESCOPYAPPVALUE], 1,
+      [Define to 1 if you have the MacOS X function CFPreferencesCopyAppValue in the CoreFoundation framework.])
+  fi
+  dnl Check for API introduced in MacOS X 10.3.
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for CFLocaleCopyCurrent], gt_cv_func_CFLocaleCopyCurrent,
+    [gt_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+     LIBS="$LIBS -Wl,-framework -Wl,CoreFoundation"
+     AC_TRY_LINK([#include <CoreFoundation/CFLocale.h>], [CFLocaleCopyCurrent();],
+       [gt_cv_func_CFLocaleCopyCurrent=yes],
+       [gt_cv_func_CFLocaleCopyCurrent=no])
+     LIBS="$gt_save_LIBS"])
+  if test $gt_cv_func_CFLocaleCopyCurrent = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_CFLOCALECOPYCURRENT], 1,
+      [Define to 1 if you have the MacOS X function CFLocaleCopyCurrent in the CoreFoundation framework.])
+  fi
+  INTL_MACOSX_LIBS=
+  if test $gt_cv_func_CFPreferencesCopyAppValue = yes || test $gt_cv_func_CFLocaleCopyCurrent = yes; then
+    INTL_MACOSX_LIBS="-Wl,-framework -Wl,CoreFoundation"
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST([INTL_MACOSX_LIBS])
+])

m4/intmax.m4

+# intmax.m4 serial 3 (gettext-0.16)
+dnl Copyright (C) 2002-2005 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.
+
+dnl From Bruno Haible.
+dnl Test whether the system has the 'intmax_t' type, but don't attempt to
+dnl find a replacement if it is lacking.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gt_TYPE_INTMAX_T],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([gl_AC_HEADER_INTTYPES_H])
+  AC_REQUIRE([gl_AC_HEADER_STDINT_H])
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK(for intmax_t, gt_cv_c_intmax_t,
+    [AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#if HAVE_STDINT_H_WITH_UINTMAX
+#include <stdint.h>
+#endif
+#if HAVE_INTTYPES_H_WITH_UINTMAX
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#endif
+],     [intmax_t x = -1;
+        return !x;],
+       gt_cv_c_intmax_t=yes,
+       gt_cv_c_intmax_t=no)])
+  if test $gt_cv_c_intmax_t = yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_INTMAX_T, 1,
+      [Define if you have the 'intmax_t' type in <stdint.h> or <inttypes.h>.])
+  fi
+])

m4/lib-link.m4

-# lib-link.m4 serial 9 (gettext-0.16)
-dnl Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# lib-link.m4 serial 13 (gettext-0.17)
+dnl Copyright (C) 2001-2007 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.
 
 dnl From Bruno Haible.
 
-AC_PREREQ(2.50)
+AC_PREREQ(2.54)
 
 dnl AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS(name [, dependencies]) searches for libname and
 dnl the libraries corresponding to explicit and implicit dependencies.
 dnl Sets and AC_SUBSTs the LIB${NAME} and LTLIB${NAME} variables and
 dnl augments the CPPFLAGS variable.
+dnl Sets and AC_SUBSTs the LIB${NAME}_PREFIX variable to nonempty if libname
+dnl was found in ${LIB${NAME}_PREFIX}/$acl_libdirstem.
 AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS],
 [
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX])
@@ -24,13 +26,16 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS],
     ac_cv_lib[]Name[]_libs="$LIB[]NAME"
     ac_cv_lib[]Name[]_ltlibs="$LTLIB[]NAME"
     ac_cv_lib[]Name[]_cppflags="$INC[]NAME"
+    ac_cv_lib[]Name[]_prefix="$LIB[]NAME[]_PREFIX"
   ])
   LIB[]NAME="$ac_cv_lib[]Name[]_libs"
   LTLIB[]NAME="$ac_cv_lib[]Name[]_ltlibs"
   INC[]NAME="$ac_cv_lib[]Name[]_cppflags"
+  LIB[]NAME[]_PREFIX="$ac_cv_lib[]Name[]_prefix"
   AC_LIB_APPENDTOVAR([CPPFLAGS], [$INC]NAME)
   AC_SUBST([LIB]NAME)
   AC_SUBST([LTLIB]NAME)
+  AC_SUBST([LIB]NAME[_PREFIX])
   dnl Also set HAVE_LIB[]NAME so that AC_LIB_HAVE_LINKFLAGS can reuse the
   dnl results of this search when this library appears as a dependency.
   HAVE_LIB[]NAME=yes
@@ -46,6 +51,8 @@ dnl sets and AC_SUBSTs HAVE_LIB${NAME}=yes and the LIB${NAME} and
 dnl LTLIB${NAME} variables and augments the CPPFLAGS variable, and
 dnl #defines HAVE_LIB${NAME} to 1. Otherwise, it sets and AC_SUBSTs
 dnl HAVE_LIB${NAME}=no and LIB${NAME} and LTLIB${NAME} to empty.
+dnl Sets and AC_SUBSTs the LIB${NAME}_PREFIX variable to nonempty if libname
+dnl was found in ${LIB${NAME}_PREFIX}/$acl_libdirstem.
 AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_HAVE_LINKFLAGS],
 [
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_LIB_PREPARE_PREFIX])
@@ -82,17 +89,23 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_HAVE_LINKFLAGS],
     CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS"
     LIB[]NAME=
     LTLIB[]NAME=
+    LIB[]NAME[]_PREFIX=
   fi
   AC_SUBST([HAVE_LIB]NAME)
   AC_SUBST([LIB]NAME)
   AC_SUBST([LTLIB]NAME)
+  AC_SUBST([LIB]NAME[_PREFIX])
   undefine([Name])
   undefine([NAME])
 ])
 
 dnl Determine the platform dependent parameters needed to use rpath:
-dnl libext, shlibext, hardcode_libdir_flag_spec, hardcode_libdir_separator,
-dnl hardcode_direct, hardcode_minus_L.
+dnl   acl_libext,
+dnl   acl_shlibext,
+dnl   acl_hardcode_libdir_flag_spec,
+dnl   acl_hardcode_libdir_separator,
+dnl   acl_hardcode_direct,
+dnl   acl_hardcode_minus_L.
 AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_RPATH],
 [
   dnl Tell automake >= 1.10 to complain if config.rpath is missing.
@@ -109,12 +122,14 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_RPATH],
     acl_cv_rpath=done
   ])
   wl="$acl_cv_wl"
-  libext="$acl_cv_libext"
-  shlibext="$acl_cv_shlibext"
-  hardcode_libdir_flag_spec="$acl_cv_hardcode_libdir_flag_spec"
-  hardcode_libdir_separator="$acl_cv_hardcode_libdir_separator"
-  hardcode_direct="$acl_cv_hardcode_direct"
-  hardcode_minus_L="$acl_cv_hardcode_minus_L"
+  acl_libext="$acl_cv_libext"
+  acl_shlibext="$acl_cv_shlibext"
+  acl_libname_spec="$acl_cv_libname_spec"
+  acl_library_names_spec="$acl_cv_library_names_spec"
+  acl_hardcode_libdir_flag_spec="$acl_cv_hardcode_libdir_flag_spec"
+  acl_hardcode_libdir_separator="$acl_cv_hardcode_libdir_separator"
+  acl_hardcode_direct="$acl_cv_hardcode_direct"
+  acl_hardcode_minus_L="$acl_cv_hardcode_minus_L"
   dnl Determine whether the user wants rpath handling at all.
   AC_ARG_ENABLE(rpath,
     [  --disable-rpath         do not hardcode runtime library paths],
@@ -124,20 +139,24 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_RPATH],
 dnl AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY(name [, dependencies]) searches for libname and
 dnl the libraries corresponding to explicit and implicit dependencies.
 dnl Sets the LIB${NAME}, LTLIB${NAME} and INC${NAME} variables.
+dnl Also, sets the LIB${NAME}_PREFIX variable to nonempty if libname was found
+dnl in ${LIB${NAME}_PREFIX}/$acl_libdirstem.
 AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY],
 [
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_LIB_PREPARE_MULTILIB])
   define([NAME],[translit([$1],[abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz./-],
                                [ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ___])])
+  dnl Autoconf >= 2.61 supports dots in --with options.
+  define([N_A_M_E],[m4_if(m4_version_compare(m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]),[2.61]),[-1],[translit([$1],[.],[_])],[$1])])
   dnl By default, look in $includedir and $libdir.
   use_additional=yes
   AC_LIB_WITH_FINAL_PREFIX([
     eval additional_includedir=\"$includedir\"
     eval additional_libdir=\"$libdir\"
   ])
-  AC_LIB_ARG_WITH([lib$1-prefix],
-[  --with-lib$1-prefix[=DIR]  search for lib$1 in DIR/include and DIR/lib
-  --without-lib$1-prefix     don't search for lib$1 in includedir and libdir],
+  AC_LIB_ARG_WITH([lib]N_A_M_E[-prefix],
+[  --with-lib]N_A_M_E[-prefix[=DIR]  search for lib$1 in DIR/include and DIR/lib
+  --without-lib]N_A_M_E[-prefix     don't search for lib$1 in includedir and libdir],
 [
     if test "X$withval" = "Xno"; then
       use_additional=no
@@ -158,6 +177,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY],
   LIB[]NAME=
   LTLIB[]NAME=
   INC[]NAME=
+  LIB[]NAME[]_PREFIX=
   rpathdirs=
   ltrpathdirs=
   names_already_handled=
@@ -197,27 +217,53 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY],
           found_la=
           found_so=
           found_a=
+          eval libname=\"$acl_libname_spec\"    # typically: libname=lib$name
+          if test -n "$acl_shlibext"; then
+            shrext=".$acl_shlibext"             # typically: shrext=.so
+          else
+            shrext=
+          fi
           if test $use_additional = yes; then
-            if test -n "$shlibext" \
-               && { test -f "$additional_libdir/lib$name.$shlibext" \
-                    || { test "$shlibext" = dll \
-                         && test -f "$additional_libdir/lib$name.dll.a"; }; }; then
-              found_dir="$additional_libdir"
-              if test -f "$additional_libdir/lib$name.$shlibext"; then
-                found_so="$additional_libdir/lib$name.$shlibext"
+            dir="$additional_libdir"
+            dnl The same code as in the loop below:
+            dnl First look for a shared library.
+            if test -n "$acl_shlibext"; then
+              if test -f "$dir/$libname$shrext"; then
+                found_dir="$dir"
+                found_so="$dir/$libname$shrext"
               else
-                found_so="$additional_libdir/lib$name.dll.a"
+                if test "$acl_library_names_spec" = '$libname$shrext$versuffix'; then
+                  ver=`(cd "$dir" && \
+                        for f in "$libname$shrext".*; do echo "$f"; done \
+                        | sed -e "s,^$libname$shrext\\\\.,," \
+                        | sort -t '.' -n -r -k1,1 -k2,2 -k3,3 -k4,4 -k5,5 \
+                        | sed 1q ) 2>/dev/null`
+                  if test -n "$ver" && test -f "$dir/$libname$shrext.$ver"; then
+                    found_dir="$dir"
+                    found_so="$dir/$libname$shrext.$ver"
+                  fi
+                else
+                  eval library_names=\"$acl_library_names_spec\"
+                  for f in $library_names; do
+                    if test -f "$dir/$f"; then
+                      found_dir="$dir"
+                      found_so="$dir/$f"
+                      break
+                    fi
+                  done
+                fi
               fi
-              if test -f "$additional_libdir/lib$name.la"; then
-                found_la="$additional_libdir/lib$name.la"
+            fi
+            dnl Then look for a static library.
+            if test "X$found_dir" = "X"; then
+              if test -f "$dir/$libname.$acl_libext"; then
+                found_dir="$dir"
+                found_a="$dir/$libname.$acl_libext"
               fi
-            else
-              if test -f "$additional_libdir/lib$name.$libext"; then
-                found_dir="$additional_libdir"
-                found_a="$additional_libdir/lib$name.$libext"
-                if test -f "$additional_libdir/lib$name.la"; then
-                  found_la="$additional_libdir/lib$name.la"
-                fi
+            fi
+            if test "X$found_dir" != "X"; then
+              if test -f "$dir/$libname.la"; then
+                found_la="$dir/$libname.la"
               fi
             fi
           fi
@@ -227,26 +273,44 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY],
               case "$x" in
                 -L*)
                   dir=`echo "X$x" | sed -e 's/^X-L//'`
-                  if test -n "$shlibext" \
-                     && { test -f "$dir/lib$name.$shlibext" \
-                          || { test "$shlibext" = dll \
-                               && test -f "$dir/lib$name.dll.a"; }; }; then
-                    found_dir="$dir"
-                    if test -f "$dir/lib$name.$shlibext"; then
-                      found_so="$dir/lib$name.$shlibext"
+                  dnl First look for a shared library.
+                  if test -n "$acl_shlibext"; then
+                    if test -f "$dir/$libname$shrext"; then
+                      found_dir="$dir"
+                      found_so="$dir/$libname$shrext"
                     else
-                      found_so="$dir/lib$name.dll.a"
-                    fi
-                    if test -f "$dir/lib$name.la"; then
-                      found_la="$dir/lib$name.la"
+                      if test "$acl_library_names_spec" = '$libname$shrext$versuffix'; then
+                        ver=`(cd "$dir" && \
+                              for f in "$libname$shrext".*; do echo "$f"; done \
+                              | sed -e "s,^$libname$shrext\\\\.,," \
+                              | sort -t '.' -n -r -k1,1 -k2,2 -k3,3 -k4,4 -k5,5 \
+                              | sed 1q ) 2>/dev/null`
+                        if test -n "$ver" && test -f "$dir/$libname$shrext.$ver"; then
+                          found_dir="$dir"
+                          found_so="$dir/$libname$shrext.$ver"
+                        fi
+                      else
+                        eval library_names=\"$acl_library_names_spec\"
+                        for f in $library_names; do
+                          if test -f "$dir/$f"; then
+                            found_dir="$dir"
+                            found_so="$dir/$f"
+                            break
+                          fi
+                        done
+                      fi
                     fi
-                  else
-                    if test -f "$dir/lib$name.$libext"; then
+                  fi
+                  dnl Then look for a static library.
+                  if test "X$found_dir" = "X"; then
+                    if test -f "$dir/$libname.$acl_libext"; then
                       found_dir="$dir"
-                      found_a="$dir/lib$name.$libext"
-                      if test -f "$dir/lib$name.la"; then
-                        found_la="$dir/lib$name.la"
-                      fi
+                      found_a="$dir/$libname.$acl_libext"
+                    fi
+                  fi
+                  if test "X$found_dir" != "X"; then
+                    if test -f "$dir/$libname.la"; then
+                      found_la="$dir/$libname.la"
                     fi
                   fi
                   ;;
@@ -282,12 +346,12 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY],
                   ltrpathdirs="$ltrpathdirs $found_dir"
                 fi
                 dnl The hardcoding into $LIBNAME is system dependent.
-                if test "$hardcode_direct" = yes; then
+                if test "$acl_hardcode_direct" = yes; then
                   dnl Using DIR/libNAME.so during linking hardcodes DIR into the
                   dnl resulting binary.
                   LIB[]NAME="${LIB[]NAME}${LIB[]NAME:+ }$found_so"
                 else
-                  if test -n "$hardcode_libdir_flag_spec" && test "$hardcode_minus_L" = no; then
+                  if test -n "$acl_hardcode_libdir_flag_spec" && test "$acl_hardcode_minus_L" = no; then
                     dnl Use an explicit option to hardcode DIR into the resulting
                     dnl binary.
                     LIB[]NAME="${LIB[]NAME}${LIB[]NAME:+ }$found_so"
@@ -318,13 +382,13 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY],
                     if test -z "$haveit"; then
                       LIB[]NAME="${LIB[]NAME}${LIB[]NAME:+ }-L$found_dir"
                     fi
-                    if test "$hardcode_minus_L" != no; then
+                    if test "$acl_hardcode_minus_L" != no; then
                       dnl FIXME: Not sure whether we should use
                       dnl "-L$found_dir -l$name" or "-L$found_dir $found_so"
                       dnl here.
                       LIB[]NAME="${LIB[]NAME}${LIB[]NAME:+ }$found_so"