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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 16:11:47 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-07 16:11:47 +0000
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Adding upstream version 9.1.upstream/9.1upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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+# serial 8
+# See if we need to provide mknod replacement.
+
+dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2022 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.
+
+# Written by Eric Blake.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MKNOD],
+[
+ AC_REQUIRE([gl_SYS_STAT_H_DEFAULTS])
+ AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
+ AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_MKFIFO])
+ AC_REQUIRE([gl_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS])
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([mknod])
+ if test $ac_cv_func_mknod = no; then
+ HAVE_MKNOD=0
+ else
+ dnl Detect BSD bug, where mknod requires root privileges to create fifo.
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether mknod can create fifo without root privileges],
+ [gl_cv_func_mknod_works],
+ [AC_RUN_IFELSE(
+ [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+ [[#include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+
+ /* Copied from root-uid.h. FIXME: Just use root-uid.h. */
+ #ifdef __TANDEM
+ # define ROOT_UID 65535
+ #else
+ # define ROOT_UID 0
+ #endif
+]], [[/* Indeterminate for super-user, assume no. Why are you running
+ configure as root, anyway? */
+ if (geteuid () == ROOT_UID) return 99;
+ if (mknod ("conftest.fifo", S_IFIFO | 0600, 0)) return 2;]])],
+ [gl_cv_func_mknod_works=yes],
+ [if test $? = 99 && test x"$FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE" = x; then
+ AC_MSG_FAILURE([you should not run configure as root ]dnl
+[(set FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 in environment to bypass this check)])
+ fi
+ gl_cv_func_mknod_works=no],
+ [case "$host_os" in
+ # Guess yes on Linux systems.
+ linux-* | linux) gl_cv_func_mknod_works="guessing yes" ;;
+ # Guess yes on glibc systems.
+ *-gnu* | gnu*) gl_cv_func_mknod_works="guessing yes" ;;
+ # If we don't know, obey --enable-cross-guesses.
+ *) gl_cv_func_mknod_works="$gl_cross_guess_normal" ;;
+ esac
+ ])
+ rm -f conftest.fifo])
+ case "$gl_cv_func_mknod_works" in
+ *yes) ;;
+ *)
+ REPLACE_MKNOD=1
+ AC_DEFINE([MKNOD_FIFO_BUG], [1], [Define to 1 if mknod cannot create
+ a fifo without super-user privileges])
+ ;;
+ esac
+ dnl Systems that mishandle trailing slash on mkfifo also goof on mknod.
+ if test $REPLACE_MKFIFO = 1; then
+ REPLACE_MKNOD=1
+ fi
+ fi
+])