configure: Remove space from IFS (using tab as necessary)

[obsolete/notmuch-old] / configure

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fd189093749e72e0c372f9c6f2ff27f8bb0b303b..07bac08b8377d575b4a5ba7dbf0068b59e1ce7e7 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+# Removing space from IFS makes it much easier to support filenames
+# with spaces. See http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/filenames-in-shell.html
+# for gory details.
+IFS="$(printf '\n\t')"
+
+# Since we don't have space in IFS we use tab to separate things in lists
+tab="$(printf '\t')"
+
 # Set several defaults (optionally specified by the user in
 # environemnt variables)
 CC=${CC:-gcc}
@@ -7,7 +15,7 @@ CXX=${CXX:-g++}
 CFLAGS=${CFLAGS:--O2}
 CXXFLAGS=${CXXFLAGS:-\$(CFLAGS)}
 LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS:-}
-XAPIAN_CONFIG=${XAPIAN_CONFIG:-xapian-config-1.1 xapian-config}
+XAPIAN_CONFIG=${XAPIAN_CONFIG:-xapian-config-1.1${tab}xapian-config}
 
 # We don't allow the EMACS or GZIP Makefile variables inherit values
 # from the environment as we do with CC and CXX above. The reason is
@@ -258,15 +266,26 @@ else
     have_emacs=0
 fi
 
-printf "Checking for Mac OS X (for shared library)... "
+printf "Checking which platform we are on... "
 if [ `uname` = "Darwin" ] ; then
-    printf "Yes.\n"
-    mac_os_x=1
+    printf "Mac OS X.\n"
+    platform=MACOSX
     linker_resolves_library_dependencies=0
-else
-    printf "No.\n"
-    mac_os_x=0
+elif [ `uname` = "SunOS" ] ; then
+    printf "Solaris.\n"
+    platform=SOLARIS
+    linker_resolves_library_dependencies=0
+elif [ `uname` = "Linux" ] ; then
+    printf "Linux\n"
+    platform=LINUX
     linker_resolves_library_dependencies=1
+else
+    printf "Unknown.\n"
+    cat <<EOF
+
+*** Warning: Unknown platform. Notmuch might or might not build correctly.
+
+EOF
 fi
 
 if [ $errors -gt 0 ]; then
@@ -437,9 +456,8 @@ HAVE_GETLINE = ${have_getline}
 # build its own version)
 HAVE_STRCASESTR = ${have_strcasestr}
 
-# Whether we are building on OS X.  This will affect how we build the
-# shared library.
-MAC_OS_X = ${mac_os_x}
+# Supported platforms (so far) are: LINUX, MACOSX, SOLARIS
+PLATFORM = ${platform}
 
 # Whether the linker will automatically resolve the dependency of one
 # library on another (if not, then linking a binary requires linking