# serial 2 # See if we need to provide mknod replacement. dnl Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 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([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 AC_LIBOBJ([mknod]) 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 #include ]], [[/* Indeterminate for super-user, assume no. Why are you running configure as root, anyway? */ if (!geteuid ()) 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], [gl_cv_func_mknod_works="guessing no"]) rm -f conftest.fifo]) if test "$gl_cv_func_mknod_works" != yes; then AC_DEFINE([MKNOD_FIFO_BUG], [1], [Define to 1 if mknod cannot create a fifo without super-user privileges]) fi dnl Systems that mishandle trailing slash on mkfifo also goof on mknod. if test $REPLACE_MKFIFO = 1 || test "$gl_cv_func_mknod_works" != yes; then REPLACE_MKNOD=1 AC_LIBOBJ([mknod]) fi fi ])