configure: ${#param} must be supported by the shell for the testsuite

[platform/upstream/automake.git] / configure.ac

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 49b008d..a8db061 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -297,6 +297,14 @@ AC_DEFUN([_AM_CHECK_CANDIDATE_SHELL],
       [], [am_score=1; break])
 
     _AM_CHECK_SHELL_FEATURE([$1],
+      [supports \${@%:@var}],
+      [zero='' one='x' twelve=' foobar baz!' \
+        && test ${@%:@zero} -eq 0 \
+        && test ${@%:@one} -eq 1 \
+        && test ${@%:@twelve} -eq 12],
+      [], [am_score=1; break])
+
+    _AM_CHECK_SHELL_FEATURE([$1],
       [supports \${var@%:@glob} and \${var%glob}],
       [v=a/b/c \
         && test ${v@%:@*/} = b/c \
@@ -442,12 +450,23 @@ _AM_COMPILER_CAN_FAIL(dnl
 
 AS_IF([test x"$GCC" = x"yes"], [am_CC_is_GNU=yes], [am_CC_is_GNU=no])
 
+# On case-insensitive file systems (seen e.g. on Cygwin and Mac OS X)
+# we must avoid looking for 'CC', because that would be the same as
+# 'cc', and could cause $CXX to point to the C compiler, instead of
+# to a C++ compiler as expected.  See automake bugs #11893 and #10766.
+if test -f /bIn/rMdIr || test -f /uSr/bIn/rMdIr; then
+  # Case-insensitive file system, don't look for CC.
+  am_CC=
+else
+  am_CC=CC
+fi
+
 # The list of C++ compilers here has been copied, pasted and edited
 # from 'lib/autoconf/c.m4:AC_PROG_CXX' in the Autoconf distribution.
 # Keep it in sync, or better again, find out a way to avoid this code
 # duplication.
 _AM_COMPILER_CAN_FAIL([AC_PROG_CXX(dnl
-  [aCC CC FCC KCC RCC xlC_r xlC c++ cxx cc++ gpp g++])],
+  [aCC $am_CC FCC KCC RCC xlC_r xlC c++ cxx cc++ gpp g++])],
   [CXX=false; _AM_SKIP_COMP_TESTS([C++])])
 
 AS_IF([test x"$GXX" = x"yes"], [am_CXX_is_GNU=yes], [am_CXX_is_GNU=no])