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+dnl Check for presence of the Ragel State Machine generator.
+dnl
+dnl This macro checks for the presence of the ragel tool in the system,
+dnl and whether the ragel tool is absolutely needed for a complete
+dnl build.
+dnl
+dnl To check for the need for Ragel, you have to provide the relative
+dnl path of a source file generated through Ragel: if the file is
+dnl present in the source tree, a missing ragel command will not cause
+dnl the configure to abort.
+
+AC_DEFUN([_RAGEL_VARS], [
+ AC_ARG_VAR([RAGEL], [Ragel generator command])
+ AC_ARG_VAR([RAGELFLAGS], [Ragel generator flags])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([CHECK_RAGEL], [
+ AC_REQUIRE([_RAGEL_VARS])
+ AC_CHECK_PROG([RAGEL], [ragel], [ragel], [no])
+
+ dnl We set RAGEL to false so that it would execute the "false"
+ dnl command if needed.
+ AS_IF([test x"$RAGEL" = x"no"], [RAGEL=false])
+
+ dnl Only test the need if not found
+ AS_IF([test x"$RAGEL" = x"false"], [
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we need ragel to regenerate sources])
+ AS_IF([test -a ${srcdir}/$1], [ragel_needed=no], [ragel_needed=yes])
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$ragel_needed])
+
+ AS_IF([test x"$ragel_needed" = x"yes"],
+ [AC_MSG_ERROR([dnl
+You need Ragel to build from GIT checkouts.
+You can find Ragel at http://www.complang.org/ragel/dnl
+ ])])
+ ])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([CHECK_RAGEL_AM], [
+ CHECK_RAGEL([$1])
+
+ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_RAGEL], [test x"$RAGEL" != x"false"])
+])