From 339613b6bdd8d4a51435cba9e903b8b5bb082da4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:40:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] dd, shred: use fdatasync only if declared

* m4/jm-macros.m4 (coreutils_MACROS): Use fdatasync only if declared.
MacOS X 10.7 has an fdatasync that is not declared, and is rumored to
be ineffective.  (Bug#9141)
---
 m4/jm-macros.m4 | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/m4/jm-macros.m4 b/m4/jm-macros.m4
index 6e97221..58b000d 100644
--- a/m4/jm-macros.m4
+++ b/m4/jm-macros.m4
@@ -93,14 +93,20 @@ AC_DEFUN([coreutils_MACROS],
   cu_PREREQ_STAT_PROG
 
   # for dd.c and shred.c
-  coreutils_saved_libs=$LIBS
-    LIB_FDATASYNC=
+  #
+  # Use fdatasync only if declared.  On MacOS X 10.7, fdatasync exists but
+  # is not declared, and is ineffective.
+  LIB_FDATASYNC=
+  AC_SUBST([LIB_FDATASYNC])
+  AC_CHECK_DECLS_ONCE([fdatasync])
+  if test $ac_cv_have_decl_fdatasync = yes; then
+    coreutils_saved_libs=$LIBS
     AC_SEARCH_LIBS([fdatasync], [rt posix4],
                    [test "$ac_cv_search_fdatasync" = "none required" ||
                     LIB_FDATASYNC=$ac_cv_search_fdatasync])
-    AC_SUBST([LIB_FDATASYNC])
     AC_CHECK_FUNCS([fdatasync])
-  LIBS=$coreutils_saved_libs
+    LIBS=$coreutils_saved_libs
+  fi
 
   # Check whether libcap is usable -- for ls --color support
   LIB_CAP=
-- 
2.7.4