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[PATCH/RFC v4 2/8] Makefile & configure: add a NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD flag

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 4, 2010, 02:48 UTC
Message-ID
<1286160491-4026-1-git-send-email-avarab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<201010031958.59482.j6t@kdbg.org>

On some platforms (like Solaris) there is a fnmatch, but it doesn't support the GNU FNM_CASEFOLD extension that's used by the jj/icase-directory series' fnmatch_icase wrapper.

Change the Makefile so that it's now possible to set NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD=YesPlease on those systems, and add a configure probe for it.

Unlike the NO_REGEX check we don't add AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT to our headers. This is because on a GNU system the definition of FNM_CASEFOLD in fnmatch.h is guarded by:

    #if !defined _POSIX_C_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE < 2 || defined _GNU_SOURCE

One of the headers AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT includes ends up defining one of those, so if we'd use it we'd always get NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD=YesPlease on GNU systems, even though they have FNM_CASEFOLD.

When checking the flags we use:
    ifdef NO_FNMATCH
    ...
    else
    ifdef NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD
    ...
    endif
    endif

The "else" so that we don't link against compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o twice if both NO_FNMATCH and NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD are defined.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 17:58, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:
> I think you should protect against defining both NO_FNMATCH and
> NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD (your version would link compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o twice
> in this case):
Well spotted. That's fixed in this version.
 Makefile      |   10 ++++++++++
 config.mak.in |    1 +
 configure.ac  |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f7c4383..7bd0a2b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ all::
 #
 # Define NO_FNMATCH if you don't have fnmatch in the C library.
 #
+# Define NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD if your fnmatch function doesn't have the
+# FNM_CASEFOLD GNU extension.
+#
 # Define NO_LIBGEN_H if you don't have libgen.h.
 #
 # Define NEEDS_LIBGEN if your libgen needs -lgen when linking
@@ -848,6 +851,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),SunOS)
 	NO_MKDTEMP = YesPlease
 	NO_MKSTEMPS = YesPlease
 	NO_REGEX = YesPlease
+	NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD = YesPlease
 	ifeq ($(uname_R),5.6)
 		SOCKLEN_T = int
 		NO_HSTRERROR = YesPlease
@@ -1349,6 +1353,12 @@ ifdef NO_FNMATCH
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -Icompat/fnmatch
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_FNMATCH
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o
+else
+ifdef NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -Icompat/fnmatch
+	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD
+	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/fnmatch/fnmatch.o
+endif
 endif
 ifdef NO_SETENV
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_SETENV
diff --git a/config.mak.in b/config.mak.in
index aaa70a8..56343ba 100644
--- a/config.mak.in
+++ b/config.mak.in
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ NO_HSTRERROR=@NO_HSTRERROR@
 NO_STRCASESTR=@NO_STRCASESTR@
 NO_STRTOK_R=@NO_STRTOK_R@
 NO_FNMATCH=@NO_FNMATCH@
+NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD=@NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD@
 NO_MEMMEM=@NO_MEMMEM@
 NO_STRLCPY=@NO_STRLCPY@
 NO_UINTMAX_T=@NO_UINTMAX_T@
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7715f6c..6dd9241 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -824,6 +824,28 @@ GIT_CHECK_FUNC(fnmatch,
 [NO_FNMATCH=YesPlease])
 AC_SUBST(NO_FNMATCH)
 #
+# Define NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD if your fnmatch function doesn't have the
+# FNM_CASEFOLD GNU extension.
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether the fnmatch function supports the FNMATCH_CASEFOLD GNU extension],
+ [ac_cv_c_excellent_fnmatch], [
+AC_EGREP_CPP(yippeeyeswehaveit,
+	AC_LANG_PROGRAM([
+#include <fnmatch.h>
+],
+[#ifdef FNM_CASEFOLD
+yippeeyeswehaveit
+#endif
+]),
+	[ac_cv_c_excellent_fnmatch=yes],
+	[ac_cv_c_excellent_fnmatch=no])
+])
+if test $ac_cv_c_excellent_fnmatch = yes; then
+	NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD=
+else
+	NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD=YesPlease
+fi
+AC_SUBST(NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD)
+#
 # Define NO_MEMMEM if you don't have memmem.
 GIT_CHECK_FUNC(memmem,
 [NO_MEMMEM=],
-- 
1.7.3.159.g610493
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Message 9 of 45 in “Extensions of core.ignorecase=true support”
  1. 0/6 Extensions of core.ignorecase=true supportJoshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  2. 1/6 Add string comparison functions that respect the ignore_case variable.Joshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 3, 2010
  4. Joshua JensenOct 3, 2010
  5. 0/8 ab/icase-directory: jj/icase-directory with Makefile + configure checksÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  6. 1/8 Makefile & configure: add a NO_FNMATCH flagÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  7. 2/8 Makefile & configure: add a NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD flagÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  8. Johannes SixtOct 3, 2010
  9. 2/8 Makefile & configure: add a NO_FNMATCH_CASEFOLD flagÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 4, 2010
  10. 3/8 Add string comparison functions that respect the ignore_case variable.Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  11. 4/8 Case insensitivity support for .gitignore via core.ignorecaseÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  12. 5/8 Add case insensitivity support for directories when using git statusÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  13. 6/8 Add case insensitivity support when using git ls-filesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  14. Thomas AdamOct 3, 2010
  15. Johannes SixtOct 3, 2010
  16. Thomas AdamOct 3, 2010
  17. Jonathan NiederOct 4, 2010
  18. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 4, 2010
  19. Erik Faye-LundOct 4, 2010
  20. Joshua JensenOct 4, 2010
  21. Jonathan NiederOct 4, 2010
  22. Robin RosenbergOct 4, 2010
  23. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 4, 2010
  24. Erik Faye-LundOct 4, 2010
  25. Joshua JensenOct 4, 2010
  26. Jonathan NiederOct 4, 2010
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 4, 2010
  28. Johannes SixtOct 4, 2010
  29. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 4, 2010
  30. 7/8 Support case folding for git add when core.ignorecase=trueÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  31. 8/8 Support case folding in git fast-import when core.ignorecase=trueÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Oct 3, 2010
  32. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2010
  33. Joshua JensenOct 7, 2010
  34. 2/6 Case insensitivity support for .gitignore via core.ignorecaseJoshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  35. 3/6 Add case insensitivity support for directories when using git statusJoshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  36. 4/6 Add case insensitivity support when using git ls-filesJoshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  37. 5/6 Support case folding for git add when core.ignorecase=trueJoshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  38. 6/6 Support case folding in git fast-import when core.ignorecase=trueJoshua Jensen, Oct 3, 2010
  39. Sverre RabbelierOct 3, 2010
  40. Johannes SixtOct 3, 2010
  41. Junio C HamanoOct 3, 2010
  42. Robert BuckOct 3, 2010
  43. Johannes SixtOct 3, 2010
  44. Robert BuckOct 6, 2010
  45. Joshua JensenOct 6, 2010

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