# [PATCH v5] autoconf: Test FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES 2 messages from 2008-03-06 to 2008-03-06. Participants: Michal Rokos, Johannes Schindelin. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/12537 ## Michal Rokos, 2008-03-06 10:41 Subject: [PATCH v5] autoconf: Test FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES Message-ID: <200803061141.09050.michal.rokos@nextsoft.cz> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200803061141.09050.michal.rokos%40nextsoft.cz ``` Add test for FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES to detect when fread() reads fopen'ed directory. Signed-off-by: Michal Rokos Tested-by: Johannes Schindelin Tested-by: Mike Ralphson diff --git a/config.mak.in b/config.mak.in index ee6c33d..516c468 100644 --- a/config.mak.in +++ b/config.mak.in @@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ NO_MKDTEMP=@NO_MKDTEMP@ NO_ICONV=@NO_ICONV@ OLD_ICONV=@OLD_ICONV@ NO_DEFLATE_BOUND=@NO_DEFLATE_BOUND@ +FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES=@FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES@ diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 85d7ef5..2deeb44 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -326,6 +326,26 @@ else NO_C99_FORMAT= fi AC_SUBST(NO_C99_FORMAT) +# +# Define FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES if your are on a system which succeeds +# when attempting to read from an fopen'ed directory. +AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether system succeeds to read fopen'ed directory], + [ac_cv_fread_reads_directories], +[ +AC_RUN_IFELSE( + [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT], + [[char c; + FILE *f = fopen(".", "r"); + return f && fread(&c, 1, 1, f)]])], + [ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=no], + [ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=yes]) +]) +if test $ac_cv_fread_reads_directories = yes; then + FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES=UnfortunatelyYes +else + FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES= +fi +AC_SUBST(FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES) ## Checks for library functions. ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2008-03-06 11:13 Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] autoconf: Test FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.LSU.1.00.0803061213000.15786%40racer.site In-Reply-To: <200803061141.09050.michal.rokos@nextsoft.cz> ``` Hi, On Thu, 6 Mar 2008, Michal Rokos wrote: > Add test for FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES to detect when fread() reads fopen'ed > directory. > > Signed-off-by: Michal Rokos > Tested-by: Johannes Schindelin Umm... technically, you are correct, but because of that libsocket bug, it did not work... Ciao, Dscho ```