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-rwxr-xr-xbuildconf23
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/buildconf b/buildconf
index 207d6bbb5..c1f3e1d87 100755
--- a/buildconf
+++ b/buildconf
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ die(){
exit
}
+# this works as 'which' but we use a different name to make it more obvious we
+# aren't using 'which'! ;-)
+findtool(){
+ file="$1"
+
+ IFS=":"
+ for path in $PATH
+ do
+ if test -r "$path/$file"; then
+ echo "$path/$file"
+ return
+ fi
+ done
+}
+
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# autoconf 2.57 or newer
#
@@ -79,11 +94,13 @@ LIBTOOL_WANTED_MINOR=4
LIBTOOL_WANTED_PATCH=2
LIBTOOL_WANTED_VERSION=1.4.2
-libtool=`which glibtool 2>/dev/null`
+# this approach that tries 'glibtool' first is some kind of work-around for
+# some BSD-systems I believe that use to provide the GNU libtool named
+# glibtool, with 'libtool' being something completely different.
+libtool=`findtool glibtool 2>/dev/null`
if test ! -x "$libtool"; then
- libtool=`which libtool`
+ libtool=`findtool libtool`
fi
-#lt_pversion=`${LIBTOOL:-$libtool} --version 2>/dev/null|head -1| sed -e 's/^.* \([0-9]\)/\1/' -e 's/[a-z]* *$//'`
lt_pversion=`$libtool --version 2>/dev/null|head -1|sed -e 's/^[^0-9]*//g' -e 's/[- ].*//'`
if test -z "$lt_pversion"; then
echo "buildconf: libtool not found."