autoconf/m4/sanity.m4

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#
# Check to make sure that the build environment is sane.
#
AC_DEFUN(AM_SANITY_CHECK,
[AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether build environment is sane])
# Just in case
sleep 1
echo timestamp > conftestfile
# Do `set' in a subshell so we don't clobber the current shell's
# arguments. Must try -L first in case configure is actually a
# symlink; some systems play weird games with the mod time of symlinks
# (eg FreeBSD returns the mod time of the symlink's containing
# directory).
if (
set X `ls -Lt $srcdir/configure conftestfile 2> /dev/null`
if test "[$]*" = "X"; then
# -L didn't work.
set X `ls -t $srcdir/configure conftestfile`
fi
if test "[$]*" != "X $srcdir/configure conftestfile" \
&& test "[$]*" != "X conftestfile $srcdir/configure"; then
# If neither matched, then we have a broken ls. This can happen
# if, for instance, CONFIG_SHELL is bash and it inherits a
# broken ls alias from the environment. This has actually
# happened. Such a system could not be considered "sane".
AC_MSG_ERROR([ls -t appears to fail. Make sure there is not a broken
alias in your environment])
fi
test "[$]2" = conftestfile
)
then
# Ok.
:
else
AC_MSG_ERROR([newly created file is older than distributed files!
Check your system clock])
fi
rm -f conftest*
AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)])