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authorClaudio Fontana <sick_soul@users.sourceforge.net>2006-07-21 23:40:02 +0000
committerClaudio Fontana <sick_soul@users.sourceforge.net>2006-07-21 23:40:02 +0000
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+#serial 1 -*- autoconf -*-
+dnl Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_DOUBLE_SLASH_ROOT],
+[
+ AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether // is distinct from /], [ac_cv_double_slash_root],
+ [ if test x"$cross_compiling" = xyes ; then
+ # When cross-compiling, there is no way to tell whether // is special
+ # short of a list of hosts. However, the only known hosts to date
+ # that have a distinct // are Apollo DomainOS (too old to port to)
+ # and Cygwin. If anyone knows of another system for which // has
+ # special semantics and is distinct from /, please report it to
+ # <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
+ case $host in
+ *-cygwin)
+ ac_cv_double_slash_root=yes ;;
+ *)
+ # Be optimistic and assume that / and // are the same when we
+ # don't know.
+ ac_cv_double_slash_root='unknown, assuming no' ;;
+ esac
+ else
+ set x `ls -di / //`
+ if test $[2] = $[4]; then
+ ac_cv_double_slash_root=no
+ else
+ ac_cv_double_slash_root=yes
+ fi
+ fi])
+ if test x"$ac_cv_double_slash_root" = xyes; then
+ ac_double_slash_root=1
+ else
+ ac_double_slash_root=0
+ fi
+
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([DOUBLE_SLASH_IS_DISTINCT_ROOT],
+ $ac_double_slash_root,
+ [Define to 1 if // is a file system root distinct from /.])
+])