* new gnulib m4 macros

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diff --git a/m4/strerror_r.m4 b/m4/strerror_r.m4
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+#serial 1004
+# This file is not needed if you can assume Autoconf 2.54 or later.
+# Experimental replacement for the function in the latest CVS autoconf.
+# Use with the error.c file in ../lib.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+undefine([AC_FUNC_STRERROR_R])
+
+# AC_FUNC_STRERROR_R
+# ------------------
+AC_DEFUN([AC_FUNC_STRERROR_R],
+[AC_CHECK_DECLS([strerror_r])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strerror_r])
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether strerror_r returns char *],
+               ac_cv_func_strerror_r_char_p,
+   [
+    ac_cv_func_strerror_r_char_p=no
+    if test $ac_cv_have_decl_strerror_r = yes; then
+      AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT],
+	[[
+	  char buf[100];
+	  char x = *strerror_r (0, buf, sizeof buf);
+	  char *p = strerror_r (0, buf, sizeof buf);
+	]])],
+			ac_cv_func_strerror_r_char_p=yes)
+    else
+      # strerror_r is not declared.  Choose between
+      # systems that have relatively inaccessible declarations for the
+      # function.  BeOS and DEC UNIX 4.0 fall in this category, but the
+      # former has a strerror_r that returns char*, while the latter
+      # has a strerror_r that returns `int'.
+      # This test should segfault on the DEC system.
+      AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT
+	extern char *strerror_r ();],
+	[[char buf[100];
+	  char x = *strerror_r (0, buf, sizeof buf);
+	  exit (!isalpha (x));]])],
+                    ac_cv_func_strerror_r_char_p=yes, , :)
+    fi
+  ])
+if test $ac_cv_func_strerror_r_char_p = yes; then
+  AC_DEFINE([STRERROR_R_CHAR_P], 1,
+	    [Define to 1 if strerror_r returns char *.])
+fi
+])# AC_FUNC_STRERROR_R