aclocal/ax_lib_event.m4

dnl @synopsis AX_LIB_EVENT([MINIMUM-VERSION])
dnl
dnl Test for the libevent library of a particular version (or newer).
dnl
dnl If no path to the installed libevent is given, the macro will first try
dnl using no -I or -L flags, then searches under /usr, /usr/local, /opt,
dnl and /opt/libevent.
dnl If these all fail, it will try the $LIBEVENT_ROOT environment variable.
dnl
dnl This macro requires that #include <sys/types.h> works and defines u_char.
dnl
dnl This macro calls:
dnl   AC_SUBST(LIBEVENT_CPPFLAGS)
dnl   AC_SUBST(LIBEVENT_LDFLAGS)
dnl   AC_SUBST(LIBEVENT_LIBS)
dnl
dnl And (if libevent is found):
dnl   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBEVENT)
dnl
dnl It also leaves the shell variables "success" and "ax_have_libevent"
dnl set to "yes" or "no".
dnl
dnl NOTE: This macro does not currently work for cross-compiling,
dnl       but it can be easily modified to allow it.  (grep "cross").
dnl
dnl @category InstalledPackages
dnl @category C
dnl @version 2007-09-12
dnl @license AllPermissive

dnl Input: ax_libevent_path, WANT_LIBEVENT_VERSION
dnl Output: success=yes/no
AC_DEFUN([AX_LIB_EVENT_DO_CHECK],
         [
          # Save our flags.
          CPPFLAGS_SAVED="$CPPFLAGS"
          LDFLAGS_SAVED="$LDFLAGS"
          LIBS_SAVED="$LIBS"
          LD_LIBRARY_PATH_SAVED="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

          # Set our flags if we are checking a specific directory.
          if test -n "$ax_libevent_path" ; then
            LIBEVENT_CPPFLAGS="-I$ax_libevent_path/include"
            LIBEVENT_LDFLAGS="-L$ax_libevent_path/lib"
            LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$ax_libevent_path/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
          else
            LIBEVENT_CPPFLAGS=""
            LIBEVENT_LDFLAGS=""
          fi

          # Required flag for libevent.
          LIBEVENT_LIBS="-levent"

          # Prepare the environment for compilation.
          CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $LIBEVENT_CPPFLAGS"
          LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $LIBEVENT_LDFLAGS"
          LIBS="$LIBS $LIBEVENT_LIBS"
          export CPPFLAGS
          export LDFLAGS
          export LIBS
          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

          success=no

          # Compile, link, and run the program.  This checks:
          # - event.h is available for including.
          # - event_get_version() is available for linking.
          # - The event version string is lexicographically greater
          #   than the required version.
          AC_LANG_PUSH([C])
          dnl This can be changed to AC_LINK_IFELSE if you are cross-compiling,
          dnl but then the version cannot be checked.
          AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
          #include <sys/types.h>
          #include <event.h>
          ]], [[
          const char* lib_version = event_get_version();
          const char* wnt_version = "$WANT_LIBEVENT_VERSION";
          for (;;) {
            /* If we reached the end of the want version.  We have it. */
            if (*wnt_version == '\0') {
              return 0;
            }
            /* If the want version continues but the lib version does not, */
            /* we are missing a letter.  We don't have it. */
            if (*lib_version == '\0') {
              return 1;
            }
            /* If we have greater than what we want.  We have it. */
            if (*lib_version > *wnt_version) {
              return 0;
            }
            /* If we have less, we don't. */
            if (*lib_version < *wnt_version) {
              return 1;
            }
            lib_version++;
            wnt_version++;
          }
          return 0;
          ]])], [
          success=yes
          ])
          AC_LANG_POP([C])

          # Restore flags.
          CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_SAVED"
          LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_SAVED"
          LIBS="$LIBS_SAVED"
          LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH_SAVED"
         ])


AC_DEFUN([AX_LIB_EVENT],
         [

          dnl Allow search path to be overridden on the command line.
          AC_ARG_WITH([libevent],
                      AS_HELP_STRING([--with-libevent@<:@=DIR@:>@], [use libevent (default is yes) - it is possible to specify an alternate root directory for libevent]),
                      [
                       if test "x$withval" = "xno"; then
                         want_libevent="no"
                       elif test "x$withval" = "xyes"; then
                         want_libevent="yes"
                         ax_libevent_path=""
                       else
                         want_libevent="yes"
                         ax_libevent_path="$withval"
                       fi
                       ],
                       [ want_libevent="yes" ; ax_libevent_path="" ])


          if test "$want_libevent" = "yes"; then
            WANT_LIBEVENT_VERSION=ifelse([$1], ,1.2,$1)

            AC_MSG_CHECKING(for libevent >= $WANT_LIBEVENT_VERSION)

            # Run tests.
            if test -n "$ax_libevent_path"; then
              AX_LIB_EVENT_DO_CHECK
            else
              for ax_libevent_path in "" /usr /usr/local /opt /opt/local /opt/libevent "$LIBEVENT_ROOT" ; do
                AX_LIB_EVENT_DO_CHECK
                if test "$success" = "yes"; then
                  break;
                fi
              done
            fi

            if test "$success" != "yes" ; then
              AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
              LIBEVENT_CPPFLAGS=""
              LIBEVENT_LDFLAGS=""
              LIBEVENT_LIBS=""
            else
              AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
              AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBEVENT,,[define if libevent is available])
            fi

            ax_have_libevent="$success"

            AC_SUBST(LIBEVENT_CPPFLAGS)
            AC_SUBST(LIBEVENT_LDFLAGS)
            AC_SUBST(LIBEVENT_LIBS)
          fi

          ])