This fixes the search for posix_spawn() to use AC_SEARCH_LIBS which is needed for uClibc which puts the function in librt [1]. The fix is in gnulib commit d6eab2e [2], but we can't just apply that patch and autoreconf because that means we must depend on autotools.eclass and this leads to a circular dependency. So we have to patch configure directlly. [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580688 [2] http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=d6eab2e70fc5ccc82a73e5c988b76a229e4cd3d5 [3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581086 Signed-off-by: Anthony G. Basile diff -Naur m4-1.4.17.orig/configure m4-1.4.17/configure --- m4-1.4.17.orig/configure 2013-09-22 06:38:28.000000000 +0000 +++ m4-1.4.17/configure 2016-04-25 22:27:12.774118561 +0000 @@ -808,6 +808,7 @@ GNULIB_SIGNAL_H_SIGPIPE GNULIB_RAISE GNULIB_PTHREAD_SIGMASK +LIB_POSIX_SPAWN REPLACE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDOPEN REPLACE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDDUP2 REPLACE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCLOSE @@ -3590,7 +3591,6 @@ as_fn_append ac_func_list " mkstemp" as_fn_append ac_func_list " nl_langinfo" as_fn_append ac_func_list " pipe2" -as_fn_append ac_func_list " posix_spawn" gl_printf_safe=yes as_fn_append ac_func_list " isblank" as_fn_append ac_func_list " iswctype" @@ -15877,8 +15881,78 @@ + LIB_POSIX_SPAWN= + + gl_saved_libs=$LIBS + { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for library containing posix_spawn" >&5 +$as_echo_n "checking for library containing posix_spawn... " >&6; } +if ${ac_cv_search_posix_spawn+:} false; then : + $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6 +else + ac_func_search_save_LIBS=$LIBS +cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext +/* end confdefs.h. */ + +/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error. + Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC + builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */ +#ifdef __cplusplus +extern "C" +#endif +char posix_spawn (); +int +main () +{ +return posix_spawn (); + ; + return 0; +} +_ACEOF +for ac_lib in '' rt; do + if test -z "$ac_lib"; then + ac_res="none required" + else + ac_res=-l$ac_lib + LIBS="-l$ac_lib $ac_func_search_save_LIBS" + fi + if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then : + ac_cv_search_posix_spawn=$ac_res +fi +rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \ + conftest$ac_exeext + if ${ac_cv_search_posix_spawn+:} false; then : + break +fi +done +if ${ac_cv_search_posix_spawn+:} false; then : + +else + ac_cv_search_posix_spawn=no +fi +rm conftest.$ac_ext +LIBS=$ac_func_search_save_LIBS +fi +{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_search_posix_spawn" >&5 +$as_echo "$ac_cv_search_posix_spawn" >&6; } +ac_res=$ac_cv_search_posix_spawn +if test "$ac_res" != no; then : + test "$ac_res" = "none required" || LIBS="$ac_res $LIBS" + test "$ac_cv_search_posix_spawn" = "none required" || + LIB_POSIX_SPAWN=$ac_cv_search_posix_spawn +fi + + for ac_func in posix_spawn +do : + ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "posix_spawn" "ac_cv_func_posix_spawn" +if test "x$ac_cv_func_posix_spawn" = xyes; then : + cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF +#define HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN 1 +_ACEOF +fi +done + LIBS=$gl_saved_libs if test $ac_cv_func_posix_spawn != yes; then HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN=0