[XviD-devel] configure error with autoconf-2.64

[Peter Ross]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 07:39:33PM +0200, acrux wrote:
> 
> hi there,
> 
> it seems there is a problem using autoconf-2.64:
> 
> checking assert.h usability... yes
> checking assert.h presence... yes
> checking for assert.h... yes
> checking math.h usability... yes
> checking math.h presence... yes
> checking for math.h... yes
> checking for pthread.h... no
> ./configure: line 4507: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
> ./configure: line 4507: `else'
> 
> indeed it works fine using autoconf-2.63

Thanks for reporting this.

Removing the inner nested AC_CHECK_LIB resolves this. Not really
sure why it was neccessary to test for pthread_join.

====
diff -u -r1.31 configure.in
--- configure.in	9 Jun 2009 07:48:57 -0000	1.31
+++ configure.in	30 Sep 2009 23:29:17 -0000
@@ -591,12 +591,8 @@
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(
 		pthread,
 		pthread_create,
-		AC_CHECK_LIB(
-			pthread,
-			pthread_join,
 			SPECIFIC_CFLAGS="$SPECIFIC_CFLAGS -DHAVE_PTHREAD"
 			SPECIFIC_LDFLAGS="$SPECIFIC_LDFLAGS -lpthread",
-			AC_MSG_WARN(Pthread not supported. No SMP support)),
 		AC_MSG_WARN(Pthread not supported. No SMP support)),
 	AC_MSG_WARN(Pthread not supported. No SMP support))
====

-- Peter
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