From 3b5f5706bda144591957f8b8457c279691affa8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:17:15 +0000
Subject: Work around screwed Solaris /bin/sh and go for XPG shells.

svn path=/branches/BRANCH_6-3/; revision=5436
---
 configure.ac | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

(limited to 'configure.ac')

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 40fa405e..9017f218 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -46,6 +46,24 @@ dnl INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation Unix on 2006-07-23.  New programs
 dnl need not use this macro.  It is implemented as
 dnl `AC_SEARCH_LIBS([strerror], [cposix])'
 
+dnl check for b0rked Solaris (and other shells) and find one that works
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for a working shell...)
+for i in /usr/xpg6/bin/sh /usr/xpg4/bin/sh /usr/ccs/bin/sh /bin/sh /usr/bin/sh /bin/ksh /bin/bash /usr/local/bin/bash ; do
+    $i -c 'if ! false ; then echo $(echo ok) ; fi' >config.$$ 2>/dev/null
+    j=`cat config.$$`
+    rm -f config.$$
+    if test "x$j" = "xok" ; then
+        SHELL=$i
+        AC_SUBST(SHELL)
+        break
+    fi
+done
+AC_MSG_RESULT($SHELL)
+if test "x$SHELL" = "x" ; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR(no SUS compliant shell found - on Solaris, install SUNWxcu4)
+fi
+
+
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
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