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  • #***************************************************************************
    # $Id$
    #
    # Copyright (C) 2008 by Daniel Stenberg et al
    #
    # Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
    # documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
    # that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
    # copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
    # documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in advertising or
    # publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
    # written prior permission.  M.I.T. makes no representations about the
    # suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is"
    # without express or implied warranty.
    #
    #***************************************************************************
    
    # File version for 'aclocal' use. Keep it a single number.
    
    # serial 6
    
    
    
    dnl CARES_CHECK_COMPILER
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Verify if the C compiler being used is known.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_CHECK_COMPILER], [
      #
      compiler_id="unknown"
      compiler_num="0"
      #
    
      flags_dbg_all="unknown"
      flags_dbg_yes="unknown"
      flags_dbg_off="unknown"
      flags_opt_all="unknown"
      flags_opt_yes="unknown"
      flags_opt_off="unknown"
      #
    
      CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_DEC
    
      CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_HP
    
      CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_IBM
      CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_INTEL
      CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_GNU
    
      CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_SUN
    
      if test "$compiler_id" = "unknown"; then
      cat <<_EOF 1>&2
    ***
    *** Warning: This configure script does not have information about the
    *** compiler you are using, relative to the flags required to enable or
    *** disable generation of debug info, optimization options or warnings.
    ***
    *** Whatever settings are present in CFLAGS will be used for this run.
    ***
    *** If you wish to help the c-ares project to better support your compiler
    *** you can report this and the required info on the c-ares development
    *** mailing list: http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/c-ares/
    ***
    _EOF
      fi
    
    ])
    
    
    dnl CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_DEC
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Verify if the C compiler being used is DEC's.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_DEC], [
      AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we are using the DEC/Compaq C compiler])
      CURL_CHECK_DEF([__DECC], [], [silent])
      CURL_CHECK_DEF([__DECC_VER], [], [silent])
      if test "$curl_cv_have_def___DECC" = "yes" &&
        test "$curl_cv_have_def___DECC_VER" = "yes"; then
        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
        compiler_id="DECC"
    
        flags_dbg_all="-g -g0 -g1 -g2 -g3"
        flags_dbg_yes="-g2"
        flags_dbg_off="-g0"
        flags_opt_all="-O -O0 -O1 -O2 -O3 -O4"
        flags_opt_yes="-O1"
        flags_opt_off="-O0"
    
      else
        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
      fi
    ])
    
    
    dnl CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_GNU
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Verify if the C compiler being used is GNU's.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_GNU], [
      AC_REQUIRE([CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_INTEL])dnl
      #
      AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we are using the GNU C compiler])
      CURL_CHECK_DEF([__GNUC__], [], [silent])
      if test "$curl_cv_have_def___GNUC__" = "yes" &&
        test "$compiler_id" = "unknown"; then
        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
        compiler_id="GNUC"
        gccver=`$CC -dumpversion`
        gccvhi=`echo $gccver | cut -d . -f1`
        gccvlo=`echo $gccver | cut -d . -f2`
        compiler_num=`(expr $gccvhi "*" 100 + $gccvlo) 2>/dev/null`
    
        flags_dbg_all="-g -g0 -g1 -g2 -g3"
        flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all -ggdb"
        flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all -gstabs"
        flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all -gstabs+"
        flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all -gcoff"
        flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all -gxcoff"
        flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all -gdwarf-2"
        flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all -gvms"
        flags_dbg_yes="-g"
        flags_dbg_off="-g0"
        flags_opt_all="-O -O0 -O1 -O2 -O3 -Os"
        flags_opt_yes="-O2"
        flags_opt_off="-O0"
    
    dnl CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_HP
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Verify if the C compiler being used is HP's.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_HP], [
      AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we are using the HP C compiler])
      CURL_CHECK_DEF([__HP_cc], [], [silent])
      if test "$curl_cv_have_def___HP_cc" = "yes"; then
        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
        compiler_id="HPC"
        flags_dbg_all="-g -s"
        flags_dbg_yes="-g"
        flags_dbg_off="-s"
        flags_opt_all="-O +O0 +O1 +O2 +O3 +O4"
        flags_opt_yes="+O2"
        flags_opt_off="+O0"
      else
        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
      fi
    ])
    
    
    
    dnl CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_IBM
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Verify if the C compiler being used is IBM's.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_IBM], [
      AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we are using the IBM C compiler])
      CURL_CHECK_DEF([__IBMC__], [], [silent])
      if test "$curl_cv_have_def___IBMC__" = "yes"; then
        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
        compiler_id="IBMC"
    
        flags_dbg_all="-g -g0 -g1 -g2 -g3"
        flags_dbg_yes="-g"
        flags_dbg_off=""
        flags_opt_all="-O -O0 -O1 -O2 -O3 -O4 -O5"
        flags_opt_all="$flags_opt_all -qnooptimize"
        flags_opt_all="$flags_opt_all -qoptimize=0"
        flags_opt_all="$flags_opt_all -qoptimize=1"
        flags_opt_all="$flags_opt_all -qoptimize=2"
        flags_opt_all="$flags_opt_all -qoptimize=3"
        flags_opt_all="$flags_opt_all -qoptimize=4"
        flags_opt_all="$flags_opt_all -qoptimize=5"
        flags_opt_yes="-O2"
        flags_opt_off="-qnooptimize"
    
      else
        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
      fi
    ])
    
    
    dnl CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_INTEL
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Verify if the C compiler being used is Intel's.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_INTEL], [
      AC_BEFORE([$0],[CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_GNU])dnl
      AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we are using the Intel C compiler])
      CURL_CHECK_DEF([__INTEL_COMPILER], [], [silent])
      if test "$curl_cv_have_def___INTEL_COMPILER" = "yes"; then
        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
        CURL_CHECK_DEF([__unix__], [], [silent])
        if test "$curl_cv_have_def___unix__" = "yes"; then
          compiler_id="ICC_unix"
    
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          flags_dbg_yes="-g"
    
          flags_dbg_off="-g0"
          flags_opt_all="-O -O0 -O1 -O2 -O3 -Os"
          flags_opt_yes="-O2"
          flags_opt_off="-O0"
    
        else
          compiler_id="ICC_windows"
    
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          flags_dbg_all="/ZI /Zi /zI /zi /ZD /Zd /zD /zd /Z7 /z7 /Oy /Oy-"
    
          flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all /debug"
          flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all /debug:none"
          flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all /debug:minimal"
          flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all /debug:partial"
          flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all /debug:full"
          flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all /debug:semantic_stepping"
          flags_dbg_all="$flags_dbg_all /debug:extended"
          flags_dbg_yes="/Zi /Oy-"
    
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          flags_dbg_off="/debug:none /Oy-"
          flags_opt_all="/O /O0 /O1 /O2 /O3 /Od /Og /Og- /Oi /Oi-"
    
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          flags_opt_off="/Od"
    
        fi
        compiler_num="$curl_cv_def___INTEL_COMPILER"
      else
        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
      fi
    ])
    
    
    
    dnl CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_SUN
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Verify if the C compiler being used is SUN's.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_CHECK_COMPILER_SUN], [
      AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we are using the SUN C compiler])
      CURL_CHECK_DEF([__SUNPRO_C], [], [silent])
      if test "$curl_cv_have_def___SUNPRO_C" = "yes"; then
        AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
        compiler_id="SUNC"
        flags_dbg_all="-g -s"
        flags_dbg_yes="-g"
        flags_dbg_off="-s"
        flags_opt_all="-O -xO1 -xO2 -xO3 -xO4 -xO5"
        flags_opt_yes="-xO2"
        flags_opt_off=""
      else
        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
      fi
    ])
    
    
    
    dnl CARES_SET_COMPILER_BASIC_OPTS
    
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    
    dnl Sets compiler specific options/flags which do not
    dnl depend on configure's debug, optimize or warnings
    dnl options.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_SET_COMPILER_BASIC_OPTS], [
    
      AC_REQUIRE([CARES_CHECK_COMPILER])dnl
      #
      if test "$compiler_id" = "DECC"; then
        dnl Select strict ANSI C compiler mode
        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -std1"
        dnl Turn off optimizer ANSI C aliasing rules
        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -noansi_alias"
        dnl Generate warnings for missing function prototypes
        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -warnprotos"
        dnl Change some warnings into fatal errors
        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -msg_fatal toofewargs,toomanyargs"
      fi
      #
    
      if test "$compiler_id" = "HPC"; then
        dnl Disallow run-time dereferencing of null pointers
        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -z"
      fi
      #
    
      if test "$compiler_id" = "IBMC"; then
        dnl Ensure that compiler optimizations are always thread-safe.
        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -qthreaded"
        dnl Disable type based strict aliasing optimizations, using worst
        dnl case aliasing assumptions when compiling. Type based aliasing
        dnl would restrict the lvalues that could be safely used to access
        dnl a data object.
        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -qnoansialias"
        dnl Force compiler to stop after the compilation phase, without
        dnl generating an object code file when compilation has errors.
        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -qhalt=e"
      fi
      #
      if test "$compiler_id" = "ICC_unix"; then
        dnl On unix this compiler uses gcc's header files, so
        dnl we select ANSI C89 dialect plus GNU extensions.
        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -std=gnu89"
        dnl Change some warnings into errors
        dnl #140: too many arguments in function call
        dnl #147: declaration is incompatible with 'previous one'
        dnl #165: too few arguments in function call
        dnl #266: function declared implicitly
        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -we 140,147,165,266"
        dnl Disable some remarks
        dnl #279: controlling expression is constant
        dnl #981: operands are evaluated in unspecified order
        dnl #1469: "cc" clobber ignored
        if test "$compiler_num" -lt "910"; then
          CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -wd 279"
        fi
        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -wd 981,1469"
        dnl Disable use of ANSI C aliasing rules in optimizations
        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -no-ansi-alias"
        dnl Disable floating point optimizations
        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fp-model precise"
      fi
    ])
    
    
    
    dnl CARES_SET_COMPILER_DEBUG_OPTS
    
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    
    dnl Sets compiler specific options/flags which depend
    dnl on configure's debug option.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_SET_COMPILER_DEBUG_OPTS], [
    
      AC_REQUIRE([CARES_CHECK_OPTION_DEBUG])dnl
      AC_REQUIRE([CARES_CHECK_COMPILER])dnl
      #
    
      if test "$compiler_id" != "unknown"; then
        #
        ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
        ac_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
        #
        honor_debug_option="yes"
        CARES_VAR_STRIP([CFLAGS],[${flags_dbg_all}])
        CARES_VAR_STRIP([CPPFLAGS],[${flags_dbg_all}])
        if test "$want_debug" = "yes"; then
          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $flags_dbg_yes"
          AC_MSG_CHECKING([if compiler accepts debug enabling flags $flags_dbg_yes])
        fi
        if test "$want_debug" = "no"; then
          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $flags_dbg_off"
          AC_MSG_CHECKING([if compiler accepts debug disabling flags $flags_dbg_off])
        fi
        AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([
          AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
          ]],[[
            int i = 1;
            return i;
          ]])
        ],[
          AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
        ],[
          AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
          honor_debug_option="no"
        ])
        #
        if test "$honor_debug_option" = "no"; then
          CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
          CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS"
        fi
        #
    
    ])
    
    
    dnl CARES_SET_COMPILER_OPTIMIZE_OPTS
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Sets compiler specific options/flags which depend
    dnl on configure's optimize option.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_SET_COMPILER_OPTIMIZE_OPTS], [
      AC_REQUIRE([CARES_CHECK_OPTION_OPTIMIZE])dnl
      AC_REQUIRE([CARES_CHECK_COMPILER])dnl
    
      if test "$compiler_id" != "unknown"; then
        #
        ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
        ac_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
        #
        dnl If optimization request setting has not been explicitly specified,
        dnl it has been derived from the debug setting and initially assumed.
        dnl This initially assumed optimizer setting will finally be ignored
        dnl if CFLAGS or CPPFLAGS already hold optimizer flags. This implies
        dnl that an initially assumed optimizer setting might not be honored.
        #
        honor_optimize_option="yes"
        if test "$want_optimize" = "assume_no" ||
           test "$want_optimize" = "assume_yes"; then
          AC_MSG_CHECKING([if compiler optimizer assumed setting might be used])
          CARES_VAR_MATCH_IFELSE([CFLAGS],[${flags_opt_all}],[
            honor_optimize_option="no"
          ])
          CARES_VAR_MATCH_IFELSE([CPPFLAGS],[${flags_opt_all}],[
            honor_optimize_option="no"
          ])
          AC_MSG_RESULT([$honor_optimize_option])
          if test "$honor_optimize_option" = "yes"; then
            if test "$want_optimize" = "assume_yes"; then
              want_optimize="yes"
            fi
            if test "$want_optimize" = "assume_no"; then
              want_optimize="no"
            fi
          fi
        fi
        #
        if test "$honor_optimize_option" = "yes"; then
          CARES_VAR_STRIP([CFLAGS],[${flags_opt_all}])
          CARES_VAR_STRIP([CPPFLAGS],[${flags_opt_all}])
          if test "$want_optimize" = "yes"; then
            CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $flags_opt_yes"
            AC_MSG_CHECKING([if compiler accepts optimizer enabling flags $flags_opt_yes])
          fi
          if test "$want_optimize" = "no"; then
            CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $flags_opt_off"
            AC_MSG_CHECKING([if compiler accepts optimizer disabling flags $flags_opt_off])
          fi
          AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([
            AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
            ]],[[
              int i = 1;
              return i;
            ]])
          ],[
            AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
          ],[
            AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
            honor_optimize_option="no"
          ])
        fi
        #
        if test "$honor_optimize_option" = "no"; then
          CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
          CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS"
        fi
        #
    
    dnl CARES_SET_COMPILER_WARNING_OPTS
    
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Sets compiler options/flags which depend on
    dnl configure's warnings given option.
    
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_SET_COMPILER_WARNING_OPTS], [
    
      AC_REQUIRE([CARES_CHECK_OPTION_WARNINGS])dnl
      AC_REQUIRE([CARES_CHECK_COMPILER])dnl
      #
      if test "$compiler_id" = "DECC"; then
        if test "$want_warnings" = "yes"; then
          dnl Select a higher warning level than default level2
          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -msg_enable level3"
        fi
      fi
      #
      if test "$compiler_id" = "GNUC"; then
        #
        # FIXME: Some of these warnings should be changed into errors
    
        #        and moved to CARES-SET-COMPILER-BASIC-OPTS
    
        #
        if test "$want_warnings" = "yes"; then
          dnl this is a set of options we believe *ALL* gcc versions support:
          WARN="-W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -pedantic -Wpointer-arith -Wnested-externs -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes"
          dnl -Wcast-align is a bit too annoying on all gcc versions ;-)
          if test "$compiler_num" -ge "207"; then
            dnl gcc 2.7 or later
            WARN="$WARN -Wmissing-declarations"
          fi
          if test "$compiler_num" -gt "295"; then
            dnl only if the compiler is newer than 2.95 since we got lots of
            dnl "`_POSIX_C_SOURCE' is not defined" in system headers with
            dnl gcc 2.95.4 on FreeBSD 4.9!
            WARN="$WARN -Wundef -Wno-long-long -Wsign-compare -Wshadow -Wno-multichar"
          fi
          if test "$compiler_num" -ge "296"; then
            dnl gcc 2.96 or later
            WARN="$WARN -Wfloat-equal"
          fi
          if test "$compiler_num" -gt "296"; then
            dnl this option does not exist in 2.96
            WARN="$WARN -Wno-format-nonliteral"
          fi
          dnl -Wunreachable-code seems totally unreliable on my gcc 3.3.2 on
          dnl on i686-Linux as it gives us heaps with false positives.
          dnl Also, on gcc 4.0.X it is totally unbearable and complains all
          dnl over making it unusable for generic purposes. Let's not use it.
          if test "$compiler_num" -ge "303"; then
            dnl gcc 3.3 and later
            WARN="$WARN -Wendif-labels -Wstrict-prototypes"
          fi
          if test "$compiler_num" -ge "304"; then
            # try these on gcc 3.4
            WARN="$WARN -Wdeclaration-after-statement"
          fi
          for flag in $CPPFLAGS; do
            case "$flag" in
              -I*)
                dnl Include path, provide a -isystem option for the same dir
                dnl to prevent warnings in those dirs. The -isystem was not very
                dnl reliable on earlier gcc versions.
                add=`echo $flag | sed 's/^-I/-isystem /g'`
                WARN="$WARN $add"
                ;;
            esac
          done
          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $WARN"
          AC_MSG_NOTICE([Added this set of compiler options: $WARN])
        fi
      fi
      #
    
      if test "$compiler_id" = "HPC"; then
        if test "$want_warnings" = "yes"; then
          dnl Issue all warnings
          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS +w1"
        fi
      fi
      #
      if test "$compiler_id" = "ICC_unix"; then
        if test "$want_warnings" = "yes"; then
          if test "$compiler_num" -gt "600"; then
            dnl Show errors, warnings, and remarks
            CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -Wall"
            dnl Perform extra compile-time code checking
            CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -Wcheck"
          fi
        fi
      fi
      #
      if test "$compiler_id" = "SUNC"; then
        if test "$want_warnings" = "yes"; then
          dnl Perform stricter semantic and lint-like checks
          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -v"
        fi
      fi
      #
    
    ])
    
    
    dnl CARES_PROCESS_DEBUG_BUILD_OPTS
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Settings which depend on configure's debug given
    dnl option, and further configure the build process.
    
    dnl Don't use this macro for compiler dependant stuff.
    
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_PROCESS_DEBUG_BUILD_OPTS], [
      AC_REQUIRE([CARES_CHECK_OPTION_DEBUG])dnl
      AC_BEFORE([$0],[AC_PROG_LIBTOOL])dnl
      #
      if test "$want_debug" = "yes"; then
    
        dnl when doing the debug stuff, use static library only
        AC_DISABLE_SHARED
    
        debugbuild="yes"
    
        dnl the entire --enable-debug is a hack that lives and runs on top of
        dnl libcurl stuff so this BUILDING_LIBCURL is not THAT much uglier
        AC_DEFINE(BUILDING_LIBCURL, 1, [when building as static part of libcurl])
    
    
        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DCURLDEBUG"
    
        dnl CHECKME: Do we still need so specify this include path here?
        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$srcdir/../include"
    
    
    dnl CARES_CHECK_PROG_CC
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Check for compiler program, preventing CFLAGS and
    dnl CPPFLAGS from being unexpectedly changed.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_CHECK_PROG_CC], [
      ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
      ac_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
      AC_PROG_CC
      CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
      CPPFLAGS="$ac_save_CPPFLAGS"
    ])
    
    
    dnl CARES_VAR_MATCH (VARNAME, VALUE)
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Verifies if shell variable VARNAME contains VALUE.
    dnl Contents of variable VARNAME and VALUE are handled
    dnl as whitespace separated lists of words. If at least
    dnl one word of VALUE is present in VARNAME the match
    dnl is considered positive, otherwise false.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_VAR_MATCH], [
      ac_var_match_word="no"
      for word1 in "${[$1]}"; do
        for word2 in "[$2]"; do
          if test "$word1" = "$word2"; then
            ac_var_match_word="yes"
          fi
        done
      done
    ])
    
    
    dnl CARES_VAR_MATCH_IFELSE (VARNAME, VALUE,
    dnl                        [ACTION-IF-MATCH], [ACTION-IF-NOT-MATCH])
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl This performs a CURL_VAR_MATCH check and executes
    dnl first branch if the match is positive, otherwise
    dnl the second branch is executed.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_VAR_MATCH_IFELSE], [
      CARES_VAR_MATCH([$1],[$2])
      if test "$ac_var_match_word" = "yes"; then
      ifelse($3,,:,[$3])
      ifelse($4,,,[else
        [$4]])
      fi
    ])
    
    
    dnl CARES_VAR_STRIP (VARNAME, VALUE)
    dnl -------------------------------------------------
    dnl Contents of variable VARNAME and VALUE are handled
    dnl as whitespace separated lists of words. Each word
    dnl from VALUE is removed from VARNAME when present.
    
    AC_DEFUN([CARES_VAR_STRIP], [
      ac_var_stripped=""
      for word1 in "${[$1]}"; do
        ac_var_strip_word="no"
        for word2 in "[$2]"; do
          if test "$word1" = "$word2"; then
            ac_var_strip_word="yes"
          fi
        done
        if test "$ac_var_strip_word" = "no"; then
          ac_var_stripped="$ac_var_stripped $word1"
        fi
      done
      dnl squeeze whitespace out of result
    
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      [$1]=`eval echo $ac_var_stripped`