ax_cflags_no_writable_strings

Try to find a compiler option that makes all stringliteral readonly.

The sanity check is done by looking at string.h which has a set of strcpy definitions that should be defined with const-modifiers to not emit a warning in all so many places.

For the GNU CC compiler it will be -fno-writable-strings -Wwrite-strings The result is added to the shellvar being CFLAGS by default.

DEFAULTS:

- $1 shell-variable-to-add-to : CFLAGS
- $2 add-value-if-not-found : nothing
- $3 action-if-found : add value to shellvariable
- $4 action-if-not-found : nothing

AC_DEFUN([AX_CFLAGS_NO_WRITABLE_STRINGS],[dnl
AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([FLAGS],[CFLAGS])dnl
AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([VAR],[ac_cv_cflags_no_writable_strings])dnl
AC_CACHE_CHECK([m4_ifval([$1],[$1],FLAGS) making strings readonly],
VAR,[VAR="no, unknown"
 AC_LANG_SAVE
 AC_LANG_C
 ac_save_[]FLAGS="$[]FLAGS"
# IRIX C compiler:
#      -use_readonly_const is the default for IRIX C,
#       puts them into .rodata, but they are copied later.
#       need to be "-G0 -rdatashared" for strictmode but
#       I am not sure what effect that has really.         - guidod
for ac_arg dnl
in "-Wall     % -fno-writable-strings -Wwrite-strings" dnl   GCC
   "-v -Xc    % -xstrconst" dnl Solaris C - strings go into readonly segment
   "+w1 -Aa   % +ESlit"      dnl HP-UX C - strings go into readonly segment
   "-w0 -std1 % -readonly_strings" dnl Digital Unix - again readonly segment
   "-fullwarn -use_readonly_const %% ok, its the default" dnl IRIX C
   #
do FLAGS="$ac_save_[]FLAGS "`echo $ac_arg | sed -e 's,%%.*,,' -e 's,%,,'`
   AC_TRY_COMPILE([],[return 0;],
   [VAR=`echo $ac_arg | sed -e 's,.*% *,,'` ; break])
done
case ".$VAR" in
   .|.no|.no,*) ;;
   *) # sanity check - testing strcpy() from string.h
      cp config.log config.tmp
      AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <string.h>],[
      char test[16];
      if (strcpy (test, "test")) return 1;],
      dnl the original did use test -n `$CC testprogram.c`
      [if test `diff config.log config.tmp | grep -i warning | wc -l` != 0
  then VAR="no, suppressed, string.h," ; fi],
      [VAR="no, suppressed, string.h"])
      rm config.tmp
   ;;
esac
   FLAGS="$ac_save_[]FLAGS"
   AC_LANG_RESTORE
])
case ".$VAR" in
     .ok|.ok,*) m4_ifvaln($3,$3) ;;
   .|.no|.no,*) m4_ifvaln($4,$4,[m4_ifval($2,[
        AC_RUN_LOG([: m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS)="$m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) $2"])
                      m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS)="$m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) $2"])]) ;;
   *) m4_ifvaln($3,$3,[
   if echo " $[]m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) " | grep " $VAR " 2>&1 >/dev/null
   then AC_RUN_LOG([: m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) does contain $VAR])
   else AC_RUN_LOG([: m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS)="$m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) $VAR"])
                      m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS)="$m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) $VAR"
   fi ]) ;;
esac
AS_VAR_POPDEF([VAR])dnl
AS_VAR_POPDEF([FLAGS])dnl
])

dnl the only difference - the LANG selection... and the default FLAGS

AC_DEFUN([AX_CXXFLAGS_NO_WRITABLE_STRINGS],[dnl
AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([FLAGS],[CXXFLAGS])dnl
AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([VAR],[ac_cv_cxxflags_no_writable_strings])dnl
AC_CACHE_CHECK([m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) making strings readonly],
VAR,[VAR="no, unknown"
 AC_LANG_SAVE
 AC_LANG_CXX
 ac_save_[]FLAGS="$[]FLAGS"
# IRIX C compiler:
#      -use_readonly_const is the default for IRIX C,
#       puts them into .rodata, but they are copied later.
#       need to be "-G0 -rdatashared" for strictmode but
#       I am not sure what effect that has really.         - guidod
for ac_arg dnl
in "-Wall     % -fno-writable-strings -Wwrite-strings" dnl   GCC
   "-v -Xc    % -xstrconst" dnl Solaris C - strings go into readonly segment
   "+w1 -Aa   % +ESlit"      dnl HP-UX C - strings go into readonly segment
   "-w0 -std1 % -readonly_strings" dnl Digital Unix - again readonly segment
   "-fullwarn -use_readonly_const %% ok, its the default" dnl IRIX C
   #
do FLAGS="$ac_save_[]FLAGS "`echo $ac_arg | sed -e 's,%%.*,,' -e 's,%,,'`
   AC_TRY_COMPILE([],[return 0;],
   [VAR=`echo $ac_arg | sed -e 's,.*% *,,'` ; break])
done
case ".$VAR" in
   .|.no|.no,*) ;;
   *) # sanity check - testing strcpy() from string.h
      cp config.log config.tmp
      AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <string.h>],[[
      char test[16];
      if (strcpy (test, "test")) return 1;]],
      dnl the original did use test -n `$CC testprogram.c`
      [if test `diff config.log config.tmp | grep -i warning | wc -l` != 0
  then VAR="no, suppressed, string.h," ; fi],
      [VAR="no, suppressed, string.h"])
      rm config.tmp
   ;;
esac
 FLAGS="$ac_save_[]FLAGS"
 AC_LANG_RESTORE
])
case ".$VAR" in
     .ok|.ok,*) m4_ifvaln($3,$3) ;;
   .|.no|.no,*) m4_ifvaln($4,$4,[m4_ifval($2,[
        AC_RUN_LOG([: m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS)="$m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) $VAR"])
                      m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS)="$m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) $2"])]) ;;
   *) m4_ifvaln($3,$3,[
   if echo " $[]m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) " | grep " $VAR " 2>&1 >/dev/null
   then AC_RUN_LOG([: m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) does contain $VAR])
   else AC_RUN_LOG([: m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS)="$m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) $VAR"])
                      m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS)="$m4_ifval($1,$1,FLAGS) $VAR"
   fi ]) ;;
esac
AS_VAR_POPDEF([VAR])dnl
AS_VAR_POPDEF([FLAGS])dnl
])