# serial 8 # See if we need to provide mknod replacement. dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. # Written by Eric Blake. AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MKNOD], [ AC_REQUIRE([gl_SYS_STAT_H_DEFAULTS]) AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_MKFIFO]) AC_REQUIRE([gl_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS]) AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([mknod]) if test $ac_cv_func_mknod = no; then HAVE_MKNOD=0 else dnl Detect BSD bug, where mknod requires root privileges to create fifo. AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether mknod can create fifo without root privileges], [gl_cv_func_mknod_works], [AC_RUN_IFELSE( [AC_LANG_PROGRAM( [[#include #include /* Copied from root-uid.h. FIXME: Just use root-uid.h. */ #ifdef __TANDEM # define ROOT_UID 65535 #else # define ROOT_UID 0 #endif ]], [[/* Indeterminate for super-user, assume no. Why are you running configure as root, anyway? */ if (geteuid () == ROOT_UID) return 99; if (mknod ("conftest.fifo", S_IFIFO | 0600, 0)) return 2;]])], [gl_cv_func_mknod_works=yes], [if test $? = 99 && test x"$FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE" = x; then AC_MSG_FAILURE([you should not run configure as root ]dnl [(set FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1 in environment to bypass this check)]) fi gl_cv_func_mknod_works=no], [case "$host_os" in # Guess yes on Linux systems. linux-* | linux) gl_cv_func_mknod_works="guessing yes" ;; # Guess yes on glibc systems. *-gnu* | gnu*) gl_cv_func_mknod_works="guessing yes" ;; # If we don't know, obey --enable-cross-guesses. *) gl_cv_func_mknod_works="$gl_cross_guess_normal" ;; esac ]) rm -f conftest.fifo]) case "$gl_cv_func_mknod_works" in *yes) ;; *) REPLACE_MKNOD=1 AC_DEFINE([MKNOD_FIFO_BUG], [1], [Define to 1 if mknod cannot create a fifo without super-user privileges]) ;; esac dnl Systems that mishandle trailing slash on mkfifo also goof on mknod. if test $REPLACE_MKFIFO = 1; then REPLACE_MKNOD=1 fi fi ])