+
+# FP_CHECK_PROG(VARIABLE, PROG-TO-CHECK-FOR,
+# [VALUE-IF-NOT-FOUND], [PATH], [REJECT])
+# -----------------------------------------------------
+# HACK: A small wrapper around AC_CHECK_PROG, setting VARIABLE to the full path
+# of PROG-TO-CHECK-FOR when found.
+AC_DEFUN([FP_CHECK_PROG],
+[AC_CHECK_PROG([$1], [$2], [$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext], [$3], [$4], [$5])][]dnl
+)# FP_CHECK_PROC
+
+
+# FP_PROG_FIND
+# ------------
+# Find a non-WinDoze version of the "find" utility.
+AC_DEFUN([FP_PROG_FIND],
+[AC_PATH_PROG([fp_prog_find], [find])
+echo foo > conftest.txt
+$fp_prog_find conftest.txt -print > conftest.out 2>&1
+if grep '^conftest.txt$' conftest.out > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+ # OK, looks like a real "find".
+ case $HostPlatform in
+ *mingw32)
+ if test x${OSTYPE} != xmsys
+ then
+ fp_prog_find="`cygpath --mixed ${fp_prog_find}`"
+ AC_MSG_NOTICE([normalized find command to $fp_prog_find])
+ fi ;;
+ *) ;;
+ esac
+ FindCmd="$fp_prog_find"
+else
+ # Found a poor WinDoze version of "find", ignore it.
+ AC_MSG_WARN([$fp_prog_find looks like a non-*nix find, ignoring it])
+ FP_CHECK_PROG([FindCmd], [find], [], [], [$fp_prog_find])
+fi
+rm -f conftest.txt conftest.out
+AC_SUBST([FindCmd])[]dnl
+])# FP_PROG_FIND
+
+
+# FP_PROG_SORT
+# ------------
+# Find a Unix-like sort
+AC_DEFUN([FP_PROG_SORT],
+[AC_PATH_PROG([fp_prog_sort], [sort])
+echo conwip > conftest.txt
+$fp_prog_sort -f conftest.txt > conftest.out 2>&1
+if grep 'conwip' conftest.out > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+ # The goods
+ SortCmd="$fp_prog_sort"
+else
+ # Summink else..pick next one.
+ AC_MSG_WARN([$fp_prog_sort looks like a non-*nix sort, ignoring it])
+ FP_CHECK_PROG([SortCmd], [sort], [], [], [$fp_prog_sort])
+fi
+rm -f conftest.txt conftest.out
+AC_SUBST([SortCmd])[]dnl
+])# FP_PROG_SORT
+
+dnl
+dnl FPTOOLS_NOCACHE_CHECK prints a message, then sets the
+dnl values of the second argument to the result of running
+dnl the commands given by the third. It does not cache its
+dnl result, so it is suitable for checks which should be
+dnl run every time.
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([FPTOOLS_NOCACHE_CHECK],
+[AC_MSG_CHECKING([$1])
+ $3
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$][$2])
+])
+