+
+dnl
+dnl acspecific.m4's defn of AC_PROG_LEX is a bit too permissive, as it
+dnl defaults to 'lex' if 'flex' isn't found (without checking whether
+dnl 'lex' is actually present along the user's PATH).
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN(AC_PROG_LEX_STRICT,
+[AC_CHECK_PROG(LEX, flex, flex)
+if test -z "$LEX"
+then
+ AC_CHECK_PROG(LEX,lex,lex)
+ test -z "$LEX" && AC_MSG_ERROR(['lex' or 'flex' is required to compile GHC.])
+fi
+])
+
+dnl
+dnl Check to see whether CC (gcc) supports a particular option.
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN(FPTOOLS_CC_FLAG,
+[
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether $CC accepts $1], [ac_cv_cc_$2],
+[save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $1"
+ AC_LANG_C
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE(,[int main(){return(0);}],
+ [ac_cv_cc_$2=yes],
+ [ac_cv_cc_$2=no])
+ CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
+])
+if test "$ac_cv_cc_$2"x = "yesx"; then
+ $2=$extra_flag;
+else
+ $2=$extra_flag;
+fi;
+])