Avoid segfault when ticky file argument is stderr

[ghc-hetmet.git] / configure.ac

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6067f3c..ac69cb1 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [6.7], [glasgow-haske
 # when the source distribution was created.
 
 if test ! -f mk/config.h.in; then
-   echo "mk/config.h.in doesn't exist: perhaps you haven't run 'autoreconf'?"
+   echo "mk/config.h.in doesn't exist: perhaps you haven't run 'sh boot'?"
    exit 1
 fi
 
+AC_SUBST([CONFIGURE_ARGS], [$ac_configure_args])
+
 FP_SETUP_PROJECT_VERSION
 
 # Hmmm, we fix the RPM release number to 1 here... Is this convenient?
@@ -44,13 +46,6 @@ dnl We need 2.50 due to the use of AC_SYS_LARGEFILE and AC_MSG_NOTICE.
 dnl We need 2.52 due to the use of AS_TR_CPP and AS_TR_SH.
 AC_PREREQ([2.52])
 
-dnl * Declare subdirectories that have a private configure script
-dnl
-dnl After the toplevel configuration is complete, the script will recurse into
-dnl these subdirectories if they exist. The use of a cache file makes repeated
-dnl checks cheap.
-AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([libraries])
-
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Prepare to generate the following header files
 #
@@ -756,6 +751,25 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(gcc,
 )
 AC_SUBST(WhatGccIsCalled)
 
+dnl ** Which ld to use?
+dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
+AC_ARG_WITH(ld,
+[AC_HELP_STRING([--with-ld=ARG],
+        [Use ARG as the path to LD  [default=autodetect]])],
+[if test "x$HostPlatform" = "xi386-unknown-mingw32"
+    then
+       if test "${OSTYPE}" != "msys"
+         then
+         # Canonicalise to <drive>:/path/to/ld
+         withval=`cygpath -w ${withval} | sed -e 's@\\\\@/@g' `
+       fi
+ fi;
+ LD=$withval
+ FP_PROG_LD([$LD])
+ ],
+ [FP_PROG_LD()]
+)
+
 dnl ** Booting from .hc files?
 dnl --------------------------------------------------------------
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(hc-boot,