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Diffstat (limited to 'configure.ac')
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 24 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index d4b481776..64ab9faa0 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ fi #### Determine host OS #### +# if the host has the possibility of sys/capability.h for dropping privileges +# used to determine if we should error out if it is not found +host_has_caps=0 + os_is_linux=0 os_is_win32=0 os_is_darwin=0 @@ -126,8 +130,13 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([host operating system]) case "$host_os" in linux*) AC_MSG_RESULT([linux]) + host_has_caps=1 os_is_linux=1 ;; + freebsd*) + AC_MSG_RESULT([freebsd]) + host_has_caps=1 + ;; darwin*) AC_MSG_RESULT([darwin]) os_is_darwin=1 @@ -595,17 +604,16 @@ AS_IF([test "x$HAVE_X11" = "x1"], AC_DEFINE([HAVE_X11], 1, [Have X11?])) CAP_LIBS='' AC_ARG_WITH([caps], - AS_HELP_STRING([--without-caps],[Omit support for POSIX capabilities.])) + AS_HELP_STRING([--without-caps],[Omit support for dropping capabilities.])) if test "x${with_caps}" != "xno"; then - AC_SEARCH_LIBS([cap_init], [cap], [], [ - if test "x${with_caps}" = "xyes" ; then - AC_MSG_ERROR([*** POSIX caps libraries not found]) - fi]) + AC_SEARCH_LIBS([cap_init], [cap], [], []) + + # Only give an error on hosts that we know could support capabilities AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/capability.h], [], [ - if test "x${with_caps}" = "xyes" ; then - AC_MSG_ERROR([*** POSIX caps headers not found]) - fi]) + if test "${host_has_caps}" = "1"; then + AC_MSG_ERROR([*** sys/capability.h not found. Use --without-caps to disable capabilities support.]) + fi]) fi #### Valgrind (optional) #### |