Added tar as a requirement to the configure scripts.

FAQ/configure

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.12
+# Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.10 
 # Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This configure script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ mandir='${prefix}/man'
 # Initialize some other variables.
 subdirs=
 MFLAGS= MAKEFLAGS=
-# Maximum number of lines to put in a shell here document.
-ac_max_here_lines=12
 
 ac_prev=
 for ac_option
@@ -334,7 +332,7 @@ EOF
     verbose=yes ;;
 
   -version | --version | --versio | --versi | --vers)
-    echo "configure generated by autoconf version 2.12"
+    echo "configure generated by autoconf version 2.10"
     exit 0 ;;
 
   -with-* | --with-*)
@@ -436,14 +434,11 @@ do
 done
 
 # NLS nuisances.
-# Only set these to C if already set.  These must not be set unconditionally
-# because not all systems understand e.g. LANG=C (notably SCO).
-# Fixing LC_MESSAGES prevents Solaris sh from translating var values in `set'!
-# Non-C LC_CTYPE values break the ctype check.
-if test "${LANG+set}"   = set; then LANG=C;   export LANG;   fi
+# Only set LANG and LC_ALL to C if already set.
+# These must not be set unconditionally because not all systems understand
+# e.g. LANG=C (notably SCO).
 if test "${LC_ALL+set}" = set; then LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL; fi
-if test "${LC_MESSAGES+set}" = set; then LC_MESSAGES=C; export LC_MESSAGES; fi
-if test "${LC_CTYPE+set}"    = set; then LC_CTYPE=C;    export LC_CTYPE;    fi
+if test "${LANG+set}"   = set; then LANG=C;   export LANG;   fi
 
 # confdefs.h avoids OS command line length limits that DEFS can exceed.
 rm -rf conftest* confdefs.h
@@ -505,7 +500,6 @@ ac_ext=c
 ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
 ac_compile='${CC-cc} -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext 1>&5'
 ac_link='${CC-cc} -o conftest $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS 1>&5'
-cross_compiling=$ac_cv_prog_cc_cross
 
 if (echo "testing\c"; echo 1,2,3) | grep c >/dev/null; then
   # Stardent Vistra SVR4 grep lacks -e, says ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu.
@@ -558,12 +552,11 @@ ac_configure=$ac_aux_dir/configure # This should be Cygnus configure.
 # SVR4 /usr/ucb/install, which tries to use the nonexistent group "staff"
 # ./install, which can be erroneously created by make from ./install.sh.
 echo $ac_n "checking for a BSD compatible install""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:562: checking for a BSD compatible install" >&5
 if test -z "$INSTALL"; then
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_install'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
-    IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_IFS="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
+    IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
   for ac_dir in $PATH; do
     # Account for people who put trailing slashes in PATH elements.
     case "$ac_dir/" in
@@ -586,7 +579,7 @@ else
       ;;
     esac
   done
-  IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
+  IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
 
 fi
   if test "${ac_cv_path_install+set}" = set; then
@@ -607,10 +600,39 @@ test -z "$INSTALL_PROGRAM" && INSTALL_PROGRAM='${INSTALL}'
 
 test -z "$INSTALL_DATA" && INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'
 
+# Extract the first word of "tar", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy tar; ac_word=$2
+echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_C_TAR'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
+else
+  case "$C_TAR" in
+  /*)
+  ac_cv_path_C_TAR="$C_TAR" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+  ;;
+  *)
+  IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
+  for ac_dir in $PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin; do
+    test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
+    if test -f $ac_dir/$ac_word; then
+      ac_cv_path_C_TAR="$ac_dir/$ac_word"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+  IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
+  ;;
+esac
+fi
+C_TAR="$ac_cv_path_C_TAR"
+if test -n "$C_TAR"; then
+  echo "$ac_t""$C_TAR" 1>&6
+else
+  echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
+fi
+
 # Extract the first word of "zip", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy zip; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:614: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_C_ZIP'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -620,7 +642,7 @@ else
   ;;
   *)
   IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
-  for ac_dir in $PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin$ac_dummy; do
+  for ac_dir in $PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin; do
     test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
     if test -f $ac_dir/$ac_word; then
       ac_cv_path_C_ZIP="$ac_dir/$ac_word"
@@ -641,7 +663,6 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "gzip", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy gzip; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:645: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_C_GZIP'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -651,7 +672,7 @@ else
   ;;
   *)
   IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
-  for ac_dir in $PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin$ac_dummy; do
+  for ac_dir in $PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin; do
     test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
     if test -f $ac_dir/$ac_word; then
       ac_cv_path_C_GZIP="$ac_dir/$ac_word"
@@ -672,7 +693,6 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "sgml2html", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy sgml2html; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:676: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_C_SGML2HTML'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -682,7 +702,7 @@ else
   ;;
   *)
   IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
-  for ac_dir in $PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin$ac_dummy; do
+  for ac_dir in $PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin; do
     test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
     if test -f $ac_dir/$ac_word; then
       ac_cv_path_C_SGML2HTML="$ac_dir/$ac_word"
@@ -704,7 +724,6 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "sgml2txt", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy sgml2txt; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:708: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_C_SGML2TXT'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -714,7 +733,7 @@ else
   ;;
   *)
   IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
-  for ac_dir in $PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin$ac_dummy; do
+  for ac_dir in $PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin; do
     test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
     if test -f $ac_dir/$ac_word; then
       ac_cv_path_C_SGML2TXT="$ac_dir/$ac_word"
@@ -763,25 +782,11 @@ cat > confcache <<\EOF
 # --recheck option to rerun configure.
 #
 EOF
-# The following way of writing the cache mishandles newlines in values,
-# but we know of no workaround that is simple, portable, and efficient.
-# So, don't put newlines in cache variables' values.
 # Ultrix sh set writes to stderr and can't be redirected directly,
 # and sets the high bit in the cache file unless we assign to the vars.
 (set) 2>&1 |
-  case `(ac_space=' '; set) 2>&1` in
-  *ac_space=\ *)
-    # `set' does not quote correctly, so add quotes (double-quote substitution
-    # turns \\\\ into \\, and sed turns \\ into \).
-    sed -n \
-      -e "s/'/'\\\\''/g" \
-      -e "s/^\\([a-zA-Z0-9_]*_cv_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\\)=\\(.*\\)/\\1=\${\\1='\\2'}/p"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    # `set' quotes correctly as required by POSIX, so do not add quotes.
-    sed -n -e 's/^\([a-zA-Z0-9_]*_cv_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)=\(.*\)/\1=${\1=\2}/p'
-    ;;
-  esac >> confcache
+  sed -n "s/^\([a-zA-Z0-9_]*_cv_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)=\(.*\)/\1=\${\1='\2'}/p" \
+  >> confcache
 if cmp -s $cache_file confcache; then
   :
 else
@@ -848,7 +853,7 @@ do
     echo "running \${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh} $0 $ac_configure_args --no-create --no-recursion"
     exec \${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh} $0 $ac_configure_args --no-create --no-recursion ;;
   -version | --version | --versio | --versi | --vers | --ver | --ve | --v)
-    echo "$CONFIG_STATUS generated by autoconf version 2.12"
+    echo "$CONFIG_STATUS generated by autoconf version 2.10"
     exit 0 ;;
   -help | --help | --hel | --he | --h)
     echo "\$ac_cs_usage"; exit 0 ;;
@@ -891,6 +896,7 @@ s%@infodir@%$infodir%g
 s%@mandir@%$mandir%g
 s%@INSTALL_PROGRAM@%$INSTALL_PROGRAM%g
 s%@INSTALL_DATA@%$INSTALL_DATA%g
+s%@C_TAR@%$C_TAR%g
 s%@C_ZIP@%$C_ZIP%g
 s%@C_GZIP@%$C_GZIP%g
 s%@C_SGML2HTML@%$C_SGML2HTML%g
@@ -899,56 +905,20 @@ s%@TARGET_DIR@%$TARGET_DIR%g
 
 CEOF
 EOF
-
-cat >> $CONFIG_STATUS <<\EOF
-
-# Split the substitutions into bite-sized pieces for seds with
-# small command number limits, like on Digital OSF/1 and HP-UX.
-ac_max_sed_cmds=90 # Maximum number of lines to put in a sed script.
-ac_file=1 # Number of current file.
-ac_beg=1 # First line for current file.
-ac_end=$ac_max_sed_cmds # Line after last line for current file.
-ac_more_lines=:
-ac_sed_cmds=""
-while $ac_more_lines; do
-  if test $ac_beg -gt 1; then
-    sed "1,${ac_beg}d; ${ac_end}q" conftest.subs > conftest.s$ac_file
-  else
-    sed "${ac_end}q" conftest.subs > conftest.s$ac_file
-  fi
-  if test ! -s conftest.s$ac_file; then
-    ac_more_lines=false
-    rm -f conftest.s$ac_file
-  else
-    if test -z "$ac_sed_cmds"; then
-      ac_sed_cmds="sed -f conftest.s$ac_file"
-    else
-      ac_sed_cmds="$ac_sed_cmds | sed -f conftest.s$ac_file"
-    fi
-    ac_file=`expr $ac_file + 1`
-    ac_beg=$ac_end
-    ac_end=`expr $ac_end + $ac_max_sed_cmds`
-  fi
-done
-if test -z "$ac_sed_cmds"; then
-  ac_sed_cmds=cat
-fi
-EOF
-
 cat >> $CONFIG_STATUS <<EOF
 
 CONFIG_FILES=\${CONFIG_FILES-"Makefile"}
 EOF
 cat >> $CONFIG_STATUS <<\EOF
 for ac_file in .. $CONFIG_FILES; do if test "x$ac_file" != x..; then
-  # Support "outfile[:infile[:infile...]]", defaulting infile="outfile.in".
+  # Support "outfile[:infile]", defaulting infile="outfile.in".
   case "$ac_file" in
-  *:*) ac_file_in=`echo "$ac_file"|sed 's%[^:]*:%%'`
+  *:*) ac_file_in=`echo "$ac_file"|sed 's%.*:%%'`
        ac_file=`echo "$ac_file"|sed 's%:.*%%'` ;;
   *) ac_file_in="${ac_file}.in" ;;
   esac
 
-  # Adjust a relative srcdir, top_srcdir, and INSTALL for subdirectories.
+  # Adjust relative srcdir, etc. for subdirectories.
 
   # Remove last slash and all that follows it.  Not all systems have dirname.
   ac_dir=`echo $ac_file|sed 's%/[^/][^/]*$%%'`
@@ -976,7 +946,6 @@ for ac_file in .. $CONFIG_FILES; do if test "x$ac_file" != x..; then
   [/$]*) INSTALL="$ac_given_INSTALL" ;;
   *) INSTALL="$ac_dots$ac_given_INSTALL" ;;
   esac
-
   echo creating "$ac_file"
   rm -f "$ac_file"
   configure_input="Generated automatically from `echo $ac_file_in|sed 's%.*/%%'` by configure."
@@ -985,22 +954,16 @@ for ac_file in .. $CONFIG_FILES; do if test "x$ac_file" != x..; then
 # $configure_input" ;;
   *) ac_comsub= ;;
   esac
-
-  ac_file_inputs=`echo $ac_file_in|sed -e "s%^%$ac_given_srcdir/%" -e "s%:% $ac_given_srcdir/%g"`
   sed -e "$ac_comsub
 s%@configure_input@%$configure_input%g
 s%@srcdir@%$srcdir%g
 s%@top_srcdir@%$top_srcdir%g
 s%@INSTALL@%$INSTALL%g
-" $ac_file_inputs | (eval "$ac_sed_cmds") > $ac_file
+" -f conftest.subs $ac_given_srcdir/$ac_file_in > $ac_file
 fi; done
-rm -f conftest.s*
+rm -f conftest.subs
 
-EOF
-cat >> $CONFIG_STATUS <<EOF
 
-EOF
-cat >> $CONFIG_STATUS <<\EOF
 
 exit 0
 EOF

FAQ/configure.in

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ fi
 
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PATH_PROG(C_TAR, tar,,$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin)
 AC_PATH_PROG(C_ZIP, zip,,$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin)
 AC_PATH_PROG(C_GZIP, gzip,,$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin)
 AC_PATH_PROG(C_SGML2HTML, sgml2html,sgml2html-not-found-or-installed,$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin)