[lttng-dev] [PATCH babeltrace] Build: m4 macro for Bison version check

Jérémie Galarneau jeremie.galarneau at efficios.com
Thu Jul 2 18:17:53 EDT 2015


Merged in master and stable-1.2, thanks!

Jérémie

On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Jonathan Rajotte <
jonathan.rajotte-julien at efficios.com> wrote:

> This new m4 macro make check for a supported version of Bison.
> This macro is valid starting from commit id
> e79137accc7ea0352cd4677ff22818f9c68d4eab of the GNU Bison git tree[1].
> This check works for version 1.29b to this day.
>
> [1]
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bison.git/commit/?id=e79137accc7ea0352cd4677ff22818f9c68d4eab
>
> Fixes: #891
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Rajotte <jonathan.rajotte-julien at efficios.com>
> ---
>  configure.ac                |   4 +
>  m4/ax_compare_version.m4    | 177
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  m4/ax_prog_bison_version.m4 |  64 ++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 245 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 m4/ax_compare_version.m4
>  create mode 100644 m4/ax_prog_bison_version.m4
>
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index f8d43d8..3421cbd 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ if test ! -f
> "$srcdir/formats/ctf/metadata/ctf-parser.h"; then
>                  AC_MSG_ERROR([[bison not found and is required when
> building from git.
>                  Please install bison]])
>          fi
> +        AC_PATH_PROG([BISON],[bison])
> +        AX_PROG_BISON_VERSION([2.4], [],[
> +                AC_MSG_ERROR([[Bison >= 2.4 is required when building
> from git]])
> +        ])
>  fi
>
>  if test ! -f "$srcdir/formats/ctf/metadata/ctf-lexer.c"; then
> diff --git a/m4/ax_compare_version.m4 b/m4/ax_compare_version.m4
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..74dc0fd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/m4/ax_compare_version.m4
> @@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
> +#
> ===========================================================================
> +#    http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_compare_version.html
> +#
> ===========================================================================
> +#
> +# SYNOPSIS
> +#
> +#   AX_COMPARE_VERSION(VERSION_A, OP, VERSION_B, [ACTION-IF-TRUE],
> [ACTION-IF-FALSE])
> +#
> +# DESCRIPTION
> +#
> +#   This macro compares two version strings. Due to the various number of
> +#   minor-version numbers that can exist, and the fact that string
> +#   comparisons are not compatible with numeric comparisons, this is not
> +#   necessarily trivial to do in a autoconf script. This macro makes doing
> +#   these comparisons easy.
> +#
> +#   The six basic comparisons are available, as well as checking equality
> +#   limited to a certain number of minor-version levels.
> +#
> +#   The operator OP determines what type of comparison to do, and can be
> one
> +#   of:
> +#
> +#    eq  - equal (test A == B)
> +#    ne  - not equal (test A != B)
> +#    le  - less than or equal (test A <= B)
> +#    ge  - greater than or equal (test A >= B)
> +#    lt  - less than (test A < B)
> +#    gt  - greater than (test A > B)
> +#
> +#   Additionally, the eq and ne operator can have a number after it to
> limit
> +#   the test to that number of minor versions.
> +#
> +#    eq0 - equal up to the length of the shorter version
> +#    ne0 - not equal up to the length of the shorter version
> +#    eqN - equal up to N sub-version levels
> +#    neN - not equal up to N sub-version levels
> +#
> +#   When the condition is true, shell commands ACTION-IF-TRUE are run,
> +#   otherwise shell commands ACTION-IF-FALSE are run. The environment
> +#   variable 'ax_compare_version' is always set to either 'true' or
> 'false'
> +#   as well.
> +#
> +#   Examples:
> +#
> +#     AX_COMPARE_VERSION([3.15.7],[lt],[3.15.8])
> +#     AX_COMPARE_VERSION([3.15],[lt],[3.15.8])
> +#
> +#   would both be true.
> +#
> +#     AX_COMPARE_VERSION([3.15.7],[eq],[3.15.8])
> +#     AX_COMPARE_VERSION([3.15],[gt],[3.15.8])
> +#
> +#   would both be false.
> +#
> +#     AX_COMPARE_VERSION([3.15.7],[eq2],[3.15.8])
> +#
> +#   would be true because it is only comparing two minor versions.
> +#
> +#     AX_COMPARE_VERSION([3.15.7],[eq0],[3.15])
> +#
> +#   would be true because it is only comparing the lesser number of minor
> +#   versions of the two values.
> +#
> +#   Note: The characters that separate the version numbers do not matter.
> An
> +#   empty string is the same as version 0. OP is evaluated by autoconf,
> not
> +#   configure, so must be a string, not a variable.
> +#
> +#   The author would like to acknowledge Guido Draheim whose advice about
> +#   the m4_case and m4_ifvaln functions make this macro only include the
> +#   portions necessary to perform the specific comparison specified by the
> +#   OP argument in the final configure script.
> +#
> +# LICENSE
> +#
> +#   Copyright (c) 2008 Tim Toolan <toolan at ele.uri.edu>
> +#
> +#   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
> are
> +#   permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
> +#   and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
> +#   warranty.
> +
> +#serial 11
> +
> +dnl
> #########################################################################
> +AC_DEFUN([AX_COMPARE_VERSION], [
> +  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_AWK])
> +
> +  # Used to indicate true or false condition
> +  ax_compare_version=false
> +
> +  # Convert the two version strings to be compared into a format that
> +  # allows a simple string comparison.  The end result is that a version
> +  # string of the form 1.12.5-r617 will be converted to the form
> +  # 0001001200050617.  In other words, each number is zero padded to four
> +  # digits, and non digits are removed.
> +  AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([A],[ax_compare_version_A])
> +  A=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's/\([[0-9]]*\)/Z\1Z/g' \
> +                     -e 's/Z\([[0-9]]\)Z/Z0\1Z/g' \
> +                     -e 's/Z\([[0-9]][[0-9]]\)Z/Z0\1Z/g' \
> +                     -e 's/Z\([[0-9]][[0-9]][[0-9]]\)Z/Z0\1Z/g' \
> +                     -e 's/[[^0-9]]//g'`
> +
> +  AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([B],[ax_compare_version_B])
> +  B=`echo "$3" | sed -e 's/\([[0-9]]*\)/Z\1Z/g' \
> +                     -e 's/Z\([[0-9]]\)Z/Z0\1Z/g' \
> +                     -e 's/Z\([[0-9]][[0-9]]\)Z/Z0\1Z/g' \
> +                     -e 's/Z\([[0-9]][[0-9]][[0-9]]\)Z/Z0\1Z/g' \
> +                     -e 's/[[^0-9]]//g'`
> +
> +  dnl # In the case of le, ge, lt, and gt, the strings are sorted as
> necessary
> +  dnl # then the first line is used to determine if the condition is true.
> +  dnl # The sed right after the echo is to remove any indented white
> space.
> +  m4_case(m4_tolower($2),
> +  [lt],[
> +    ax_compare_version=`echo "x$A
> +x$B" | sed 's/^ *//' | sort -r | sed "s/x${A}/false/;s/x${B}/true/;1q"`
> +  ],
> +  [gt],[
> +    ax_compare_version=`echo "x$A
> +x$B" | sed 's/^ *//' | sort | sed "s/x${A}/false/;s/x${B}/true/;1q"`
> +  ],
> +  [le],[
> +    ax_compare_version=`echo "x$A
> +x$B" | sed 's/^ *//' | sort | sed "s/x${A}/true/;s/x${B}/false/;1q"`
> +  ],
> +  [ge],[
> +    ax_compare_version=`echo "x$A
> +x$B" | sed 's/^ *//' | sort -r | sed "s/x${A}/true/;s/x${B}/false/;1q"`
> +  ],[
> +    dnl Split the operator from the subversion count if present.
> +    m4_bmatch(m4_substr($2,2),
> +    [0],[
> +      # A count of zero means use the length of the shorter version.
> +      # Determine the number of characters in A and B.
> +      ax_compare_version_len_A=`echo "$A" | $AWK '{print(length)}'`
> +      ax_compare_version_len_B=`echo "$B" | $AWK '{print(length)}'`
> +
> +      # Set A to no more than B's length and B to no more than A's length.
> +      A=`echo "$A" | sed "s/\(.\{$ax_compare_version_len_B\}\).*/\1/"`
> +      B=`echo "$B" | sed "s/\(.\{$ax_compare_version_len_A\}\).*/\1/"`
> +    ],
> +    [[0-9]+],[
> +      # A count greater than zero means use only that many subversions
> +      A=`echo "$A" | sed
> "s/\(\([[0-9]]\{4\}\)\{m4_substr($2,2)\}\).*/\1/"`
> +      B=`echo "$B" | sed
> "s/\(\([[0-9]]\{4\}\)\{m4_substr($2,2)\}\).*/\1/"`
> +    ],
> +    [.+],[
> +      AC_WARNING(
> +        [illegal OP numeric parameter: $2])
> +    ],[])
> +
> +    # Pad zeros at end of numbers to make same length.
> +    ax_compare_version_tmp_A="$A`echo $B | sed 's/./0/g'`"
> +    B="$B`echo $A | sed 's/./0/g'`"
> +    A="$ax_compare_version_tmp_A"
> +
> +    # Check for equality or inequality as necessary.
> +    m4_case(m4_tolower(m4_substr($2,0,2)),
> +    [eq],[
> +      test "x$A" = "x$B" && ax_compare_version=true
> +    ],
> +    [ne],[
> +      test "x$A" != "x$B" && ax_compare_version=true
> +    ],[
> +      AC_WARNING([illegal OP parameter: $2])
> +    ])
> +  ])
> +
> +  AS_VAR_POPDEF([A])dnl
> +  AS_VAR_POPDEF([B])dnl
> +
> +  dnl # Execute ACTION-IF-TRUE / ACTION-IF-FALSE.
> +  if test "$ax_compare_version" = "true" ; then
> +    m4_ifvaln([$4],[$4],[:])dnl
> +    m4_ifvaln([$5],[else $5])dnl
> +  fi
> +]) dnl AX_COMPARE_VERSION
> diff --git a/m4/ax_prog_bison_version.m4 b/m4/ax_prog_bison_version.m4
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..6b95585
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/m4/ax_prog_bison_version.m4
> @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
> +# SYNOPSIS
> +#
> +#   AX_PROG_BISON_VERSION([VERSION],[ACTION-IF-TRUE],[ACTION-IF-FALSE])
> +#
> +# DESCRIPTION
> +#
> +#   Makes sure that bison version is greater or equal to the version
> indicated.
> +#   If true the shell commands in ACTION-IF-TRUE are executed. If not the
> shell
> +#   commands in commands in ACTION-IF-TRUE are executed. If not the shell
> +#   commands in ACTION-IF-FALSE are run. Note if $BISON is not set (for
> example
> +#   by running AC_CHECK_PROG or AC_PATH_PROG) the macro will fail.
> +#
> +#   Example:
> +#
> +#     AC_PATH_PROG([BISON],[bison])
> +#     AX_PROG_BISON_VERSION([3.0.2],[ ... ],[ ... ])
> +#
> +#   This will check to make sure that the bison you have is at least
> +#   version 3.0.2 or greater.
> +#
> +#   NOTE: This macro uses the $BISON variable to perform the check.
> +#
> +# LICENSE
> +#
> +#   Copyright (c) 2015 Jonathan Rajotte-Julien <
> jonathan.rajotte-julien at efficios.com>
> +#
> +#   Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
> are
> +#   permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
> +#   and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
> +#   warranty.
> +
> +#serial 12
> +
> +AC_DEFUN([AX_PROG_BISON_VERSION],[
> +    AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_SED])
> +    AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_GREP])
> +
> +    AS_IF([test -n "$BISON"],[
> +        ax_bison_version="$1"
> +
> +        AC_MSG_CHECKING([for bison version])
> +        changequote(<<,>>)
> +        bison_version=`$BISON --version 2>&1 \
> +          | $SED -n -e '/bison (GNU Bison)/b inspect
> +b
> +: inspect
> +s/.* (\{0,1\}\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\))\{0,1\}.*/\1/;p'`
> +        changequote([,])
> +        AC_MSG_RESULT($bison_version)
> +
> +       AC_SUBST([BISON_VERSION],[$bison_version])
> +
> +        AX_COMPARE_VERSION([$bison_version],[ge],[$ax_bison_version],[
> +           :
> +            $2
> +        ],[
> +           :
> +            $3
> +        ])
> +    ],[
> +        AC_MSG_WARN([could not find bison])
> +        $3
> +    ])
> +])
> --
> 2.1.4
>
>


-- 
Jérémie Galarneau
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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