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+# Configure paths for ESD
+# Manish Singh    98-9-30
+# stolen back from Frank Belew
+# stolen from Manish Singh
+# Shamelessly stolen from Owen Taylor
+
+dnl AM_PATH_ESD([MINIMUM-VERSION, [ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]]])
+dnl Test for ESD, and define ESD_CFLAGS and ESD_LIBS
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_ESD],
+[dnl 
+dnl Get the cflags and libraries from the esd-config script
+dnl
+AC_ARG_WITH(esd-prefix,[  --with-esd-prefix=PFX   Prefix where ESD is installed (optional)],
+            esd_prefix="$withval", esd_prefix="")
+AC_ARG_WITH(esd-exec-prefix,[  --with-esd-exec-prefix=PFX Exec prefix where ESD is installed (optional)],
+            esd_exec_prefix="$withval", esd_exec_prefix="")
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(esdtest, [  --disable-esdtest       Do not try to compile and run a test ESD program],
+		    , enable_esdtest=yes)
+
+  if test x$esd_exec_prefix != x ; then
+     esd_args="$esd_args --exec-prefix=$esd_exec_prefix"
+     if test x${ESD_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
+        ESD_CONFIG=$esd_exec_prefix/bin/esd-config
+     fi
+  fi
+  if test x$esd_prefix != x ; then
+     esd_args="$esd_args --prefix=$esd_prefix"
+     if test x${ESD_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
+        ESD_CONFIG=$esd_prefix/bin/esd-config
+     fi
+  fi
+
+  AC_PATH_PROG(ESD_CONFIG, esd-config, no)
+  min_esd_version=ifelse([$1], ,0.2.7,$1)
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ESD - version >= $min_esd_version)
+  no_esd=""
+  if test "$ESD_CONFIG" = "no" ; then
+    no_esd=yes
+  else
+    AC_LANG_SAVE
+    AC_LANG_C
+    ESD_CFLAGS=`$ESD_CONFIG $esdconf_args --cflags`
+    ESD_LIBS=`$ESD_CONFIG $esdconf_args --libs`
+
+    esd_major_version=`$ESD_CONFIG $esd_args --version | \
+           sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\1/'`
+    esd_minor_version=`$ESD_CONFIG $esd_args --version | \
+           sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\2/'`
+    esd_micro_version=`$ESD_CONFIG $esd_config_args --version | \
+           sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\3/'`
+    if test "x$enable_esdtest" = "xyes" ; then
+      ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+      ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+      CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $ESD_CFLAGS"
+      LIBS="$LIBS $ESD_LIBS"
+dnl
+dnl Now check if the installed ESD is sufficiently new. (Also sanity
+dnl checks the results of esd-config to some extent
+dnl
+      rm -f conf.esdtest
+      AC_TRY_RUN([
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <esd.h>
+
+char*
+my_strdup (char *str)
+{
+  char *new_str;
+  
+  if (str)
+    {
+      new_str = malloc ((strlen (str) + 1) * sizeof(char));
+      strcpy (new_str, str);
+    }
+  else
+    new_str = NULL;
+  
+  return new_str;
+}
+
+int main ()
+{
+  int major, minor, micro;
+  char *tmp_version;
+
+  system ("touch conf.esdtest");
+
+  /* HP/UX 9 (%@#!) writes to sscanf strings */
+  tmp_version = my_strdup("$min_esd_version");
+  if (sscanf(tmp_version, "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro) != 3) {
+     printf("%s, bad version string\n", "$min_esd_version");
+     exit(1);
+   }
+
+   if (($esd_major_version > major) ||
+      (($esd_major_version == major) && ($esd_minor_version > minor)) ||
+      (($esd_major_version == major) && ($esd_minor_version == minor) && ($esd_micro_version >= micro)))
+    {
+      return 0;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      printf("\n*** 'esd-config --version' returned %d.%d.%d, but the minimum version\n", $esd_major_version, $esd_minor_version, $esd_micro_version);
+      printf("*** of ESD required is %d.%d.%d. If esd-config is correct, then it is\n", major, minor, micro);
+      printf("*** best to upgrade to the required version.\n");
+      printf("*** If esd-config was wrong, set the environment variable ESD_CONFIG\n");
+      printf("*** to point to the correct copy of esd-config, and remove the file\n");
+      printf("*** config.cache before re-running configure\n");
+      return 1;
+    }
+}
+
+],, no_esd=yes,[echo $ac_n "cross compiling; assumed OK... $ac_c"])
+       CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+       LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+       AC_LANG_RESTORE
+     fi
+  fi
+  if test "x$no_esd" = x ; then
+     AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+     ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])     
+  else
+     AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+     if test "$ESD_CONFIG" = "no" ; then
+       echo "*** The esd-config script installed by ESD could not be found"
+       echo "*** If ESD was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in"
+       echo "*** your path, or set the ESD_CONFIG environment variable to the"
+       echo "*** full path to esd-config."
+     else
+       if test -f conf.esdtest ; then
+        :
+       else
+          echo "*** Could not run ESD test program, checking why..."
+          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $ESD_CFLAGS"
+          LIBS="$LIBS $ESD_LIBS"
+          AC_LANG_SAVE
+          AC_LANG_C
+          AC_TRY_LINK([
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <esd.h>
+],      [ return 0; ],
+        [ echo "*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means"
+          echo "*** that the run-time linker is not finding ESD or finding the wrong"
+          echo "*** version of ESD. If it is not finding ESD, you'll need to set your"
+          echo "*** LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf to point"
+          echo "*** to the installed location  Also, make sure you have run ldconfig if that"
+          echo "*** is required on your system"
+	  echo "***"
+          echo "*** If you have an old version installed, it is best to remove it, although"
+          echo "*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH"],
+        [ echo "*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the"
+          echo "*** exact error that occured. This usually means ESD was incorrectly installed"
+          echo "*** or that you have moved ESD since it was installed. In the latter case, you"
+          echo "*** may want to edit the esd-config script: $ESD_CONFIG" ])
+          CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
+          LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+          AC_LANG_RESTORE
+       fi
+     fi
+     ESD_CFLAGS=""
+     ESD_LIBS=""
+     ifelse([$3], , :, [$3])
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(ESD_CFLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(ESD_LIBS)
+  rm -f conf.esdtest
+])
+
+dnl AM_ESD_SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_RECORD([ACTION-IF-SUPPORTS [, ACTION-IF-NOT-SUPPORTS]])
+dnl Test, whether esd supports multiple recording clients (version >=0.2.21)
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([AM_ESD_SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_RECORD],
+[dnl
+  AC_MSG_NOTICE([whether installed esd version supports multiple recording clients])
+  ac_save_ESD_CFLAGS="$ESD_CFLAGS"
+  ac_save_ESD_LIBS="$ESD_LIBS"
+  AM_PATH_ESD(0.2.21,
+    ifelse([$1], , [
+      AM_CONDITIONAL(ESD_SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_RECORD, true)
+      AC_DEFINE(ESD_SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_RECORD, 1,
+	[Define if you have esound with support of multiple recording clients.])],
+    [$1]),
+    ifelse([$2], , [AM_CONDITIONAL(ESD_SUPPORTS_MULTIPLE_RECORD, false)], [$2])
+    if test "x$ac_save_ESD_CFLAGS" != x ; then
+       ESD_CFLAGS="$ac_save_ESD_CFLAGS"
+    fi
+    if test "x$ac_save_ESD_LIBS" != x ; then
+       ESD_LIBS="$ac_save_ESD_LIBS"
+    fi
+  )
+])