AC_TYPE_UID_T: Rewrite using AC_CHECK_TYPE.

AC_TYPE_UID_T uses AC_EGREP_HEADER to search sys/types.h for
occurrences of the string ‘uid_t’ and, if found, assumes both
uid_t and gid_t are available.  This would be better done using
a pair of AC_CHECK_TYPE operations.

I also converted two uses of old-style AC_CHECK_TYPE, immediately
below, to new-style.  (There are probably other old-style uses in
this file, I only did the ones I happened to see.)

* lib/autoconf/types.m4 (AC_TYPE_UID_T): Check for uid_t and gid_t,
  separately, using AC_CHECK_TYPE, instead of grepping sys/types.h.
  (AC_TYPE_SIZE_T, AC_TYPE_SSIZE_T): Use new-style AC_CHECK_TYPE.

diff --git a/lib/autoconf/types.m4 b/lib/autoconf/types.m4
index ebac0cf6d6ac3d59ea0be371c3ce43491c8b7576..ef2456135e5843cfe5b4dae9ae301eec7bd23e91 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/autoconf/types.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/types.m4
@@ -589,25 +589,29 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_TYPE_MBSTATE_T],
 
 # AC_TYPE_UID_T
 # -------------
-# FIXME: Rewrite using AC_CHECK_TYPE.
 AN_IDENTIFIER([gid_t], [AC_TYPE_UID_T])
 AN_IDENTIFIER([uid_t], [AC_TYPE_UID_T])
 AC_DEFUN([AC_TYPE_UID_T],
-[AC_CACHE_CHECK(for uid_t in sys/types.h, ac_cv_type_uid_t,
-[AC_EGREP_HEADER(uid_t, sys/types.h,
-  ac_cv_type_uid_t=yes, ac_cv_type_uid_t=no)])
-if test $ac_cv_type_uid_t = no; then
-  AC_DEFINE(uid_t, int, [Define to 'int' if <sys/types.h> doesn't define.])
-  AC_DEFINE(gid_t, int, [Define to 'int' if <sys/types.h> doesn't define.])
-fi
-])
-
-
+[AC_CHECK_TYPE([uid_t], [],
+  [AC_DEFINE([uid_t], [int],
+    [Define as 'int' if <sys/types.h> doesn't define.])])
+AC_CHECK_TYPE([gid_t], [],
+  [AC_DEFINE([gid_t], [int],
+    [Define as 'int' if <sys/types.h> doesn't define.])])])
+
+# This should be obsoleted, size_t is in C90.
 AN_IDENTIFIER([size_t], [AC_TYPE_SIZE_T])
-AC_DEFUN([AC_TYPE_SIZE_T], [AC_CHECK_TYPE(size_t, unsigned int)])
+AC_DEFUN([AC_TYPE_SIZE_T],
+[AC_CHECK_TYPE([size_t], [],
+  [AC_DEFINE([size_t], [unsigned int],
+    [Define as 'unsigned int' if <stddef.h> doesn't define.])])])
 
 AN_IDENTIFIER([ssize_t], [AC_TYPE_SSIZE_T])
-AC_DEFUN([AC_TYPE_SSIZE_T], [AC_CHECK_TYPE(ssize_t, int)])
+AC_DEFUN([AC_TYPE_SSIZE_T],
+[AC_CHECK_TYPE([ssize_t], [],
+  [AC_DEFINE([ssize_t], [int],
+    [Define as 'int' if <sys/types.h> doesn't define.])])])
+
 
 AN_IDENTIFIER([pid_t], [AC_TYPE_PID_T])
 AC_DEFUN([AC_TYPE_PID_T],