[patch #8247] AX_CHECK_{PREPROC, COMPILE, LINK}_FLAG: add optional INPUT argument

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  <http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?8247>

                 Summary: AX_CHECK_{PREPROC,COMPILE,LINK}_FLAG: add optional
INPUT  argument
                 Project: GNU Autoconf Archive
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Sun 24 Nov 2013 09:30:16 PM UTC
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: [email protected]
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

This patch adds an optional INPUT argument to the end of the
AX_CHECK_{PREPROC,COMPILE,LINK}_FLAG macros. It allows the user to specify an
alternative input source to AC_{PREPROC,COMPILE,LINK}_IFELSE. The default is
to use AC_LANG_PROGRAM(), so the change is fully backward-compatible.

The use case of this change is checking for compiler warning flags, e.g.
-Wstrict-prototypes, by compiling with -Wstrict-prototypes -Werror to see if
the compiler fails. Unfortunately the default AC_LANG_PROGRAM() is not always
warning-safe, e.g. -Wstrict-prototypes will warn on "int main() { ... }", so
the compiler will fail even if the warning flag is supported. One can fix this
by supplying an input source which compiles with the warning flags one wants
to test for, e.g. in this case "int main(void) { ... }".



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Date: Sun 24 Nov 2013 09:30:16 PM UTC  Name:
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