rice 1.4.3 → 1.5.0

data/extconf.rb

@@ -17,13 +17,24 @@ require 'rbconfig'
 require 'ruby/lib/version.rb'
 
 prefix_dir = File.join(File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__)), "ruby", "lib")
-with_ruby = File.join(Config::CONFIG["bindir"], Config::CONFIG["RUBY_INSTALL_NAME"])
+with_ruby = File.join(RbConfig::CONFIG["bindir"], RbConfig::CONFIG["RUBY_INSTALL_NAME"])
+
+if RbConfig::CONFIG["ENABLE_SHARED"] == "no"
+  raise <<EOC
+Unfortunately Rice does not work against a Ruby without any shared libraries.
+You'll need to rebuild Ruby with --enable-shared to use this library.
+
+If you're on rvm:   rvm reinstall [version] -- --enable-shared
+If you're on rbenv: CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shard" rbenv install [version]
+If this is a host environment like Heroku you'll need to contact their support.
+EOC
+end
 
 other_opts = ""
 env = ""
 
-if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin10/
-  arch = Config::CONFIG["arch"].split("-")[0]
+if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin1[0-2]/ 
+  arch = RbConfig::CONFIG["arch"].split("-")[0]
 
   if arch == "universal"
     arch = `uname -m`.strip

data/install-sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # install - install a program, script, or datafile
 
-scriptversion=2006-10-14.15
+scriptversion=2011-11-20.07; # UTC
 
 # This originates from X11R5 (mit/util/scripts/install.sh), which was
 # later released in X11R6 (xc/config/util/install.sh) with the
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ scriptversion=2006-10-14.15
 # FSF changes to this file are in the public domain.
 #
 # Calling this script install-sh is preferred over install.sh, to prevent
-# `make' implicit rules from creating a file called install from it
+# 'make' implicit rules from creating a file called install from it
 # when there is no Makefile.
 #
 # This script is compatible with the BSD install script, but was written
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ IFS=" ""	$nl"
 # set DOITPROG to echo to test this script
 
 # Don't use :- since 4.3BSD and earlier shells don't like it.
-doit="${DOITPROG-}"
+doit=${DOITPROG-}
 if test -z "$doit"; then
   doit_exec=exec
 else
@@ -58,34 +58,49 @@ fi
 # Put in absolute file names if you don't have them in your path;
 # or use environment vars.
 
-mvprog="${MVPROG-mv}"
-cpprog="${CPPROG-cp}"
-chmodprog="${CHMODPROG-chmod}"
-chownprog="${CHOWNPROG-chown}"
-chgrpprog="${CHGRPPROG-chgrp}"
-stripprog="${STRIPPROG-strip}"
-rmprog="${RMPROG-rm}"
-mkdirprog="${MKDIRPROG-mkdir}"
+chgrpprog=${CHGRPPROG-chgrp}
+chmodprog=${CHMODPROG-chmod}
+chownprog=${CHOWNPROG-chown}
+cmpprog=${CMPPROG-cmp}
+cpprog=${CPPROG-cp}
+mkdirprog=${MKDIRPROG-mkdir}
+mvprog=${MVPROG-mv}
+rmprog=${RMPROG-rm}
+stripprog=${STRIPPROG-strip}
+
+posix_glob='?'
+initialize_posix_glob='
+  test "$posix_glob" != "?" || {
+    if (set -f) 2>/dev/null; then
+      posix_glob=
+    else
+      posix_glob=:
+    fi
+  }
+'
 
-posix_glob=
 posix_mkdir=
 
 # Desired mode of installed file.
 mode=0755
 
+chgrpcmd=
 chmodcmd=$chmodprog
 chowncmd=
-chgrpcmd=
-stripcmd=
+mvcmd=$mvprog
 rmcmd="$rmprog -f"
-mvcmd="$mvprog"
+stripcmd=
+
 src=
 dst=
 dir_arg=
-dstarg=
+dst_arg=
+
+copy_on_change=false
 no_target_directory=
 
-usage="Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [-T] SRCFILE DSTFILE
+usage="\
+Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [-T] SRCFILE DSTFILE
    or: $0 [OPTION]... SRCFILES... DIRECTORY
    or: $0 [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SRCFILES...
    or: $0 [OPTION]... -d DIRECTORIES...
@@ -95,65 +110,59 @@ In the 2nd and 3rd, copy all SRCFILES to DIRECTORY.
 In the 4th, create DIRECTORIES.
 
 Options:
--c         (ignored)
--d         create directories instead of installing files.
--g GROUP   $chgrpprog installed files to GROUP.
--m MODE    $chmodprog installed files to MODE.
--o USER    $chownprog installed files to USER.
--s         $stripprog installed files.
--t DIRECTORY  install into DIRECTORY.
--T         report an error if DSTFILE is a directory.
---help     display this help and exit.
---version  display version info and exit.
+     --help     display this help and exit.
+     --version  display version info and exit.
+
+  -c            (ignored)
+  -C            install only if different (preserve the last data modification time)
+  -d            create directories instead of installing files.
+  -g GROUP      $chgrpprog installed files to GROUP.
+  -m MODE       $chmodprog installed files to MODE.
+  -o USER       $chownprog installed files to USER.
+  -s            $stripprog installed files.
+  -t DIRECTORY  install into DIRECTORY.
+  -T            report an error if DSTFILE is a directory.
 
 Environment variables override the default commands:
-  CHGRPPROG CHMODPROG CHOWNPROG CPPROG MKDIRPROG MVPROG RMPROG STRIPPROG
+  CHGRPPROG CHMODPROG CHOWNPROG CMPPROG CPPROG MKDIRPROG MVPROG
+  RMPROG STRIPPROG
 "
 
 while test $# -ne 0; do
   case $1 in
-    -c) shift
-        continue;;
+    -c) ;;
 
-    -d) dir_arg=true
-        shift
-        continue;;
+    -C) copy_on_change=true;;
+
+    -d) dir_arg=true;;
 
     -g) chgrpcmd="$chgrpprog $2"
-        shift
-        shift
-        continue;;
+	shift;;
 
     --help) echo "$usage"; exit $?;;
 
     -m) mode=$2
-        shift
-        shift
 	case $mode in
 	  *' '* | *'	'* | *'
 '*	  | *'*'* | *'?'* | *'['*)
 	    echo "$0: invalid mode: $mode" >&2
 	    exit 1;;
 	esac
-        continue;;
+	shift;;
 
     -o) chowncmd="$chownprog $2"
-        shift
-        shift
-        continue;;
+	shift;;
 
-    -s) stripcmd=$stripprog
-        shift
-        continue;;
+    -s) stripcmd=$stripprog;;
 
-    -t) dstarg=$2
-	shift
-	shift
-	continue;;
+    -t) dst_arg=$2
+	# Protect names problematic for 'test' and other utilities.
+	case $dst_arg in
+	  -* | [=\(\)!]) dst_arg=./$dst_arg;;
+	esac
+	shift;;
 
-    -T) no_target_directory=true
-	shift
-	continue;;
+    -T) no_target_directory=true;;
 
     --version) echo "$0 $scriptversion"; exit $?;;
 
@@ -165,21 +174,26 @@ while test $# -ne 0; do
 
     *)  break;;
   esac
+  shift
 done
 
-if test $# -ne 0 && test -z "$dir_arg$dstarg"; then
+if test $# -ne 0 && test -z "$dir_arg$dst_arg"; then
   # When -d is used, all remaining arguments are directories to create.
   # When -t is used, the destination is already specified.
   # Otherwise, the last argument is the destination.  Remove it from $@.
   for arg
   do
-    if test -n "$dstarg"; then
+    if test -n "$dst_arg"; then
       # $@ is not empty: it contains at least $arg.
-      set fnord "$@" "$dstarg"
+      set fnord "$@" "$dst_arg"
       shift # fnord
     fi
     shift # arg
-    dstarg=$arg
+    dst_arg=$arg
+    # Protect names problematic for 'test' and other utilities.
+    case $dst_arg in
+      -* | [=\(\)!]) dst_arg=./$dst_arg;;
+    esac
   done
 fi
 
@@ -188,13 +202,17 @@ if test $# -eq 0; then
     echo "$0: no input file specified." >&2
     exit 1
   fi
-  # It's OK to call `install-sh -d' without argument.
+  # It's OK to call 'install-sh -d' without argument.
   # This can happen when creating conditional directories.
   exit 0
 fi
 
 if test -z "$dir_arg"; then
-  trap '(exit $?); exit' 1 2 13 15
+  do_exit='(exit $ret); exit $ret'
+  trap "ret=129; $do_exit" 1
+  trap "ret=130; $do_exit" 2
+  trap "ret=141; $do_exit" 13
+  trap "ret=143; $do_exit" 15
 
   # Set umask so as not to create temps with too-generous modes.
   # However, 'strip' requires both read and write access to temps.
@@ -222,9 +240,9 @@ fi
 
 for src
 do
-  # Protect names starting with `-'.
+  # Protect names problematic for 'test' and other utilities.
   case $src in
-    -*) src=./$src ;;
+    -* | [=\(\)!]) src=./$src;;
   esac
 
   if test -n "$dir_arg"; then
@@ -242,22 +260,17 @@ do
       exit 1
     fi
 
-    if test -z "$dstarg"; then
+    if test -z "$dst_arg"; then
       echo "$0: no destination specified." >&2
       exit 1
     fi
-
-    dst=$dstarg
-    # Protect names starting with `-'.
-    case $dst in
-      -*) dst=./$dst ;;
-    esac
+    dst=$dst_arg
 
     # If destination is a directory, append the input filename; won't work
     # if double slashes aren't ignored.
     if test -d "$dst"; then
       if test -n "$no_target_directory"; then
-	echo "$0: $dstarg: Is a directory" >&2
+	echo "$0: $dst_arg: Is a directory" >&2
 	exit 1
       fi
       dstdir=$dst
@@ -341,7 +354,7 @@ do
 	      if test -z "$dir_arg" || {
 		   # Check for POSIX incompatibilities with -m.
 		   # HP-UX 11.23 and IRIX 6.5 mkdir -m -p sets group- or
-		   # other-writeable bit of parent directory when it shouldn't.
+		   # other-writable bit of parent directory when it shouldn't.
 		   # FreeBSD 6.1 mkdir -m -p sets mode of existing directory.
 		   ls_ld_tmpdir=`ls -ld "$tmpdir"`
 		   case $ls_ld_tmpdir in
@@ -378,33 +391,26 @@ do
       # directory the slow way, step by step, checking for races as we go.
 
       case $dstdir in
-	/*) prefix=/ ;;
-	-*) prefix=./ ;;
-	*)  prefix= ;;
+	/*) prefix='/';;
+	[-=\(\)!]*) prefix='./';;
+	*)  prefix='';;
       esac
 
-      case $posix_glob in
-        '')
-	  if (set -f) 2>/dev/null; then
-	    posix_glob=true
-	  else
-	    posix_glob=false
-	  fi ;;
-      esac
+      eval "$initialize_posix_glob"
 
       oIFS=$IFS
       IFS=/
-      $posix_glob && set -f
+      $posix_glob set -f
       set fnord $dstdir
       shift
-      $posix_glob && set +f
+      $posix_glob set +f
       IFS=$oIFS
 
       prefixes=
 
       for d
       do
-	test -z "$d" && continue
+	test X"$d" = X && continue
 
 	prefix=$prefix$d
 	if test -d "$prefix"; then
@@ -459,41 +465,54 @@ do
     # ignore errors from any of these, just make sure not to ignore
     # errors from the above "$doit $cpprog $src $dsttmp" command.
     #
-    { test -z "$chowncmd" || $doit $chowncmd "$dsttmp"; } \
-      && { test -z "$chgrpcmd" || $doit $chgrpcmd "$dsttmp"; } \
-      && { test -z "$stripcmd" || $doit $stripcmd "$dsttmp"; } \
-      && { test -z "$chmodcmd" || $doit $chmodcmd $mode "$dsttmp"; } &&
-
-    # Now rename the file to the real destination.
-    { $doit $mvcmd -f "$dsttmp" "$dst" 2>/dev/null \
-      || {
-	   # The rename failed, perhaps because mv can't rename something else
-	   # to itself, or perhaps because mv is so ancient that it does not
-	   # support -f.
-
-	   # Now remove or move aside any old file at destination location.
-	   # We try this two ways since rm can't unlink itself on some
-	   # systems and the destination file might be busy for other
-	   # reasons.  In this case, the final cleanup might fail but the new
-	   # file should still install successfully.
-	   {
-	     if test -f "$dst"; then
-	       $doit $rmcmd -f "$dst" 2>/dev/null \
-	       || { $doit $mvcmd -f "$dst" "$rmtmp" 2>/dev/null \
-		     && { $doit $rmcmd -f "$rmtmp" 2>/dev/null; :; }; }\
-	       || {
-		 echo "$0: cannot unlink or rename $dst" >&2
-		 (exit 1); exit 1
-	       }
-	     else
-	       :
-	     fi
-	   } &&
-
-	   # Now rename the file to the real destination.
-	   $doit $mvcmd "$dsttmp" "$dst"
-	 }
-    } || exit 1
+    { test -z "$chowncmd" || $doit $chowncmd "$dsttmp"; } &&
+    { test -z "$chgrpcmd" || $doit $chgrpcmd "$dsttmp"; } &&
+    { test -z "$stripcmd" || $doit $stripcmd "$dsttmp"; } &&
+    { test -z "$chmodcmd" || $doit $chmodcmd $mode "$dsttmp"; } &&
+
+    # If -C, don't bother to copy if it wouldn't change the file.
+    if $copy_on_change &&
+       old=`LC_ALL=C ls -dlL "$dst"	2>/dev/null` &&
+       new=`LC_ALL=C ls -dlL "$dsttmp"	2>/dev/null` &&
+
+       eval "$initialize_posix_glob" &&
+       $posix_glob set -f &&
+       set X $old && old=:$2:$4:$5:$6 &&
+       set X $new && new=:$2:$4:$5:$6 &&
+       $posix_glob set +f &&
+
+       test "$old" = "$new" &&
+       $cmpprog "$dst" "$dsttmp" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+      rm -f "$dsttmp"
+    else
+      # Rename the file to the real destination.
+      $doit $mvcmd -f "$dsttmp" "$dst" 2>/dev/null ||
+
+      # The rename failed, perhaps because mv can't rename something else
+      # to itself, or perhaps because mv is so ancient that it does not
+      # support -f.
+      {
+	# Now remove or move aside any old file at destination location.
+	# We try this two ways since rm can't unlink itself on some
+	# systems and the destination file might be busy for other
+	# reasons.  In this case, the final cleanup might fail but the new
+	# file should still install successfully.
+	{
+	  test ! -f "$dst" ||
+	  $doit $rmcmd -f "$dst" 2>/dev/null ||
+	  { $doit $mvcmd -f "$dst" "$rmtmp" 2>/dev/null &&
+	    { $doit $rmcmd -f "$rmtmp" 2>/dev/null; :; }
+	  } ||
+	  { echo "$0: cannot unlink or rename $dst" >&2
+	    (exit 1); exit 1
+	  }
+	} &&
+
+	# Now rename the file to the real destination.
+	$doit $mvcmd "$dsttmp" "$dst"
+      }
+    fi || exit 1
 
     trap '' 0
   fi
@@ -503,5 +522,6 @@ done
 # eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
 # time-stamp-start: "scriptversion="
 # time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d.%02H"
-# time-stamp-end: "$"
+# time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC"
+# time-stamp-end: "; # UTC"
 # End:

data/missing

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# Common stub for a few missing GNU programs while installing.
+# Common wrapper for a few potentially missing GNU programs.
 
-scriptversion=2006-05-10.23
+scriptversion=2012-06-26.16; # UTC
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
-#   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-# Originally by Fran,cois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>, 1996.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Originally written by Fran,cois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>, 1996.
 
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -18,9 +17,7 @@ scriptversion=2006-05-10.23
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
-# 02110-1301, USA.
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 # As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
 # distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
@@ -28,66 +25,40 @@ scriptversion=2006-05-10.23
 # the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
 
 if test $# -eq 0; then
-  echo 1>&2 "Try \`$0 --help' for more information"
+  echo 1>&2 "Try '$0 --help' for more information"
   exit 1
 fi
 
-run=:
-sed_output='s/.* --output[ =]\([^ ]*\).*/\1/p'
-sed_minuso='s/.* -o \([^ ]*\).*/\1/p'
-
-# In the cases where this matters, `missing' is being run in the
-# srcdir already.
-if test -f configure.ac; then
-  configure_ac=configure.ac
-else
-  configure_ac=configure.in
-fi
+case $1 in
 
-msg="missing on your system"
+  --is-lightweight)
+    # Used by our autoconf macros to check whether the available missing
+    # script is modern enough.
+    exit 0
+    ;;
 
-case $1 in
---run)
-  # Try to run requested program, and just exit if it succeeds.
-  run=
-  shift
-  "$@" && exit 0
-  # Exit code 63 means version mismatch.  This often happens
-  # when the user try to use an ancient version of a tool on
-  # a file that requires a minimum version.  In this case we
-  # we should proceed has if the program had been absent, or
-  # if --run hadn't been passed.
-  if test $? = 63; then
-    run=:
-    msg="probably too old"
-  fi
-  ;;
+  --run)
+    # Back-compat with the calling convention used by older automake.
+    shift
+    ;;
 
   -h|--h|--he|--hel|--help)
     echo "\
 $0 [OPTION]... PROGRAM [ARGUMENT]...
 
-Handle \`PROGRAM [ARGUMENT]...' for when PROGRAM is missing, or return an
-error status if there is no known handling for PROGRAM.
+Run 'PROGRAM [ARGUMENT]...', returning a proper advice when this fails due
+to PROGRAM being missing or too old.
 
 Options:
   -h, --help      display this help and exit
   -v, --version   output version information and exit
-  --run           try to run the given command, and emulate it if it fails
 
 Supported PROGRAM values:
-  aclocal      touch file \`aclocal.m4'
-  autoconf     touch file \`configure'
-  autoheader   touch file \`config.h.in'
-  autom4te     touch the output file, or create a stub one
-  automake     touch all \`Makefile.in' files
-  bison        create \`y.tab.[ch]', if possible, from existing .[ch]
-  flex         create \`lex.yy.c', if possible, from existing .c
-  help2man     touch the output file
-  lex          create \`lex.yy.c', if possible, from existing .c
-  makeinfo     touch the output file
-  tar          try tar, gnutar, gtar, then tar without non-portable flags
-  yacc         create \`y.tab.[ch]', if possible, from existing .[ch]
+  aclocal   autoconf  autoheader   autom4te  automake  makeinfo
+  bison     yacc      flex         lex       help2man
+
+Version suffixes to PROGRAM as well as the prefixes 'gnu-', 'gnu', and
+'g' are ignored when checking the name.
 
 Send bug reports to <bug-automake@gnu.org>."
     exit $?
@@ -99,269 +70,146 @@ Send bug reports to <bug-automake@gnu.org>."
     ;;
 
   -*)
-    echo 1>&2 "$0: Unknown \`$1' option"
-    echo 1>&2 "Try \`$0 --help' for more information"
+    echo 1>&2 "$0: unknown '$1' option"
+    echo 1>&2 "Try '$0 --help' for more information"
     exit 1
     ;;
 
 esac
 
-# Now exit if we have it, but it failed.  Also exit now if we
-# don't have it and --version was passed (most likely to detect
-# the program).
-case $1 in
-  lex|yacc)
-    # Not GNU programs, they don't have --version.
-    ;;
-
-  tar)
-    if test -n "$run"; then
-       echo 1>&2 "ERROR: \`tar' requires --run"
-       exit 1
-    elif test "x$2" = "x--version" || test "x$2" = "x--help"; then
-       exit 1
-    fi
-    ;;
-
-  *)
-    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-       # We have it, but it failed.
-       exit 1
-    elif test "x$2" = "x--version" || test "x$2" = "x--help"; then
-       # Could not run --version or --help.  This is probably someone
-       # running `$TOOL --version' or `$TOOL --help' to check whether
-       # $TOOL exists and not knowing $TOOL uses missing.
-       exit 1
-    fi
-    ;;
-esac
-
-# If it does not exist, or fails to run (possibly an outdated version),
-# try to emulate it.
-case $1 in
-  aclocal*)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified \`acinclude.m4' or \`${configure_ac}'.  You might want
-         to install the \`Automake' and \`Perl' packages.  Grab them from
-         any GNU archive site."
-    touch aclocal.m4
-    ;;
-
-  autoconf)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified \`${configure_ac}'.  You might want to install the
-         \`Autoconf' and \`GNU m4' packages.  Grab them from any GNU
-         archive site."
-    touch configure
-    ;;
-
-  autoheader)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified \`acconfig.h' or \`${configure_ac}'.  You might want
-         to install the \`Autoconf' and \`GNU m4' packages.  Grab them
-         from any GNU archive site."
-    files=`sed -n 's/^[ ]*A[CM]_CONFIG_HEADER(\([^)]*\)).*/\1/p' ${configure_ac}`
-    test -z "$files" && files="config.h"
-    touch_files=
-    for f in $files; do
-      case $f in
-      *:*) touch_files="$touch_files "`echo "$f" |
-				       sed -e 's/^[^:]*://' -e 's/:.*//'`;;
-      *) touch_files="$touch_files $f.in";;
-      esac
-    done
-    touch $touch_files
-    ;;
-
-  automake*)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified \`Makefile.am', \`acinclude.m4' or \`${configure_ac}'.
-         You might want to install the \`Automake' and \`Perl' packages.
-         Grab them from any GNU archive site."
-    find . -type f -name Makefile.am -print |
-	   sed 's/\.am$/.in/' |
-	   while read f; do touch "$f"; done
-    ;;
-
-  autom4te)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is needed, but is $msg.
-         You might have modified some files without having the
-         proper tools for further handling them.
-         You can get \`$1' as part of \`Autoconf' from any GNU
-         archive site."
-
-    file=`echo "$*" | sed -n "$sed_output"`
-    test -z "$file" && file=`echo "$*" | sed -n "$sed_minuso"`
-    if test -f "$file"; then
-	touch $file
-    else
-	test -z "$file" || exec >$file
-	echo "#! /bin/sh"
-	echo "# Created by GNU Automake missing as a replacement of"
-	echo "#  $ $@"
-	echo "exit 0"
-	chmod +x $file
-	exit 1
-    fi
-    ;;
-
-  bison|yacc)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified a \`.y' file.  You may need the \`Bison' package
-         in order for those modifications to take effect.  You can get
-         \`Bison' from any GNU archive site."
-    rm -f y.tab.c y.tab.h
-    if test $# -ne 1; then
-        eval LASTARG="\${$#}"
-	case $LASTARG in
-	*.y)
-	    SRCFILE=`echo "$LASTARG" | sed 's/y$/c/'`
-	    if test -f "$SRCFILE"; then
-	         cp "$SRCFILE" y.tab.c
-	    fi
-	    SRCFILE=`echo "$LASTARG" | sed 's/y$/h/'`
-	    if test -f "$SRCFILE"; then
-	         cp "$SRCFILE" y.tab.h
-	    fi
-	  ;;
-	esac
-    fi
-    if test ! -f y.tab.h; then
-	echo >y.tab.h
-    fi
-    if test ! -f y.tab.c; then
-	echo 'main() { return 0; }' >y.tab.c
-    fi
-    ;;
-
-  lex|flex)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified a \`.l' file.  You may need the \`Flex' package
-         in order for those modifications to take effect.  You can get
-         \`Flex' from any GNU archive site."
-    rm -f lex.yy.c
-    if test $# -ne 1; then
-        eval LASTARG="\${$#}"
-	case $LASTARG in
-	*.l)
-	    SRCFILE=`echo "$LASTARG" | sed 's/l$/c/'`
-	    if test -f "$SRCFILE"; then
-	         cp "$SRCFILE" lex.yy.c
-	    fi
-	  ;;
-	esac
-    fi
-    if test ! -f lex.yy.c; then
-	echo 'main() { return 0; }' >lex.yy.c
-    fi
-    ;;
-
-  help2man)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-	 you modified a dependency of a manual page.  You may need the
-	 \`Help2man' package in order for those modifications to take
-	 effect.  You can get \`Help2man' from any GNU archive site."
-
-    file=`echo "$*" | sed -n "$sed_output"`
-    test -z "$file" && file=`echo "$*" | sed -n "$sed_minuso"`
-    if test -f "$file"; then
-	touch $file
-    else
-	test -z "$file" || exec >$file
-	echo ".ab help2man is required to generate this page"
-	exit 1
-    fi
-    ;;
-
-  makeinfo)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified a \`.texi' or \`.texinfo' file, or any other file
-         indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual.  The spurious
-         call might also be the consequence of using a buggy \`make' (AIX,
-         DU, IRIX).  You might want to install the \`Texinfo' package or
-         the \`GNU make' package.  Grab either from any GNU archive site."
-    # The file to touch is that specified with -o ...
-    file=`echo "$*" | sed -n "$sed_output"`
-    test -z "$file" && file=`echo "$*" | sed -n "$sed_minuso"`
-    if test -z "$file"; then
-      # ... or it is the one specified with @setfilename ...
-      infile=`echo "$*" | sed 's/.* \([^ ]*\) *$/\1/'`
-      file=`sed -n '
-	/^@setfilename/{
-	  s/.* \([^ ]*\) *$/\1/
-	  p
-	  q
-	}' $infile`
-      # ... or it is derived from the source name (dir/f.texi becomes f.info)
-      test -z "$file" && file=`echo "$infile" | sed 's,.*/,,;s,.[^.]*$,,'`.info
-    fi
-    # If the file does not exist, the user really needs makeinfo;
-    # let's fail without touching anything.
-    test -f $file || exit 1
-    touch $file
-    ;;
-
-  tar)
-    shift
-
-    # We have already tried tar in the generic part.
-    # Look for gnutar/gtar before invocation to avoid ugly error
-    # messages.
-    if (gnutar --version > /dev/null 2>&1); then
-       gnutar "$@" && exit 0
-    fi
-    if (gtar --version > /dev/null 2>&1); then
-       gtar "$@" && exit 0
-    fi
-    firstarg="$1"
-    if shift; then
-	case $firstarg in
-	*o*)
-	    firstarg=`echo "$firstarg" | sed s/o//`
-	    tar "$firstarg" "$@" && exit 0
-	    ;;
-	esac
-	case $firstarg in
-	*h*)
-	    firstarg=`echo "$firstarg" | sed s/h//`
-	    tar "$firstarg" "$@" && exit 0
-	    ;;
-	esac
-    fi
-
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: I can't seem to be able to run \`tar' with the given arguments.
-         You may want to install GNU tar or Free paxutils, or check the
-         command line arguments."
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-
-  *)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is needed, and is $msg.
-         You might have modified some files without having the
-         proper tools for further handling them.  Check the \`README' file,
-         it often tells you about the needed prerequisites for installing
-         this package.  You may also peek at any GNU archive site, in case
-         some other package would contain this missing \`$1' program."
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
+# Run the given program, remember its exit status.
+"$@"; st=$?
+
+# If it succeeded, we are done.
+test $st -eq 0 && exit 0
+
+# Also exit now if we it failed (or wasn't found), and '--version' was
+# passed; such an option is passed most likely to detect whether the
+# program is present and works.
+case $2 in --version|--help) exit $st;; esac
+
+# Exit code 63 means version mismatch.  This often happens when the user
+# tries to use an ancient version of a tool on a file that requires a
+# minimum version.
+if test $st -eq 63; then
+  msg="probably too old"
+elif test $st -eq 127; then
+  # Program was missing.
+  msg="missing on your system"
+else
+  # Program was found and executed, but failed.  Give up.
+  exit $st
+fi
 
-exit 0
+perl_URL=http://www.perl.org/
+flex_URL=http://flex.sourceforge.net/
+gnu_software_URL=http://www.gnu.org/software
+
+program_details ()
+{
+  case $1 in
+    aclocal|automake)
+      echo "The '$1' program is part of the GNU Automake package:"
+      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/automake>"
+      echo "It also requires GNU Autoconf, GNU m4 and Perl in order to run:"
+      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/autoconf>"
+      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/m4/>"
+      echo "<$perl_URL>"
+      ;;
+    autoconf|autom4te|autoheader)
+      echo "The '$1' program is part of the GNU Autoconf package:"
+      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/autoconf/>"
+      echo "It also requires GNU m4 and Perl in order to run:"
+      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/m4/>"
+      echo "<$perl_URL>"
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+give_advice ()
+{
+  # Normalize program name to check for.
+  normalized_program=`echo "$1" | sed '
+    s/^gnu-//; t
+    s/^gnu//; t
+    s/^g//; t'`
+
+  printf '%s\n' "'$1' is $msg."
+
+  configure_deps="'configure.ac' or m4 files included by 'configure.ac'"
+  case $normalized_program in
+    autoconf*)
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified 'configure.ac',"
+      echo "or m4 files included by it."
+      program_details 'autoconf'
+      ;;
+    autoheader*)
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified 'acconfig.h' or"
+      echo "$configure_deps."
+      program_details 'autoheader'
+      ;;
+    automake*)
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified 'Makefile.am' or"
+      echo "$configure_deps."
+      program_details 'automake'
+      ;;
+    aclocal*)
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified 'acinclude.m4' or"
+      echo "$configure_deps."
+      program_details 'aclocal'
+      ;;
+   autom4te*)
+      echo "You might have modified some maintainer files that require"
+      echo "the 'automa4te' program to be rebuilt."
+      program_details 'autom4te'
+      ;;
+    bison*|yacc*)
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified a '.y' file."
+      echo "You may want to install the GNU Bison package:"
+      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/bison/>"
+      ;;
+    lex*|flex*)
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified a '.l' file."
+      echo "You may want to install the Fast Lexical Analyzer package:"
+      echo "<$flex_URL>"
+      ;;
+    help2man*)
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified a dependency" \
+           "of a man page."
+      echo "You may want to install the GNU Help2man package:"
+      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/help2man/>"
+    ;;
+    makeinfo*)
+      echo "You should only need it if you modified a '.texi' file, or"
+      echo "any other file indirectly affecting the aspect of the manual."
+      echo "You might want to install the Texinfo package:"
+      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/texinfo/>"
+      echo "The spurious makeinfo call might also be the consequence of"
+      echo "using a buggy 'make' (AIX, DU, IRIX), in which case you might"
+      echo "want to install GNU make:"
+      echo "<$gnu_software_URL/make/>"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "You might have modified some files without having the proper"
+      echo "tools for further handling them.  Check the 'README' file, it"
+      echo "often tells you about the needed prerequisites for installing"
+      echo "this package.  You may also peek at any GNU archive site, in"
+      echo "case some other package contains this missing '$1' program."
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+give_advice "$1" | sed -e '1s/^/WARNING: /' \
+                       -e '2,$s/^/         /' >&2
+
+# Propagate the correct exit status (expected to be 127 for a program
+# not found, 63 for a program that failed due to version mismatch).
+exit $st
 
 # Local variables:
 # eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
 # time-stamp-start: "scriptversion="
 # time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d.%02H"
-# time-stamp-end: "$"
+# time-stamp-time-zone: "UTC"
+# time-stamp-end: "; # UTC"
 # End: