[project @ 2005-03-01 19:16:14 by sof]

aclocal.m4:FP_PROG_SORT: locate unix-like sort utility; on success, substituted as SortCmd.
-configure.ac: use FP_PROG_SORT
-mk/config.mk.in: added SORT setting..only used by libraries/Makefile

Merge to STABLE

aclocal.m4

@@ -648,6 +648,25 @@ AC_SUBST([FindCmd])[]dnl
 ])# FP_PROG_FIND
 
 
+# FP_PROG_SORT
+# ------------
+# Find a Unix-like sort
+AC_DEFUN([FP_PROG_SORT],
+[AC_PATH_PROG([fp_prog_sort], [sort])
+echo conwip > conftest.txt
+$fp_prog_sort -f conftest.txt > conftest.out 2>&1
+if grep 'conwip' conftest.out > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+  # The goods
+  SortCmd="$fp_prog_sort"
+else
+  # Summink else..pick next one.
+  AC_MSG_WARN([$fp_prog_sort looks like a non-*nix sort, ignoring it])
+  FP_CHECK_PROG([SortCmd], [sort], [], [], [$fp_prog_sort])
+fi
+rm -f conftest.txt conftest.out
+AC_SUBST([SortCmd])[]dnl
+])# FP_PROG_SORT
+
 dnl
 dnl FPTOOLS_NOCACHE_CHECK prints a message, then sets the
 dnl values of the second argument to the result of running

configure.ac

@@ -833,6 +833,9 @@ FP_PROG_CONTEXT_DIFF
 dnl ** Find find command (for Win32's benefit)
 FP_PROG_FIND
 
+dnl ** Find sort command (for the benefit of Win32 environs)
+FP_PROG_SORT
+
 dnl ** figure out how to do a BSD-ish install
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 

mk/config.mk.in

@@ -794,6 +794,7 @@ CTAGS 			= $(ETAGS)
 #
 RAWCPP_FLAGS            = -undef -traditional
 FIND			= @FindCmd@
+SORT		        = @SortCmd@
 INSTALL			= @INSTALL@
 #
 # Sigh - the autoconf macro for INSTALL will subst a relative path to the fallback