From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:15:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Make it work when cross-compiling.
X-Git-Tag: cvs-readonly~2362
X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.org.uk/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bb6bc10c6f54bfefbe2b015a491031efa18640ae;p=gnulib.git

Make it work when cross-compiling.
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diff --git a/m4/ChangeLog b/m4/ChangeLog
index 99e030019..9299d2570 100644
--- a/m4/ChangeLog
+++ b/m4/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+2006-06-15  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* size_max.m4 (gl_SIZE_MAX): Make it work also when cross-compiling.
+
 2006-06-15  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
 
-	* m4/ssize_t.m4 (gt_TYPE_SSIZE_T): Work in spite of -Werror.
+	* ssize_t.m4 (gt_TYPE_SSIZE_T): Work in spite of -Werror.
 
 2006-05-30  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
             Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
diff --git a/m4/size_max.m4 b/m4/size_max.m4
index 0336f3af5..029e47195 100644
--- a/m4/size_max.m4
+++ b/m4/size_max.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# size_max.m4 serial 3
-dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# size_max.m4 serial 4
+dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
@@ -23,28 +23,29 @@ Found it
 ], result=yes)
   if test -z "$result"; then
     dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
-    dnl than the type 'unsigned long'.
-    dnl The _AC_COMPUTE_INT macro works up to LONG_MAX, since it uses 'expr',
-    dnl which is guaranteed to work from LONG_MIN to LONG_MAX.
-    _AC_COMPUTE_INT([(size_t)~(size_t)0 / 10], res_hi,
-      [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
-    _AC_COMPUTE_INT([(size_t)~(size_t)0 % 10], res_lo,
-      [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
+    dnl than the type 'unsigned long'. Try hard to find a definition that can
+    dnl be used in a preprocessor #if, i.e. doesn't contain a cast.
+    _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) * CHAR_BIT - 1], size_t_bits_minus_1,
+      [#include <stddef.h>
+#include <limits.h>], size_t_bits_minus_1=)
     _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)], fits_in_uint,
-      [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
-    if test "$fits_in_uint" = 1; then
-      dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
-      dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
-      AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
-        extern size_t foo;
-        extern unsigned long foo;
-        ], [], fits_in_uint=0)
-    fi
-    if test -z "$result"; then
-      if test "$fits_in_uint" = 1; then
-        result="$res_hi$res_lo"U
+      [#include <stddef.h>], fits_in_uint=)
+    if test -n "$size_t_bits_minus_1" && test -n "$fits_in_uint"; then
+      if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
+        dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
+        dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
+        AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
+          extern size_t foo;
+          extern unsigned long foo;
+          ], [], fits_in_uint=0)
+      fi
+      dnl We cannot use 'expr' to simplify this expression, because 'expr'
+      dnl works only with 'long' integers in the host environment, while we
+      dnl might be cross-compiling from a 32-bit platform to a 64-bit platform.
+      if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
+        result="(((1U << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
       else
-        result="$res_hi$res_lo"UL
+        result="(((1UL << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
       fi
     else
       dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...