2 dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
7 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_POPEN],
9 AC_REQUIRE([gl_STDIO_H_DEFAULTS])
10 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether popen works with closed stdin],
11 [gl_cv_func_popen_works],
13 AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <stdio.h>
18 child = popen ("echo a", "r");
19 if (fgetc (child) != 'a')
21 if (pclose (child) != 0)
24 ])], [gl_cv_func_popen_works=yes], [gl_cv_func_popen_works=no],
25 dnl For now, only cygwin 1.5 or older is known to be broken.
26 [gl_cv_func_popen_works='guessing yes'])
28 if test "$gl_cv_func_popen_works" = no; then
33 # Prerequisites of lib/popen.c.
34 AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_POPEN],