From c914617c3a84151020e1251c759dbdd362955fbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 00:29:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ansi-c++-opt: Interoperability with libtool.

* m4/ansi-c++.m4 (gl_PROG_ANSI_CXX): When a C++ compiler is not found,
set the variable to "no", not to ":".
* NEWS: Mention the change.
---
 ChangeLog      |  7 +++++++
 NEWS           |  3 +++
 m4/ansi-c++.m4 | 12 ++++++------
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 62b99f3b85..1190e1d3aa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-06-05  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	ansi-c++-opt: Interoperability with libtool.
+	* m4/ansi-c++.m4 (gl_PROG_ANSI_CXX): When a C++ compiler is not found,
+	set the variable to "no", not to ":".
+	* NEWS: Mention the change.
+
 2011-06-05  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	acl: Fix test failure on AIX 7.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index abe12386d5..a87c3a47dd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ User visible incompatible changes
 
 Date        Modules         Changes
 
+2011-06-05  ansi-c++-opt    When a C++ compiler is not found, the variable CXX
+                            is now set to "no", not to ":".
+
 2011-05-11  group-member    The include file is changed from "group-member.h"
                             to <unistd.h>.
 
diff --git a/m4/ansi-c++.m4 b/m4/ansi-c++.m4
index d6352ee758..fbb5d64240 100644
--- a/m4/ansi-c++.m4
+++ b/m4/ansi-c++.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# ansi-c++.m4 serial 7
+# ansi-c++.m4 serial 8
 dnl Copyright (C) 2002-2003, 2005, 2010-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_CXX_CHOICE],
 
 # gl_PROG_ANSI_CXX([ANSICXX_VARIABLE], [ANSICXX_CONDITIONAL])
 # Sets ANSICXX_VARIABLE to the name of a sufficiently ANSI C++ compliant
-# compiler, or to ":" if none is found.
+# compiler, or to "no" if none is found.
 # Defines the Automake condition ANSICXX_CONDITIONAL to true if such a compiler
 # was found, or to false if not.
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_PROG_ANSI_CXX],
   m4_if([$1], [CXX], [],
     [gl_save_CXX="$CXX"])
   if test "$CXX_CHOICE" = no; then
-    CXX=":"
+    CXX=no
   fi
   if test -z "$CXX"; then
     if test -n "$CCC"; then
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_PROG_ANSI_CXX],
                      [:])
     fi
   fi
-  if test "$CXX" != ":"; then
+  if test "$CXX" != no; then
     dnl Use a modified version of AC_PROG_CXX_WORKS that does not exit
     dnl upon failure.
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether the C++ compiler ($CXX $CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS) works])
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ EOF
      CXX="$gl_save_CXX"])
   AC_SUBST([$1])
 
-  AM_CONDITIONAL([$2], [test "$$1" != ":"])
+  AM_CONDITIONAL([$2], [test "$$1" != no])
 
-  if test "$$1" != ":"; then
+  if test "$$1" != no; then
     dnl This macro invocation resolves an automake error:
     dnl /usr/local/share/automake-1.11/am/depend2.am: am__fastdepCXX does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
     dnl /usr/local/share/automake-1.11/am/depend2.am:   The usual way to define `am__fastdepCXX' is to add `AC_PROG_CXX'
-- 
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