t/test-lib.sh: add test_external and test_external_without_stderr

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 85d7ef570d390d56d3ec3ba8af406eee30d700ea..7c2856efc92ca55e3cf03fcf1c72ffb70318f7c3 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([crypto], [SHA1_Init],
 AC_SUBST(NEEDS_SSL_WITH_CRYPTO)
 AC_SUBST(NO_OPENSSL)
 #
-# Define NO_CURL if you do not have curl installed.  git-http-pull and
+# Define NO_CURL if you do not have libcurl installed.  git-http-pull and
 # git-http-push are not built, and you cannot use http:// and https://
 # transports.
 AC_CHECK_LIB([curl], [curl_global_init],
@@ -326,6 +326,60 @@ else
        NO_C99_FORMAT=
 fi
 AC_SUBST(NO_C99_FORMAT)
+#
+# Define FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES if your are on a system which succeeds
+# when attempting to read from an fopen'ed directory.
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether system succeeds to read fopen'ed directory],
+ [ac_cv_fread_reads_directories],
+[
+AC_RUN_IFELSE(
+       [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT],
+               [[char c;
+               FILE *f = fopen(".", "r");
+               return f && fread(&c, 1, 1, f)]])],
+       [ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=no],
+       [ac_cv_fread_reads_directories=yes])
+])
+if test $ac_cv_fread_reads_directories = yes; then
+       FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES=UnfortunatelyYes
+else
+       FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES=
+fi
+AC_SUBST(FREAD_READS_DIRECTORIES)
+#
+# Define SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS if your are on a system which snprintf()
+# or vsnprintf() return -1 instead of number of characters which would
+# have been written to the final string if enough space had been available.
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether snprintf() and/or vsnprintf() return bogus value],
+ [ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus],
+[
+AC_RUN_IFELSE(
+       [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT
+               #include "stdarg.h"
+
+               int test_vsnprintf(char *str, size_t maxsize, const char *format, ...)
+               {
+                 int ret;
+                 va_list ap;
+                 va_start(ap, format);
+                 ret = vsnprintf(str, maxsize, format, ap);
+                 va_end(ap);
+                 return ret;
+               }],
+               [[char buf[6];
+                 if (test_vsnprintf(buf, 3, "%s", "12345") != 5
+                     || strcmp(buf, "12")) return 1;
+                 if (snprintf(buf, 3, "%s", "12345") != 5
+                     || strcmp(buf, "12")) return 1]])],
+       [ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=no],
+       [ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus=yes])
+])
+if test $ac_cv_snprintf_returns_bogus = yes; then
+       SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS=UnfortunatelyYes
+else
+       SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS=
+fi
+AC_SUBST(SNPRINTF_RETURNS_BOGUS)
 
 
 ## Checks for library functions.