Do not barf on too long action description

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e153d5382364def42fa062a39148a696e2e49785..3a8e778defcf1f0e1285664785c69d9213f99516 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -114,13 +114,32 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([expat], [XML_ParserCreate],
 [NO_EXPAT=YesPlease])
 AC_SUBST(NO_EXPAT)
 #
-# Define NEEDS_LIBICONV if linking with libc is not enough (Darwin).
+# Define NEEDS_LIBICONV if linking with libc is not enough (Darwin and
+# some Solaris installations).
 # Define NO_ICONV if neither libc nor libiconv support iconv.
-AC_CHECK_LIB([c], [iconv],
-       [NEEDS_LIBICONV=],
-       AC_CHECK_LIB([iconv], [iconv],
-               [NEEDS_LIBICONV=YesPlease],
-               [NO_ICONV=YesPlease]))
+AC_DEFUN([ICONVTEST_SRC], [
+#include <iconv.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+       iconv_open("", "");
+       return 0;
+}
+])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for iconv in -lc])
+AC_LINK_IFELSE(ICONVTEST_SRC,
+       [AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+       NEEDS_LIBICONV=],
+       [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+       old_LIBS="$LIBS"
+       LIBS="$LIBS -liconv"
+       AC_MSG_CHECKING([for iconv in -liconv])
+       AC_LINK_IFELSE(ICONVTEST_SRC,
+               [AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+               NEEDS_LIBICONV=YesPlease],
+               [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+               NO_ICONV=YesPlease])
+       LIBS="$old_LIBS"])
 AC_SUBST(NEEDS_LIBICONV)
 AC_SUBST(NO_ICONV)
 test -n "$NEEDS_LIBICONV" && LIBS="$LIBS -liconv"
@@ -235,9 +254,6 @@ AC_SUBST(NO_SETENV)
 #
 # Define NO_SYMLINK_HEAD if you never want .git/HEAD to be a symbolic link.
 # Enable it on Windows.  By default, symrefs are still used.
-#
-# Define NO_ACCURATE_DIFF if your diff program at least sometimes misses
-# a missing newline at the end of the file.
 
 ## Site configuration (override autodetection)
 ## --with-PACKAGE[=ARG] and --without-PACKAGE