Re: Fix libGL.a check on configure

[Chuck Hall]

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Anderson Lizardo wrote:
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> Alexandre Julliard wrote:
> > Anderson Lizardo  writes:
> > > Fixed the libGL.a configure check for systems where
> > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so is a symbolic link.
> > >
> > > PS.: I've not used a simple "test -e" because
> > > http://www.winehq.org/hypermail/wine-patches/2002/01/0206.html says this
> > > does not work on Solaris.
> >
> > My guess is that if test -e doesn't work, test -L won't work either...
>
> What about the attached patch? It uses "ls" instead of "test" to test
> for file presence (assuming ls returns non-zero code on a non-present
> file, which is true for a POSIX compliant system).
>
> Snippet:
> -
> -
>    if test -f /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.a -a ! -f
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so -a ! -f /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.dylib
> -
>    if ls /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.a >/dev/null 2>&1 -a \
> -
>     ! ls /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so >/dev/null 2>&1 -a \
> -
>     ! ls /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.dylib >/dev/null 2>&1
>
> Best regards,
>
> Anderson Lizardo

On Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 the man page for test say -e checks if the 
file exists, and -L checks if the file exists and is a symbolic link.

-e is not avaliable in the shell sh, there is no mention if -L works or 
not in sh.

It might be a problem for just Solaris 8, or the tests are/were ran in the 
sh shell.