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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# gemu configure script (c) 2003 Fabrice Bellard
+#
+# set temporary file name
+if test ! -z "$TMPDIR" ; then
+    TMPDIR1="${TMPDIR}"
+elif test ! -z "$TEMPDIR" ; then
+    TMPDIR1="${TEMPDIR}"
+else
+    TMPDIR1="/tmp"
+fi
+
+TMPC="${TMPDIR1}/qemacs-conf-${RANDOM}-$$-${RANDOM}.c"
+TMPO="${TMPDIR1}/qemacs-conf-${RANDOM}-$$-${RANDOM}.o"
+TMPS="${TMPDIR1}/qemacs-conf-${RANDOM}-$$-${RANDOM}.S"
+TMPH="${TMPDIR1}/qemacs-conf-${RANDOM}-$$-${RANDOM}.h"
+
+# default parameters
+prefix="/usr/local"
+cross_prefix=""
+cc="gcc"
+host_cc="gcc"
+ar="ar"
+make="make"
+strip="strip"
+cpu=`uname -m`
+case "$cpu" in
+  i386|i486|i586|i686|i86pc|BePC)
+    cpu="x86"
+  ;;
+  armv4l)
+    cpu="armv4l"
+  ;;
+  alpha)
+    cpu="alpha"
+  ;;
+  "Power Macintosh"|ppc)
+    cpu="powerpc"
+  ;;
+  mips)
+    cpu="mips"
+  ;;
+  *)
+    cpu="unknown"
+  ;;
+esac
+gprof="no"
+bigendian="no"
+
+# OS specific
+targetos=`uname -s`
+case $targetos in
+BeOS)
+prefix="/boot/home/config"
+# helps building libavcodec
+CFLAGS="-O2 -DPIC"
+# no need for libm, but the inet stuff
+# Check for BONE
+if (echo $BEINCLUDES|grep 'headers/be/bone' >/dev/null); then
+extralibs="-lbind -lsocket"
+else
+echo "Not sure building for net_server will succeed... good luck."
+extralibs="-lsocket"
+fi ;;
+BSD/OS)
+extralibs="-lpoll -lgnugetopt -lm"
+make="gmake"
+;;
+*) ;;
+esac
+
+# find source path
+# XXX: we assume an absolute path is given when launching configure, 
+# except in './configure' case.
+source_path=${0%configure}
+source_path=${source_path%/}
+source_path_used="yes"
+if test -z "$source_path" -o "$source_path" = "." ; then
+    source_path=`pwd`
+    source_path_used="no"
+fi
+
+for opt do
+  case "$opt" in
+  --prefix=*) prefix=`echo $opt | cut -d '=' -f 2`
+  ;;
+  --source-path=*) source_path=`echo $opt | cut -d '=' -f 2`
+  ;;
+  --cross-prefix=*) cross_prefix=`echo $opt | cut -d '=' -f 2`
+  ;;
+  --cc=*) cc=`echo $opt | cut -d '=' -f 2`
+  ;;
+  --make=*) make=`echo $opt | cut -d '=' -f 2`
+  ;;
+  --extra-cflags=*) CFLAGS="${opt#--extra-cflags=}"
+  ;;
+  --extra-ldflags=*) LDFLAGS="${opt#--extra-ldflags=}"
+  ;;
+  --extra-libs=*) extralibs=${opt#--extra-libs=}
+  ;;
+  --cpu=*) cpu=`echo $opt | cut -d '=' -f 2`
+  ;;
+  --enable-gprof) gprof="yes"
+  ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Checking for CFLAGS
+if test -z "$CFLAGS"; then
+    CFLAGS="-O2"
+fi
+
+cc="${cross_prefix}${cc}"
+ar="${cross_prefix}${ar}"
+strip="${cross_prefix}${strip}"
+
+if test -z "$cross_prefix" ; then
+
+# ---
+# big/little endian test
+cat > $TMPC << EOF
+#include <inttypes.h>
+int main(int argc, char ** argv){
+	volatile uint32_t i=0x01234567;
+	return (*((uint8_t*)(&i))) == 0x67;
+}
+EOF
+
+if $cc -o $TMPE $TMPC 2>/dev/null ; then
+$TMPE && bigendian="yes"
+else
+echo big/little test failed
+fi
+
+else
+
+# if cross compiling, cannot launch a program, so make a static guess
+if test "$cpu" = "powerpc" -o "$cpu" = "mips" ; then
+    bigendian="yes"
+fi
+
+fi
+
+if test x"$1" = x"-h" -o x"$1" = x"--help" ; then
+cat << EOF
+
+Usage: configure [options]
+Options: [defaults in brackets after descriptions]
+
+EOF
+echo "Standard options:"
+echo "  --help                   print this message"
+echo "  --prefix=PREFIX          install in PREFIX [$prefix]"
+echo "                           for audio/video/image support"
+echo ""
+echo "Advanced options (experts only):"
+echo "  --source-path=PATH       path of source code [$source_path]"
+echo "  --cross-prefix=PREFIX    use PREFIX for compile tools [$cross_prefix]"
+echo "  --cc=CC                  use C compiler CC [$cc]"
+echo "  --make=MAKE              use specified make [$make]"
+echo ""
+echo "NOTE: The object files are build at the place where configure is launched"
+exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Install prefix   $prefix"
+echo "Source path      $source_path"
+echo "C compiler       $cc"
+echo "make             $make"
+echo "CPU              $cpu"
+echo "Big Endian       $bigendian"
+echo "gprof enabled    $gprof"
+
+echo "Creating config.mak and config.h"
+
+echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > config.mak
+echo "/* Automatically generated by configure - do not modify */" > $TMPH
+
+echo "prefix=$prefix" >> config.mak
+echo "#define CONFIG_GEMU_PREFIX \"$prefix\"" >> $TMPH
+echo "MAKE=$make" >> config.mak
+echo "CC=$cc" >> config.mak
+echo "HOST_CC=$host_cc" >> config.mak
+echo "AR=$ar" >> config.mak
+echo "STRIP=$strip -s -R .comment -R .note" >> config.mak
+echo "CFLAGS=$CFLAGS" >> config.mak
+echo "LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS" >> config.mak
+if test "$cpu" = "x86" ; then
+  echo "ARCH=i386" >> config.mak
+elif test "$cpu" = "armv4l" ; then
+  echo "ARCH=arm" >> config.mak
+elif test "$cpu" = "powerpc" ; then
+  echo "ARCH=ppc" > config.mak
+elif test "$cpu" = "mips" ; then
+  echo "ARCH=mips" > config.mak
+else
+  echo "Unsupported CPU"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if test "$bigendian" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "WORDS_BIGENDIAN=yes" >> config.mak
+  echo "#define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 1" >> $TMPH
+fi
+if test "$gprof" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "TARGET_GPROF=yes" >> config.mak
+  echo "#define HAVE_GPROF 1" >> $TMPH
+fi
+echo -n "VERSION=" >>config.mak
+head $source_path/VERSION >>config.mak
+echo "" >>config.mak
+echo -n "#define GEMU_VERSION \"" >> $TMPH
+head $source_path/VERSION >> $TMPH
+echo "\"" >> $TMPH
+if test "$network" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "#define CONFIG_NETWORK 1" >> $TMPH
+  echo "CONFIG_NETWORK=yes" >> config.mak
+fi
+
+# build tree in object directory if source path is different from current one
+if test "$source_path_used" = "yes" ; then
+    DIRS="tests"
+    FILES="Makefile tests/Makefile"
+    for dir in $DIRS ; do
+            mkdir -p $dir
+    done
+    for f in $FILES ; do
+        ln -sf $source_path/$f $f
+    done
+fi
+echo "SRC_PATH=$source_path" >> config.mak
+
+diff $TMPH config.h >/dev/null 2>&1
+if test $? -ne 0 ; then
+	mv -f $TMPH config.h
+else
+	echo "config.h is unchanged"
+fi
+
+rm -f $TMPH