improve header testing; testing for boost headers does not work correctly

pub/config.h.in

+/* config.h.in.  Generated from configure.ac by autoheader.  */
+
+/* Define to one of `_getb67', `GETB67', `getb67' for Cray-2 and Cray-YMP
+   systems. This function is required for `alloca.c' support on those systems.
+   */
+#undef CRAY_STACKSEG_END
+
+/* Define to 1 if using `alloca.c'. */
+#undef C_ALLOCA
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `alarm' function. */
+#undef HAVE_ALARM
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have `alloca', as a function or macro. */
+#undef HAVE_ALLOCA
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have <alloca.h> and it should be used (not on Ultrix).
+   */
+#undef HAVE_ALLOCA_H
+
+/* define if the Boost library is available */
+#undef HAVE_BOOST
+
+/* define if the Boost::Regex library is available */
+#undef HAVE_BOOST_REGEX
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <dlfcn.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_DLFCN_H
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `floor' function. */
+#undef HAVE_FLOOR
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `gettimeofday' function. */
+#undef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <inttypes.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_INTTYPES_H
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `fftw3' library (-lfftw3). */
+#undef HAVE_LIBFFTW3
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `gsl' library (-lgsl). */
+#undef HAVE_LIBGSL
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `gslcblas' library (-lgslcblas). */
+#undef HAVE_LIBGSLCBLAS
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `kww' library (-lkww). */
+#undef HAVE_LIBKWW
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `lmmin' library (-llmmin). */
+#undef HAVE_LIBLMMIN
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `m' library (-lm). */
+#undef HAVE_LIBM
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `readline' library (-lreadline). */
+#undef HAVE_LIBREADLINE
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `yaml' library (-lyaml). */
+#undef HAVE_LIBYAML
+
+/* Define to 1 if your system has a GNU libc compatible `malloc' function, and
+   to 0 otherwise. */
+#undef HAVE_MALLOC
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <memory.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_MEMORY_H
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `memset' function. */
+#undef HAVE_MEMSET
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `mkfifo' function. */
+#undef HAVE_MKFIFO
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `pow' function. */
+#undef HAVE_POW
+
+/* Define to 1 if your system has a GNU libc compatible `realloc' function,
+   and to 0 otherwise. */
+#undef HAVE_REALLOC
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `sqrt' function. */
+#undef HAVE_SQRT
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <stdint.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_STDINT_H
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <stdlib.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_STDLIB_H
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `strchr' function. */
+#undef HAVE_STRCHR
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `strftime' function. */
+#undef HAVE_STRFTIME
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <strings.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_STRINGS_H
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <string.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_STRING_H
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/stat.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/time.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/types.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <unistd.h> header file. */
+#undef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+
+/* Define to the sub-directory in which libtool stores uninstalled libraries.
+   */
+#undef LT_OBJDIR
+
+/* Name of package */
+#undef PACKAGE
+
+/* Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent. */
+#undef PACKAGE_BUGREPORT
+
+/* Define to the full name of this package. */
+#undef PACKAGE_NAME
+
+/* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
+#undef PACKAGE_STRING
+
+/* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
+#undef PACKAGE_TARNAME
+
+/* Define to the home page for this package. */
+#undef PACKAGE_URL
+
+/* Define to the version of this package. */
+#undef PACKAGE_VERSION
+
+/* If using the C implementation of alloca, define if you know the
+   direction of stack growth for your system; otherwise it will be
+   automatically deduced at runtime.
+	STACK_DIRECTION > 0 => grows toward higher addresses
+	STACK_DIRECTION < 0 => grows toward lower addresses
+	STACK_DIRECTION = 0 => direction of growth unknown */
+#undef STACK_DIRECTION
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the ANSI C header files. */
+#undef STDC_HEADERS
+
+/* Define to 1 if you can safely include both <sys/time.h> and <time.h>. */
+#undef TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME
+
+/* Define to 1 if your <sys/time.h> declares `struct tm'. */
+#undef TM_IN_SYS_TIME
+
+/* Version number of package */
+#undef VERSION
+
+/* Define to 1 if `lex' declares `yytext' as a `char *' by default, not a
+   `char[]'. */
+#undef YYTEXT_POINTER
+
+/* File offset bits */
+#undef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+
+/* Define to empty if `const' does not conform to ANSI C. */
+#undef const
+
+/* Define to `__inline__' or `__inline' if that's what the C compiler
+   calls it, or to nothing if 'inline' is not supported under any name.  */
+#ifndef __cplusplus
+#undef inline
+#endif
+
+/* Define to the type of a signed integer type of width exactly 16 bits if
+   such a type exists and the standard includes do not define it. */
+#undef int16_t
+
+/* Define to the type of a signed integer type of width exactly 32 bits if
+   such a type exists and the standard includes do not define it. */
+#undef int32_t
+
+/* Define to the type of a signed integer type of width exactly 8 bits if such
+   a type exists and the standard includes do not define it. */
+#undef int8_t
+
+/* Define to rpl_malloc if the replacement function should be used. */
+#undef malloc
+
+/* Define to rpl_realloc if the replacement function should be used. */
+#undef realloc
+
+/* Define to `unsigned int' if <sys/types.h> does not define. */
+#undef size_t

pub/configure.ac

@@ -67,14 +67,27 @@ AX_BOOST_REGEX
 ## I put this one here only because qmake does: Make sure off_t is 64-bit in *nix, taken from http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:wlNJ8Qe4dBgJ:www.sfr-fresh.com/unix/privat/libfb-v0.18.4b-src.zip:a/src/rtlib/configure.ac+configure.ac+file+offset+bits&hl=de&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=de&client=firefox-a
 AC_DEFINE([_FILE_OFFSET_BITS],64,[File offset bits])
 
-AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
-
 AC_HEADER_STDC
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([fcntl.h inttypes.h libintl.h malloc.h stddef.h stdlib.h string.h sys/time.h unistd.h])
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([boost/regex.hpp boost/format.hpp boost/shared_ptr.hpp])
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([fcntl.h],    	   ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find fcntl.h.],))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([stdlib.h],   	   ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find stdlib.h.],))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([string.h],   	   ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find string.h.],))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([sys/time.h], 	   ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find sys/time.h.],))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([unistd.h],   	   ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find unistd.h.],))
+
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([boost/regex.hpp],
+	,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find boost/regex.hpp.],))
+#AC_CHECK_HEADER([boost/format.hpp],
+#	,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find boost/format.hpp.],))
+#AC_CHECK_HEADER([boost/shared_ptr.hpp],
+#	,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find boost/shared_ptr.hpp.],))
+
+# the following are needed by yacc generated code:
+AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([inttypes.h], 	   ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find inttypes.h.],))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([libintl.h],  	   ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find libintl.h.],))
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([stddef.h],   	   ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find stddef.h.],))
 
 # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics
-AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
 AC_C_CONST
 AC_C_INLINE
 AC_TYPE_INT16_T
@@ -90,10 +103,16 @@ AC_FUNC_MALLOC
 # if test $HAVE_MALLOC != "1"; then
 #   AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find malloc.])
 # fi
-AC_FUNC_MKTIME
 AC_FUNC_REALLOC
+AC_FUNC_MKTIME
 AC_FUNC_STRFTIME
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([floor gettimeofday memset mkfifo modf pow sqrt strchr strspn])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([floor],       ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find floor.]))
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gettimeofday],,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find gettimeofday.]))
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset],      ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find memset.]))
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([mkfifo],      ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find mkfifo.]))
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pow],         ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find pow.]))
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([sqrt],        ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find sqrt.]))
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strchr],      ,AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find strchr.]))
 
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