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+dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script
+AC_INIT([osmo-smlc],
+	m4_esyscmd([./git-version-gen .tarball-version]),
+	[openbsc@lists.osmocom.org])
+
+dnl *This* is the root dir, even if an install-sh exists in ../ or ../../
+AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.])
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2])
+AC_CONFIG_TESTDIR(tests)
+
+dnl kernel style compile messages
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+
+dnl include release helper
+RELMAKE='-include osmo-release.mk'
+AC_SUBST([RELMAKE])
+
+dnl checks for programs
+AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+LT_INIT
+
+dnl patching ${archive_cmds} to affect generation of file "libtool" to fix linking with clang
+AS_CASE(["$LD"],[*clang*],
+  [AS_CASE(["${host_os}"],
+     [*linux*],[archive_cmds='$CC -shared $pic_flag $libobjs $deplibs $compiler_flags $wl-soname $wl$soname -o $lib'])])
+
+dnl check for pkg-config (explained in detail in libosmocore/configure.ac)
+AC_PATH_PROG(PKG_CONFIG_INSTALLED, pkg-config, no)
+if test "x$PKG_CONFIG_INSTALLED" = "xno"; then
+        AC_MSG_WARN([You need to install pkg-config])
+fi
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG([0.20])
+
+dnl check for AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG
+m4_ifdef([AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG], [], [
+	AC_MSG_ERROR([Please install autoconf-archive; re-run 'autoreconf -fi' for it to take effect.])
+	])
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOCORE, libosmocore >= 1.3.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOVTY, libosmovty >= 1.3.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOCTRL, libosmoctrl >= 1.3.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOGSM, libosmogsm >= 1.3.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOSIGTRAN, libosmo-sigtran >= 0.10.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBOSMOSCCP, libosmo-sccp >= 0.10.0)
+
+dnl checks for header files
+AC_HEADER_STDC
+
+dnl Checks for typedefs, structures and compiler characteristics
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(sanitize,
+	[AS_HELP_STRING(
+		[--enable-sanitize],
+		[Compile with address sanitizer enabled],
+	)],
+	[sanitize=$enableval], [sanitize="no"])
+if test x"$sanitize" = x"yes"
+then
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined"
+	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined"
+fi
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(werror,
+	[AS_HELP_STRING(
+		[--enable-werror],
+		[Turn all compiler warnings into errors, with exceptions:
+		 a) deprecation (allow upstream to mark deprecation without breaking builds);
+		 b) "#warning" pragmas (allow to remind ourselves of errors without breaking builds)
+		]
+	)],
+	[werror=$enableval], [werror="no"])
+if test x"$werror" = x"yes"
+then
+	WERROR_FLAGS="-Werror"
+	WERROR_FLAGS+=" -Wno-error=deprecated -Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"
+	WERROR_FLAGS+=" -Wno-error=cpp" # "#warning"
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $WERROR_FLAGS"
+	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $WERROR_FLAGS"
+fi
+
+# The following test is taken from WebKit's webkit.m4
+saved_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fvisibility=hidden "
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if ${CC} supports -fvisibility=hidden])
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([char foo;])],
+      [ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+        SYMBOL_VISIBILITY="-fvisibility=hidden"],
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([no]))
+CFLAGS="$saved_CFLAGS"
+AC_SUBST(SYMBOL_VISIBILITY)
+
+AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=implicit], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror=implicit"])
+AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=maybe-uninitialized], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror=maybe-uninitialized"])
+AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=memset-transposed-args], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror=memset-transposed-args"])
+AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Wnull-dereference], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wnull-dereference"])
+AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=sizeof-array-argument], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror=sizeof-array-argument"])
+AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-Werror=sizeof-pointer-memaccess], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror=sizeof-pointer-memaccess"])
+
+# Coverage build taken from WebKit's configure.in
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable code coverage support])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(coverage,
+              AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-coverage],
+                             [enable code coverage support [default=no]]),
+              [],[enable_coverage="no"])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_coverage])
+if test "$enable_coverage" = "yes"; then
+   COVERAGE_CFLAGS="-ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs"
+   COVERAGE_LDFLAGS="-ftest-coverage -fprofile-arcs"
+   AC_SUBST([COVERAGE_CFLAGS])
+   AC_SUBST([COVERAGE_LDFLAGS])
+fi
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(profile,
+		[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-profile], [Compile with profiling support enabled], )],
+		[profile=$enableval], [profile="no"])
+if test x"$profile" = x"yes"
+then
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pg"
+	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -pg"
+fi
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([external_tests],
+		AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-external-tests],
+				[Include the VTY/CTRL tests in make check [default=no]]),
+		[enable_ext_tests="$enableval"],[enable_ext_tests="no"])
+if test "x$enable_ext_tests" = "xyes" ; then
+	AC_CHECK_PROG(PYTHON2_AVAIL,python2,yes)
+	 if test "x$PYTHON2_AVAIL" != "xyes" ; then
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([Please install python2 to run the VTY/CTRL tests.])
+	fi
+	AC_CHECK_PROG(OSMOTESTEXT_CHECK,osmotestvty.py,yes)
+	 if test "x$OSMOTESTEXT_CHECK" != "xyes" ; then
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([Please install git://osmocom.org/python/osmo-python-tests to run the VTY/CTRL tests.])
+	fi
+fi
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable VTY/CTRL tests])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$enable_ext_tests])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_EXT_TESTS, test "x$enable_ext_tests" = "xyes")
+
+# Generate manuals
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(manuals,
+	[AS_HELP_STRING(
+		[--enable-manuals],
+		[Generate manual PDFs [default=no]],
+	)],
+	[osmo_ac_build_manuals=$enableval], [osmo_ac_build_manuals="no"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_MANUALS], [test x"$osmo_ac_build_manuals" = x"yes"])
+AC_ARG_VAR(OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR, [path to common osmo-gsm-manuals files, overriding pkg-config and "../osmo-gsm-manuals"
+	fallback])
+if test x"$osmo_ac_build_manuals" = x"yes"
+then
+	# Find OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR (env, pkg-conf, fallback)
+	if test -n "$OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR"; then
+		echo "checking for OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR... $OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR (from env)"
+	else
+		OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR="$($PKG_CONFIG osmo-gsm-manuals --variable=osmogsmmanualsdir 2>/dev/null)"
+		if test -n "$OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR"; then
+			echo "checking for OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR... $OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR (from pkg-conf)"
+		else
+			OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR="../osmo-gsm-manuals"
+			echo "checking for OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR... $OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR (fallback)"
+		fi
+	fi
+	if ! test -d "$OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR"; then
+		AC_MSG_ERROR("OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR does not exist! Install osmo-gsm-manuals or set OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR.")
+	fi
+
+	# Find and run check-depends
+	CHECK_DEPENDS="$OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR/check-depends.sh"
+	if ! test -x "$CHECK_DEPENDS"; then
+		CHECK_DEPENDS="osmo-gsm-manuals-check-depends"
+	fi
+	if ! $CHECK_DEPENDS; then
+		AC_MSG_ERROR("missing dependencies for --enable-manuals")
+	fi
+
+	# Put in Makefile with absolute path
+	OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR="$(realpath "$OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR")"
+	AC_SUBST([OSMO_GSM_MANUALS_DIR])
+fi
+
+# https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/daemon.html
+AC_ARG_WITH([systemdsystemunitdir],
+     [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-systemdsystemunitdir=DIR], [Directory for systemd service files])],,
+     [with_systemdsystemunitdir=auto])
+AS_IF([test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" = "xyes" -o "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" = "xauto"], [
+     def_systemdsystemunitdir=$($PKG_CONFIG --variable=systemdsystemunitdir systemd)
+
+     AS_IF([test "x$def_systemdsystemunitdir" = "x"],
+   [AS_IF([test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" = "xyes"],
+    [AC_MSG_ERROR([systemd support requested but pkg-config unable to query systemd package])])
+    with_systemdsystemunitdir=no],
+   [with_systemdsystemunitdir="$def_systemdsystemunitdir"])])
+AS_IF([test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != "xno"],
+      [AC_SUBST([systemdsystemunitdir], [$with_systemdsystemunitdir])])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_SYSTEMD], [test "x$with_systemdsystemunitdir" != "xno"])
+
+AC_MSG_RESULT([CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"])
+
+dnl Generate the output
+AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+
+AC_OUTPUT(
+    include/Makefile
+    include/osmocom/Makefile
+    include/osmocom/smlc/Makefile
+    src/Makefile
+    src/osmo-smlc/Makefile
+    tests/Makefile
+    tests/atlocal
+    doc/Makefile
+    doc/examples/Makefile
+    doc/manuals/Makefile
+    contrib/Makefile
+    contrib/systemd/Makefile
+    contrib/osmo-smlc.spec
+    Makefile)