Document snprintb() a bit.

[nmh] / configure.ac

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fac9b91bd590fc61cbc40834c7aad47ebd619e59..38e2a58bf5fd16498cba625ef805e4bfe1e72e22 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ AC_PATH_PROG([sendmailpath], [sendmail], [/usr/sbin/sendmail], [$pathtmp])
 dnl Cygwin FAT filesystems do not support hard links.  So default to
 dnl cp instead, even if running on an NTFS or other filesystem.
 AS_CASE(["$host_os"],
-  [cygwin*],[LN=cp],
+  [cygwin*], [LN=cp],
   [LN=ln])
 AC_SUBST([LN])
 
@@ -556,6 +556,20 @@ dnl Now put the libraries back to what it was before we
 dnl starting checking the termcap library.
 LIBS="$nmh_save_LIBS"
 
+dnl ----------------
+dnl CHECK FLEX FIXUP
+dnl ----------------
+dnl Use LFLAGS make variable setting to work around bugs in flex
+dnl 2.5.35-37 that cause signed/unsigned mismatch,
+dnl http://sourceforge.net/p/flex/bugs/140/
+AS_IF([test "$LEX" = flex],
+      [AS_CASE([`$LEX -V`],
+               [flex\ 2.5.35], [[LFLAGS=\
+'; printf "%s\n" '\''1,$$s/(size_t) \(num_to_read\)/\1/'\'' w q | ed -s $@']],
+               [flex\ 2.5.3@<:@67@:>@], [[LFLAGS=\
+'; printf "%s\n" '\''1,$$s/\(  \)int i;/\1yy_size_t i;/'\'' w q | ed -s $@']])
+       AC_SUBST([LFLAGS])])
+
 dnl --------------
 dnl CHECK TYPEDEFS
 dnl --------------