allow specifying a required version in GUILE_PROGS

* meta/guile.m4: GUILE_PROGS now takes an optional argument to specify a
  required Guile version. By default, it requires Guile >= 2.0. A micro
  version can also be specified (e.g. GUILE_PROGS([2.0.10])).

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/meta/guile.m4 b/meta/guile.m4
index a3e1ef1de..29eccec03 100644
--- a/meta/guile.m4
+++ b/meta/guile.m4
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 ## Autoconf macros for working with Guile.
 ##
-##   Copyright (C) 1998,2001, 2006, 2010, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+##   Copyright (C) 1998,2001, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ##
 ## This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ## modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 ## as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of
 ## the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-## 
+##
 ## This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 ## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 ## Lesser General Public License for more details.
-## 
+##
 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 ## License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 ## Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
@@ -177,12 +177,16 @@ AC_DEFUN([GUILE_SITE_DIR],
 
 # GUILE_PROGS -- set paths to Guile interpreter, config and tool programs
 #
-# Usage: GUILE_PROGS
+# Usage: GUILE_PROGS([VERSION])
 #
 # This macro looks for programs @code{guile} and @code{guild}, setting
 # variables @var{GUILE} and @var{GUILD} to their paths, respectively.
 # If @code{guile} is not found, signal an error.
 #
+# By default, this macro will search for the latest stable version of
+# Guile (e.g. 2.0). x.y or x.y.z versions can be specified. If an older
+# version is found, the macro will signal an error.
+#
 # The effective version of the found @code{guile} is set to
 # @var{GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION}.  This macro ensures that the effective
 # version is compatible with the result of a previous invocation of
@@ -195,17 +199,42 @@ AC_DEFUN([GUILE_SITE_DIR],
 #
 AC_DEFUN([GUILE_PROGS],
  [AC_PATH_PROG(GUILE,guile)
+  _guile_required_version="m4_default([$1], [2.0])"
   if test "$GUILE" = "" ; then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([guile required but not found])
   fi
   AC_SUBST(GUILE)
 
-  _guile_prog_version=`$GUILE -c "(display (effective-version))"`
+  _guile_effective_version=`$GUILE -c "(display (effective-version))"`
   if test -z "$GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION"; then
-    GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION=$_guile_prog_version
-  elif test "$GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION" != "$_guile_prog_version"; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([found development files for Guile $GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION, but $GUILE has effective version $_guile_prog_version])
+    GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION=$_guile_effective_version
+  elif test "$GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION" != "$_guile_effective_version"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([found development files for Guile $GUILE_EFFECTIVE_VERSION, but $GUILE has effective version $_guile_effective_version])
+  fi
+
+  _guile_major_version=`$GUILE -c "(display (major-version))"`
+  _guile_minor_version=`$GUILE -c "(display (minor-version))"`
+  _guile_micro_version=`$GUILE -c "(display (micro-version))"`
+  _guile_prog_version="$_guile_major_version.$_guile_minor_version.$_guile_micro_version"
+
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Guile version >= $_guile_required_version])
+  _major_version=`echo $_guile_required_version | cut -d . -f 1`
+  _minor_version=`echo $_guile_required_version | cut -d . -f 2`
+  _micro_version=`echo $_guile_required_version | cut -d . -f 3`
+  if test "$_guile_major_version" -ge "$_major_version"; then
+    if test "$_guile_minor_version" -ge "$_minor_version"; then
+      if test -n "$_micro_version"; then
+        if test "$_guile_micro_version" -lt "$_micro_version"; then
+          AC_MSG_ERROR([Guile $_guile_required_version required, but $_guile_prog_version found])
+        fi
+      fi
+    else
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([Guile $_guile_required_version required, but $_guile_prog_version found])
+    fi
+  else
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Guile $_guile_required_version required, but $_guile_prog_version found])
   fi
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$_guile_prog_version])
 
   AC_PATH_PROG(GUILD,guild)
   AC_SUBST(GUILD)