build: Update CFLAGS and also check if they are supported

Also, enable all warnings by default, whether it is a debug
build or not.

2 files changed, 65 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/m4macros/Makefile.am b/m4macros/Makefile.am
index 8e09385..de54db6 100644
--- a/m4macros/Makefile.am
+++ b/m4macros/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = \
+	as-compiler-flag.m4 \
 	argenable.m4 \
 	typecheck.m4
diff --git a/m4macros/as-compiler-flag.m4 b/m4macros/as-compiler-flag.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..882a4c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4macros/as-compiler-flag.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+dnl as-compiler-flag.m4 0.1.0
+
+dnl autostars m4 macro for detection of compiler flags
+
+dnl David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>
+dnl Tim-Philipp Müller <tim centricular net>
+
+dnl AS_COMPILER_FLAG(CFLAGS, ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED, [ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED])
+dnl Tries to compile with the given CFLAGS.
+dnl Runs ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED if the compiler can compile with the flags,
+dnl and ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED otherwise.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_COMPILER_FLAG],
+[
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([to see if compiler understands $1])
+
+  save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $1"
+
+  AC_TRY_COMPILE([ ], [], [flag_ok=yes], [flag_ok=no])
+  CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
+
+  if test "X$flag_ok" = Xyes ; then
+    $2
+    true
+  else
+    $3
+    true
+  fi
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$flag_ok])
+])
+
+dnl AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(CPPFLAGS, ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED, [ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED])
+dnl Tries to compile with the given CPPFLAGS.
+dnl Runs ACTION-IF-ACCEPTED if the compiler can compile with the flags,
+dnl and ACTION-IF-NOT-ACCEPTED otherwise.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AS_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CXX])
+
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([to see if c++ compiler understands $1])
+
+  save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $1"
+
+  AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
+
+  AC_TRY_COMPILE([ ], [], [flag_ok=yes], [flag_ok=no])
+  CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
+
+  if test "X$flag_ok" = Xyes ; then
+    $2
+    true
+  else
+    $3
+    true
+  fi
+
+  AC_LANG_POP(C++)
+
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$flag_ok])
+])
+