[svn-r24980] HDFFV-8290: Merge automake 1.14.1 changes from trunk

Tested: h5committest

1 files changed, 248 insertions, 105 deletions

diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index e6aae87..1ecfa26 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# generated automatically by aclocal 1.12.3 -*- Autoconf -*-
+# generated automatically by aclocal 1.14.1 -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 # even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
 # PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
+m4_ifndef([AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS], [m4_defun([_AM_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS], [])m4_defun([AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS], [_AM_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS($@)])])
 m4_ifndef([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],
   [m4_copy([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION], [AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION])])dnl
 m4_if(m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]), [2.69],,
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ You have another version of autoconf.  It may work, but is not guaranteed to.
 If you have problems, you may need to regenerate the build system entirely.
 To do so, use the procedure documented by the package, typically 'autoreconf'.])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -31,10 +32,10 @@ To do so, use the procedure documented by the package, typically 'autoreconf'.])
 # generated from the m4 files accompanying Automake X.Y.
 # (This private macro should not be called outside this file.)
 AC_DEFUN([AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION],
-[am__api_version='1.12'
+[am__api_version='1.14'
 dnl Some users find AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION and mistake it for a way to
 dnl require some minimum version.  Point them to the right macro.
-m4_if([$1], [1.12.3], [],
+m4_if([$1], [1.14.1], [],
       [AC_FATAL([Do not call $0, use AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([$1]).])])dnl
 ])
 
@@ -50,14 +51,14 @@ m4_define([_AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [])
 # Call AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION and AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION so they can be traced.
 # This function is AC_REQUIREd by AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_SET_CURRENT_AUTOMAKE_VERSION],
-[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.12.3])dnl
+[AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION([1.14.1])dnl
 m4_ifndef([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],
   [m4_copy([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION], [AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION])])dnl
 _AM_AUTOCONF_VERSION(m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]))])
 
 # AM_AUX_DIR_EXPAND                                         -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ am_aux_dir=`cd $ac_aux_dir && pwd`
 
 # AM_CONDITIONAL                                            -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(
 Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally.]])
 fi])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE([am__nodep])dnl
 
 # Generate code to set up dependency tracking.              -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE([am__nodep])dnl
 # ------------------------------
 AC_DEFUN([_AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
 [{
-  # Autoconf 2.62 quotes --file arguments for eval, but not when files
+  # Older Autoconf quotes --file arguments for eval, but not when files
   # are listed without --file.  Let's play safe and only enable the eval
   # if we detect the quoting.
   case $CONFIG_FILES in
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([_AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
     DEPDIR=`sed -n 's/^DEPDIR = //p' < "$mf"`
     test -z "$DEPDIR" && continue
     am__include=`sed -n 's/^am__include = //p' < "$mf"`
-    test -z "am__include" && continue
+    test -z "$am__include" && continue
     am__quote=`sed -n 's/^am__quote = //p' < "$mf"`
     # Find all dependency output files, they are included files with
     # $(DEPDIR) in their names.  We invoke sed twice because it is the
@@ -408,7 +409,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
 
 # Do all the work for Automake.                             -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -417,6 +418,12 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
 # This macro actually does too much.  Some checks are only needed if
 # your package does certain things.  But this isn't really a big deal.
 
+dnl Redefine AC_PROG_CC to automatically invoke _AM_PROG_CC_C_O.
+m4_define([AC_PROG_CC],
+m4_defn([AC_PROG_CC])
+[_AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+])
+
 # AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(PACKAGE, VERSION, [NO-DEFINE])
 # AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([OPTIONS])
 # -----------------------------------------------
@@ -429,7 +436,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_OUTPUT_DEPENDENCY_COMMANDS],
 # arguments mandatory, and then we can depend on a new Autoconf
 # release and drop the old call support.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE],
-[AC_PREREQ([2.62])dnl
+[AC_PREREQ([2.65])dnl
 dnl Autoconf wants to disallow AM_ names.  We explicitly allow
 dnl the ones we care about.
 m4_pattern_allow([^AM_[A-Z]+FLAGS$])dnl
@@ -459,8 +466,7 @@ AC_SUBST([CYGPATH_W])
 dnl Distinguish between old-style and new-style calls.
 m4_ifval([$2],
 [AC_DIAGNOSE([obsolete],
-[$0: two- and three-arguments forms are deprecated.  For more info, see:
-http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Modernize-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE-invocation])
+             [$0: two- and three-arguments forms are deprecated.])
 m4_ifval([$3], [_AM_SET_OPTION([no-define])])dnl
  AC_SUBST([PACKAGE], [$1])dnl
  AC_SUBST([VERSION], [$2])],
@@ -514,22 +520,60 @@ AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE([AC_PROG_OBJC],
 		  [_AM_DEPENDENCIES([OBJC])],
 		  [m4_define([AC_PROG_OBJC],
 			     m4_defn([AC_PROG_OBJC])[_AM_DEPENDENCIES([OBJC])])])dnl
-dnl Support for Objective C++ was only introduced in Autoconf 2.65,
-dnl but we still cater to Autoconf 2.62.
-m4_ifdef([AC_PROG_OBJCXX],
-[AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE([AC_PROG_OBJCXX],
+AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE([AC_PROG_OBJCXX],
 		  [_AM_DEPENDENCIES([OBJCXX])],
 		  [m4_define([AC_PROG_OBJCXX],
-			     m4_defn([AC_PROG_OBJCXX])[_AM_DEPENDENCIES([OBJCXX])])])])dnl
+			     m4_defn([AC_PROG_OBJCXX])[_AM_DEPENDENCIES([OBJCXX])])])dnl
 ])
-_AM_IF_OPTION([silent-rules], [AC_REQUIRE([AM_SILENT_RULES])])dnl
-dnl The 'parallel-tests' driver may need to know about EXEEXT, so add the
-dnl 'am__EXEEXT' conditional if _AM_COMPILER_EXEEXT was seen.  This macro
-dnl is hooked onto _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT early, see below.
+AC_REQUIRE([AM_SILENT_RULES])dnl
+dnl The testsuite driver may need to know about EXEEXT, so add the
+dnl 'am__EXEEXT' conditional if _AM_COMPILER_EXEEXT was seen.  This
+dnl macro is hooked onto _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT early, see below.
 AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(dnl
 [m4_provide_if([_AM_COMPILER_EXEEXT],
   [AM_CONDITIONAL([am__EXEEXT], [test -n "$EXEEXT"])])])dnl
-])
+
+# POSIX will say in a future version that running "rm -f" with no argument
+# is OK; and we want to be able to make that assumption in our Makefile
+# recipes.  So use an aggressive probe to check that the usage we want is
+# actually supported "in the wild" to an acceptable degree.
+# See automake bug#10828.
+# To make any issue more visible, cause the running configure to be aborted
+# by default if the 'rm' program in use doesn't match our expectations; the
+# user can still override this though.
+if rm -f && rm -fr && rm -rf; then : OK; else
+  cat >&2 <<'END'
+Oops!
+
+Your 'rm' program seems unable to run without file operands specified
+on the command line, even when the '-f' option is present.  This is contrary
+to the behaviour of most rm programs out there, and not conforming with
+the upcoming POSIX standard: <http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=542>
+
+Please tell bug-automake@gnu.org about your system, including the value
+of your $PATH and any error possibly output before this message.  This
+can help us improve future automake versions.
+
+END
+  if test x"$ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM" = x"yes"; then
+    echo 'Configuration will proceed anyway, since you have set the' >&2
+    echo 'ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM variable to "yes"' >&2
+    echo >&2
+  else
+    cat >&2 <<'END'
+Aborting the configuration process, to ensure you take notice of the issue.
+
+You can download and install GNU coreutils to get an 'rm' implementation
+that behaves properly: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>.
+
+If you want to complete the configuration process using your problematic
+'rm' anyway, export the environment variable ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM
+to "yes", and re-run configure.
+
+END
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Your 'rm' program is bad, sorry.])
+  fi
+fi])
 
 dnl Hook into '_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT' early to learn its expansion.  Do not
 dnl add the conditional right here, as _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT may be further
@@ -537,7 +581,6 @@ dnl mangled by Autoconf and run in a shell conditional statement.
 m4_define([_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT],
 m4_defn([_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT])[m4_provide([_AM_COMPILER_EXEEXT])])
 
-
 # When config.status generates a header, we must update the stamp-h file.
 # This file resides in the same directory as the config header
 # that is generated.  The stamp files are numbered to have different names.
@@ -559,7 +602,7 @@ for _am_header in $config_headers :; do
 done
 echo "timestamp for $_am_arg" >`AS_DIRNAME(["$_am_arg"])`/stamp-h[]$_am_stamp_count])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -580,7 +623,7 @@ if test x"${install_sh}" != xset; then
 fi
 AC_SUBST([install_sh])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -602,7 +645,7 @@ AC_SUBST([am__leading_dot])])
 # Add --enable-maintainer-mode option to configure.         -*- Autoconf -*-
 # From Jim Meyering
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -635,11 +678,9 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles])
 ]
 )
 
-AU_DEFUN([jm_MAINTAINER_MODE], [AM_MAINTAINER_MODE])
-
 # Check to see how 'make' treats includes.	            -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -689,7 +730,7 @@ rm -f confinc confmf
 
 # Fake the existence of programs that GNU maintainers use.  -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1997-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -704,8 +745,8 @@ AC_SUBST($1)])
 
 # AM_MISSING_HAS_RUN
 # ------------------
-# Define MISSING if not defined so far and test if it supports --run.
-# If it does, set am_missing_run to use it, otherwise, to nothing.
+# Define MISSING if not defined so far and test if it is modern enough.
+# If it is, set am_missing_run to use it, otherwise, to nothing.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_MISSING_HAS_RUN],
 [AC_REQUIRE([AM_AUX_DIR_EXPAND])dnl
 AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE([missing])dnl
@@ -718,8 +759,8 @@ if test x"${MISSING+set}" != xset; then
   esac
 fi
 # Use eval to expand $SHELL
-if eval "$MISSING --run true"; then
-  am_missing_run="$MISSING --run "
+if eval "$MISSING --is-lightweight"; then
+  am_missing_run="$MISSING "
 else
   am_missing_run=
   AC_MSG_WARN(['missing' script is too old or missing])
@@ -728,7 +769,7 @@ fi
 
 # Helper functions for option handling.                     -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -757,9 +798,73 @@ AC_DEFUN([_AM_SET_OPTIONS],
 AC_DEFUN([_AM_IF_OPTION],
 [m4_ifset(_AM_MANGLE_OPTION([$1]), [$2], [$3])])
 
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+# _AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+# ---------------
+# Like AC_PROG_CC_C_O, but changed for automake.  We rewrite AC_PROG_CC
+# to automatically call this.
+AC_DEFUN([_AM_PROG_CC_C_O],
+[AC_REQUIRE([AM_AUX_DIR_EXPAND])dnl
+AC_REQUIRE_AUX_FILE([compile])dnl
+AC_LANG_PUSH([C])dnl
+AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+  [whether $CC understands -c and -o together],
+  [am_cv_prog_cc_c_o],
+  [AC_LANG_CONFTEST([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([])])
+  # Make sure it works both with $CC and with simple cc.
+  # Following AC_PROG_CC_C_O, we do the test twice because some
+  # compilers refuse to overwrite an existing .o file with -o,
+  # though they will create one.
+  am_cv_prog_cc_c_o=yes
+  for am_i in 1 2; do
+    if AM_RUN_LOG([$CC -c conftest.$ac_ext -o conftest2.$ac_objext]) \
+         && test -f conftest2.$ac_objext; then
+      : OK
+    else
+      am_cv_prog_cc_c_o=no
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+  rm -f core conftest*
+  unset am_i])
+if test "$am_cv_prog_cc_c_o" != yes; then
+   # Losing compiler, so override with the script.
+   # FIXME: It is wrong to rewrite CC.
+   # But if we don't then we get into trouble of one sort or another.
+   # A longer-term fix would be to have automake use am__CC in this case,
+   # and then we could set am__CC="\$(top_srcdir)/compile \$(CC)"
+   CC="$am_aux_dir/compile $CC"
+fi
+AC_LANG_POP([C])])
+
+# For backward compatibility.
+AC_DEFUN_ONCE([AM_PROG_CC_C_O], [AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])])
+
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+# AM_RUN_LOG(COMMAND)
+# -------------------
+# Run COMMAND, save the exit status in ac_status, and log it.
+# (This has been adapted from Autoconf's _AC_RUN_LOG macro.)
+AC_DEFUN([AM_RUN_LOG],
+[{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: $1" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+   ($1) >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+   ac_status=$?
+   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
+   (exit $ac_status); }])
+
 # Check to make sure that the build environment is sane.    -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -840,7 +945,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(
 rm -f conftest.file
 ])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -900,7 +1005,7 @@ AC_SUBST([AM_BACKSLASH])dnl
 _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE([AM_BACKSLASH])dnl
 ])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -928,7 +1033,7 @@ fi
 INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM="\$(install_sh) -c -s"
 AC_SUBST([INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM])])
 
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -947,7 +1052,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 
 # Check how to create a tarball.                            -*- Autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (C) 2004-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -966,76 +1071,114 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE], [_AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE($@)])
 # Substitute a variable $(am__untar) that extract such
 # a tarball read from stdin.
 #     $(am__untar) < result.tar
+#
 AC_DEFUN([_AM_PROG_TAR],
 [# Always define AMTAR for backward compatibility.  Yes, it's still used
 # in the wild :-(  We should find a proper way to deprecate it ...
 AC_SUBST([AMTAR], ['$${TAR-tar}'])
-m4_if([$1], [v7],
-     [am__tar='$${TAR-tar} chof - "$$tardir"' am__untar='$${TAR-tar} xf -'],
-     [m4_case([$1], [ustar],, [pax],,
-              [m4_fatal([Unknown tar format])])
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to create a $1 tar archive])
-# Loop over all known methods to create a tar archive until one works.
+
+# We'll loop over all known methods to create a tar archive until one works.
 _am_tools='gnutar m4_if([$1], [ustar], [plaintar]) pax cpio none'
-_am_tools=${am_cv_prog_tar_$1-$_am_tools}
-# Do not fold the above two line into one, because Tru64 sh and
-# Solaris sh will not grok spaces in the rhs of '-'.
-for _am_tool in $_am_tools
-do
-  case $_am_tool in
-  gnutar)
-    for _am_tar in tar gnutar gtar;
-    do
-      AM_RUN_LOG([$_am_tar --version]) && break
-    done
-    am__tar="$_am_tar --format=m4_if([$1], [pax], [posix], [$1]) -chf - "'"$$tardir"'
-    am__tar_="$_am_tar --format=m4_if([$1], [pax], [posix], [$1]) -chf - "'"$tardir"'
-    am__untar="$_am_tar -xf -"
-    ;;
-  plaintar)
-    # Must skip GNU tar: if it does not support --format= it doesn't create
-    # ustar tarball either.
-    (tar --version) >/dev/null 2>&1 && continue
-    am__tar='tar chf - "$$tardir"'
-    am__tar_='tar chf - "$tardir"'
-    am__untar='tar xf -'
-    ;;
-  pax)
-    am__tar='pax -L -x $1 -w "$$tardir"'
-    am__tar_='pax -L -x $1 -w "$tardir"'
-    am__untar='pax -r'
-    ;;
-  cpio)
-    am__tar='find "$$tardir" -print | cpio -o -H $1 -L'
-    am__tar_='find "$tardir" -print | cpio -o -H $1 -L'
-    am__untar='cpio -i -H $1 -d'
-    ;;
-  none)
-    am__tar=false
-    am__tar_=false
-    am__untar=false
-    ;;
-  esac
 
-  # If the value was cached, stop now.  We just wanted to have am__tar
-  # and am__untar set.
-  test -n "${am_cv_prog_tar_$1}" && break
+m4_if([$1], [v7],
+  [am__tar='$${TAR-tar} chof - "$$tardir"' am__untar='$${TAR-tar} xf -'],
+
+  [m4_case([$1],
+    [ustar],
+     [# The POSIX 1988 'ustar' format is defined with fixed-size fields.
+      # There is notably a 21 bits limit for the UID and the GID.  In fact,
+      # the 'pax' utility can hang on bigger UID/GID (see automake bug#8343
+      # and bug#13588).
+      am_max_uid=2097151 # 2^21 - 1
+      am_max_gid=$am_max_uid
+      # The $UID and $GID variables are not portable, so we need to resort
+      # to the POSIX-mandated id(1) utility.  Errors in the 'id' calls
+      # below are definitely unexpected, so allow the users to see them
+      # (that is, avoid stderr redirection).
+      am_uid=`id -u || echo unknown`
+      am_gid=`id -g || echo unknown`
+      AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether UID '$am_uid' is supported by ustar format])
+      if test $am_uid -le $am_max_uid; then
+         AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+      else
+         AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+         _am_tools=none
+      fi
+      AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether GID '$am_gid' is supported by ustar format])
+      if test $am_gid -le $am_max_gid; then
+         AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+      else
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+        _am_tools=none
+      fi],
 
-  # tar/untar a dummy directory, and stop if the command works
-  rm -rf conftest.dir
-  mkdir conftest.dir
-  echo GrepMe > conftest.dir/file
-  AM_RUN_LOG([tardir=conftest.dir && eval $am__tar_ >conftest.tar])
+  [pax],
+    [],
+
+  [m4_fatal([Unknown tar format])])
+
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to create a $1 tar archive])
+
+  # Go ahead even if we have the value already cached.  We do so because we
+  # need to set the values for the 'am__tar' and 'am__untar' variables.
+  _am_tools=${am_cv_prog_tar_$1-$_am_tools}
+
+  for _am_tool in $_am_tools; do
+    case $_am_tool in
+    gnutar)
+      for _am_tar in tar gnutar gtar; do
+        AM_RUN_LOG([$_am_tar --version]) && break
+      done
+      am__tar="$_am_tar --format=m4_if([$1], [pax], [posix], [$1]) -chf - "'"$$tardir"'
+      am__tar_="$_am_tar --format=m4_if([$1], [pax], [posix], [$1]) -chf - "'"$tardir"'
+      am__untar="$_am_tar -xf -"
+      ;;
+    plaintar)
+      # Must skip GNU tar: if it does not support --format= it doesn't create
+      # ustar tarball either.
+      (tar --version) >/dev/null 2>&1 && continue
+      am__tar='tar chf - "$$tardir"'
+      am__tar_='tar chf - "$tardir"'
+      am__untar='tar xf -'
+      ;;
+    pax)
+      am__tar='pax -L -x $1 -w "$$tardir"'
+      am__tar_='pax -L -x $1 -w "$tardir"'
+      am__untar='pax -r'
+      ;;
+    cpio)
+      am__tar='find "$$tardir" -print | cpio -o -H $1 -L'
+      am__tar_='find "$tardir" -print | cpio -o -H $1 -L'
+      am__untar='cpio -i -H $1 -d'
+      ;;
+    none)
+      am__tar=false
+      am__tar_=false
+      am__untar=false
+      ;;
+    esac
+
+    # If the value was cached, stop now.  We just wanted to have am__tar
+    # and am__untar set.
+    test -n "${am_cv_prog_tar_$1}" && break
+
+    # tar/untar a dummy directory, and stop if the command works.
+    rm -rf conftest.dir
+    mkdir conftest.dir
+    echo GrepMe > conftest.dir/file
+    AM_RUN_LOG([tardir=conftest.dir && eval $am__tar_ >conftest.tar])
+    rm -rf conftest.dir
+    if test -s conftest.tar; then
+      AM_RUN_LOG([$am__untar <conftest.tar])
+      AM_RUN_LOG([cat conftest.dir/file])
+      grep GrepMe conftest.dir/file >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
+    fi
+  done
   rm -rf conftest.dir
-  if test -s conftest.tar; then
-    AM_RUN_LOG([$am__untar <conftest.tar])
-    grep GrepMe conftest.dir/file >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
-  fi
-done
-rm -rf conftest.dir
 
-AC_CACHE_VAL([am_cv_prog_tar_$1], [am_cv_prog_tar_$1=$_am_tool])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$am_cv_prog_tar_$1])])
+  AC_CACHE_VAL([am_cv_prog_tar_$1], [am_cv_prog_tar_$1=$_am_tool])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$am_cv_prog_tar_$1])])
+
 AC_SUBST([am__tar])
 AC_SUBST([am__untar])
 ]) # _AM_PROG_TAR