[svn-r12715] Incorporated a user-submitted patch to better detect the 'tr' utility

and quote its arguments.  Also checks for the 'socket' library on
Solaris.

If this patch passes the Daily Tests and makes the user happy, I'll
port it back to the 1.6 branch.

Tested on mir and sol.

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3f726f7..f14cf56 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -511,8 +511,17 @@ AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 
 
-
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl Check that the tr utility is working properly.
+
+AC_PATH_PROG(TR, tr)
+
+TR_TEST=`echo Test | ${TR} ${as_cr_letters}"," ${as_cr_LETTERS}" "`
+if test "X${TR_TEST}" != "XTEST"; then
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([tr program doesn't work])
+fi
+
+
 dnl The following variables are used to distinguish between building a
 dnl serial and parallel library.
 dnl
@@ -573,7 +582,7 @@ case "$CC_BASENAME" in
     if (echo $cmd | grep / >/dev/null); then
       path="`echo $cmd | sed 's/\(.*\)\/.*$/\1/'`"
     else
-      for path in `echo $PATH | tr : ' '`; do
+      for path in `echo $PATH | ${TR} ":" " "`; do
         if test -x $path/$cmd; then
           break
         fi
@@ -604,7 +613,7 @@ case "$CC_BASENAME" in
     if (echo $cmd | grep / >/dev/null); then
       path="`echo $cmd | sed 's/\(.*\)\/.*$/\1/'`"
     else
-      for path in `echo $PATH | tr : ' '`; do
+      for path in `echo $PATH | ${TR} ":" " "`; do
         if test -x $path/$cmd; then
           break
         fi
@@ -662,7 +671,7 @@ if test "X$HDF_FORTRAN" = "Xyes"; then
       if (echo $cmd |grep / >/dev/null); then
         path="`echo $cmd |sed 's/\(.*\)\/.*$/\1/'`"
       else
-        for path in `echo $PATH | tr : ' '`; do
+        for path in `echo $PATH | ${TR} ":" " "`; do
           if test -x $path/$cmd; then
             break;
           fi
@@ -1027,6 +1036,7 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([m], [ceil])
 
 if test "`uname`" = "SunOS" -o "`uname -sr`" = "HP-UX B.11.00"; then
   dnl ...for Solaris
+  AC_CHECK_LIB([socket], [socket])
   AC_CHECK_LIB([nsl], [xdr_int])
 fi
 
@@ -1999,7 +2009,7 @@ case "X-$DEBUG_PKG" in
 esac
 
 if test -n "$DEBUG_PKG"; then
-  for pkg in `echo $DEBUG_PKG | tr ${as_cr_letters}',' ${as_cr_LETTERS}' '`; do
+  for pkg in `echo $DEBUG_PKG | ${TR} ${as_cr_letters}"," ${as_cr_LETTERS}" "`; do
     H5_CPPFLAGS="$H5_CPPFLAGS -DH5${pkg}_DEBUG"
   done
 fi