Convert to autoconf 2.72 (vanilla release, no distribution patches)

As discussed at the patch review meeting

Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
Reviewed-by: Simon Chopin <simon.chopin@canonical.com>

31 files changed, 1815 insertions, 1599 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index b45bfa8423..449b3650fa 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ build the GNU C Library:
 
 If you change any of the 'configure.ac' files you will also need
 
-   * GNU 'autoconf' 2.71 (exactly)
+   * GNU 'autoconf' 2.72 (exactly)
 
 and if you change any of the message translation files you will need
 
diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index a097d66a49..d8c613faf7 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl We require that everyone use exactly the same Autoconf version so that
 dnl the internal functions defined and used by the main configure script
 dnl match those expected by the fragments.  When changing this version,
 dnl install.texi also needs to be updated.
-m4_define([GLIBC_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [2.71])
+m4_define([GLIBC_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [2.72])
 m4_if(m4_defn([AC_AUTOCONF_VERSION]), GLIBC_AUTOCONF_VERSION, [],
       [m4_fatal(m4_flatten(
 Exactly version GLIBC_AUTOCONF_VERSION of Autoconf is required but you have
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 432e40a592..1df2f2e6d1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71 for GNU C Library (see version.h).
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72 for GNU C Library (see version.h).
 #
 # Report bugs to <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/>.
 #
 #
-# Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2017, 2020-2021 Free Software Foundation,
+# Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2017, 2020-2023 Free Software Foundation,
 # Inc.
 #
 #
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 # Be more Bourne compatible
 DUALCASE=1; export DUALCASE # for MKS sh
-as_nop=:
 if test ${ZSH_VERSION+y} && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1
 then :
   emulate sh
@@ -26,12 +25,13 @@ then :
   # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
   alias -g '${1+"$@"}'='"$@"'
   setopt NO_GLOB_SUBST
-else $as_nop
-  case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in #(
+else case e in #(
+  e) case `(set -o) 2>/dev/null` in #(
   *posix*) :
     set -o posix ;; #(
   *) :
      ;;
+esac ;;
 esac
 fi
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
      ;;
 esac
-# We did not find ourselves, most probably we were run as `sh COMMAND'
+# We did not find ourselves, most probably we were run as 'sh COMMAND'
 # in which case we are not to be found in the path.
 if test "x$as_myself" = x; then
   as_myself=$0
@@ -133,15 +133,14 @@ case $- in # ((((
 esac
 exec $CONFIG_SHELL $as_opts "$as_myself" ${1+"$@"}
 # Admittedly, this is quite paranoid, since all the known shells bail
-# out after a failed `exec'.
+# out after a failed 'exec'.
 printf "%s\n" "$0: could not re-execute with $CONFIG_SHELL" >&2
 exit 255
   fi
   # We don't want this to propagate to other subprocesses.
           { _as_can_reexec=; unset _as_can_reexec;}
 if test "x$CONFIG_SHELL" = x; then
-  as_bourne_compatible="as_nop=:
-if test \${ZSH_VERSION+y} && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1
+  as_bourne_compatible="if test \${ZSH_VERSION+y} && (emulate sh) >/dev/null 2>&1
 then :
   emulate sh
   NULLCMD=:
@@ -149,12 +148,13 @@ then :
   # is contrary to our usage.  Disable this feature.
   alias -g '\${1+\"\$@\"}'='\"\$@\"'
   setopt NO_GLOB_SUBST
-else \$as_nop
-  case \`(set -o) 2>/dev/null\` in #(
+else case e in #(
+  e) case \`(set -o) 2>/dev/null\` in #(
   *posix*) :
     set -o posix ;; #(
   *) :
      ;;
+esac ;;
 esac
 fi
 "
@@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ as_fn_ret_failure && { exitcode=1; echo as_fn_ret_failure succeeded.; }
 if ( set x; as_fn_ret_success y && test x = \"\$1\" )
 then :
 
-else \$as_nop
-  exitcode=1; echo positional parameters were not saved.
+else case e in #(
+  e) exitcode=1; echo positional parameters were not saved. ;;
+esac
 fi
 test x\$exitcode = x0 || exit 1
 blah=\$(echo \$(echo blah))
@@ -186,14 +187,15 @@ test -x / || exit 1"
   if (eval "$as_required") 2>/dev/null
 then :
   as_have_required=yes
-else $as_nop
-  as_have_required=no
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_have_required=no ;;
+esac
 fi
   if test x$as_have_required = xyes && (eval "$as_suggested") 2>/dev/null
 then :
 
-else $as_nop
-  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
 as_found=false
 for as_dir in /bin$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/bin$PATH_SEPARATOR$PATH
 do
@@ -226,12 +228,13 @@ IFS=$as_save_IFS
 if $as_found
 then :
 
-else $as_nop
-  if { test -f "$SHELL" || test -f "$SHELL.exe"; } &&
+else case e in #(
+  e) if { test -f "$SHELL" || test -f "$SHELL.exe"; } &&
 	      as_run=a "$SHELL" -c "$as_bourne_compatible""$as_required" 2>/dev/null
 then :
   CONFIG_SHELL=$SHELL as_have_required=yes
-fi
+fi ;;
+esac
 fi
 
 
@@ -253,7 +256,7 @@ case $- in # ((((
 esac
 exec $CONFIG_SHELL $as_opts "$as_myself" ${1+"$@"}
 # Admittedly, this is quite paranoid, since all the known shells bail
-# out after a failed `exec'.
+# out after a failed 'exec'.
 printf "%s\n" "$0: could not re-execute with $CONFIG_SHELL" >&2
 exit 255
 fi
@@ -273,7 +276,8 @@ $0: message. Then install a modern shell, or manually run
 $0: the script under such a shell if you do have one."
   fi
   exit 1
-fi
+fi ;;
+esac
 fi
 fi
 SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
@@ -312,14 +316,6 @@ as_fn_exit ()
   as_fn_set_status $1
   exit $1
 } # as_fn_exit
-# as_fn_nop
-# ---------
-# Do nothing but, unlike ":", preserve the value of $?.
-as_fn_nop ()
-{
-  return $?
-}
-as_nop=as_fn_nop
 
 # as_fn_mkdir_p
 # -------------
@@ -388,11 +384,12 @@ then :
   {
     eval $1+=\$2
   }'
-else $as_nop
-  as_fn_append ()
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_fn_append ()
   {
     eval $1=\$$1\$2
-  }
+  } ;;
+esac
 fi # as_fn_append
 
 # as_fn_arith ARG...
@@ -406,21 +403,14 @@ then :
   {
     as_val=$(( $* ))
   }'
-else $as_nop
-  as_fn_arith ()
+else case e in #(
+  e) as_fn_arith ()
   {
     as_val=`expr "$@" || test $? -eq 1`
-  }
+  } ;;
+esac
 fi # as_fn_arith
 
-# as_fn_nop
-# ---------
-# Do nothing but, unlike ":", preserve the value of $?.
-as_fn_nop ()
-{
-  return $?
-}
-as_nop=as_fn_nop
 
 # as_fn_error STATUS ERROR [LINENO LOG_FD]
 # ----------------------------------------
@@ -494,6 +484,8 @@ as_cr_alnum=$as_cr_Letters$as_cr_digits
     /[$]LINENO/=
   ' <$as_myself |
     sed '
+      t clear
+      :clear
       s/[$]LINENO.*/&-/
       t lineno
       b
@@ -542,7 +534,6 @@ esac
 as_echo='printf %s\n'
 as_echo_n='printf %s'
 
-
 rm -f conf$$ conf$$.exe conf$$.file
 if test -d conf$$.dir; then
   rm -f conf$$.dir/conf$$.file
@@ -554,9 +545,9 @@ if (echo >conf$$.file) 2>/dev/null; then
   if ln -s conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
     as_ln_s='ln -s'
     # ... but there are two gotchas:
-    # 1) On MSYS, both `ln -s file dir' and `ln file dir' fail.
-    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; `ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
-    # In both cases, we have to default to `cp -pR'.
+    # 1) On MSYS, both 'ln -s file dir' and 'ln file dir' fail.
+    # 2) DJGPP < 2.04 has no symlinks; 'ln -s' creates a wrapper executable.
+    # In both cases, we have to default to 'cp -pR'.
     ln -s conf$$.file conf$$.dir 2>/dev/null && test ! -f conf$$.exe ||
       as_ln_s='cp -pR'
   elif ln conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -581,10 +572,12 @@ as_test_x='test -x'
 as_executable_p=as_fn_executable_p
 
 # Sed expression to map a string onto a valid CPP name.
-as_tr_cpp="eval sed 'y%*$as_cr_letters%P$as_cr_LETTERS%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g'"
+as_sed_cpp="y%*$as_cr_letters%P$as_cr_LETTERS%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g"
+as_tr_cpp="eval sed '$as_sed_cpp'" # deprecated
 
 # Sed expression to map a string onto a valid variable name.
-as_tr_sh="eval sed 'y%*+%pp%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g'"
+as_sed_sh="y%*+%pp%;s%[^_$as_cr_alnum]%_%g"
+as_tr_sh="eval sed '$as_sed_sh'" # deprecated
 
 
 test -n "$DJDIR" || exec 7<&0 </dev/null
@@ -933,7 +926,7 @@ do
     ac_useropt=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x-*disable-\(.*\)'`
     # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
     expr "x$ac_useropt" : ".*[^-+._$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      as_fn_error $? "invalid feature name: \`$ac_useropt'"
+      as_fn_error $? "invalid feature name: '$ac_useropt'"
     ac_useropt_orig=$ac_useropt
     ac_useropt=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_useropt" | sed 's/[-+.]/_/g'`
     case $ac_user_opts in
@@ -959,7 +952,7 @@ do
     ac_useropt=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x-*enable-\([^=]*\)'`
     # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
     expr "x$ac_useropt" : ".*[^-+._$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      as_fn_error $? "invalid feature name: \`$ac_useropt'"
+      as_fn_error $? "invalid feature name: '$ac_useropt'"
     ac_useropt_orig=$ac_useropt
     ac_useropt=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_useropt" | sed 's/[-+.]/_/g'`
     case $ac_user_opts in
@@ -1172,7 +1165,7 @@ do
     ac_useropt=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x-*with-\([^=]*\)'`
     # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
     expr "x$ac_useropt" : ".*[^-+._$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      as_fn_error $? "invalid package name: \`$ac_useropt'"
+      as_fn_error $? "invalid package name: '$ac_useropt'"
     ac_useropt_orig=$ac_useropt
     ac_useropt=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_useropt" | sed 's/[-+.]/_/g'`
     case $ac_user_opts in
@@ -1188,7 +1181,7 @@ do
     ac_useropt=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x-*without-\(.*\)'`
     # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
     expr "x$ac_useropt" : ".*[^-+._$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      as_fn_error $? "invalid package name: \`$ac_useropt'"
+      as_fn_error $? "invalid package name: '$ac_useropt'"
     ac_useropt_orig=$ac_useropt
     ac_useropt=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_useropt" | sed 's/[-+.]/_/g'`
     case $ac_user_opts in
@@ -1218,8 +1211,8 @@ do
   | --x-librar=* | --x-libra=* | --x-libr=* | --x-lib=* | --x-li=* | --x-l=*)
     x_libraries=$ac_optarg ;;
 
-  -*) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized option: \`$ac_option'
-Try \`$0 --help' for more information"
+  -*) as_fn_error $? "unrecognized option: '$ac_option'
+Try '$0 --help' for more information"
     ;;
 
   *=*)
@@ -1227,7 +1220,7 @@ Try \`$0 --help' for more information"
     # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
     case $ac_envvar in #(
       '' | [0-9]* | *[!_$as_cr_alnum]* )
-      as_fn_error $? "invalid variable name: \`$ac_envvar'" ;;
+      as_fn_error $? "invalid variable name: '$ac_envvar'" ;;
     esac
     eval $ac_envvar=\$ac_optarg
     export $ac_envvar ;;
@@ -1277,7 +1270,7 @@ do
   as_fn_error $? "expected an absolute directory name for --$ac_var: $ac_val"
 done
 
-# There might be people who depend on the old broken behavior: `$host'
+# There might be people who depend on the old broken behavior: '$host'
 # used to hold the argument of --host etc.
 # FIXME: To remove some day.
 build=$build_alias
@@ -1345,7 +1338,7 @@ if test ! -r "$srcdir/$ac_unique_file"; then
   test "$ac_srcdir_defaulted" = yes && srcdir="$ac_confdir or .."
   as_fn_error $? "cannot find sources ($ac_unique_file) in $srcdir"
 fi
-ac_msg="sources are in $srcdir, but \`cd $srcdir' does not work"
+ac_msg="sources are in $srcdir, but 'cd $srcdir' does not work"
 ac_abs_confdir=`(
 	cd "$srcdir" && test -r "./$ac_unique_file" || as_fn_error $? "$ac_msg"
 	pwd)`
@@ -1373,7 +1366,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures GNU C Library (see version.h) to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+'configure' configures GNU C Library (see version.h) to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1387,11 +1380,11 @@ Configuration:
       --help=short        display options specific to this package
       --help=recursive    display the short help of all the included packages
   -V, --version           display version information and exit
-  -q, --quiet, --silent   do not print \`checking ...' messages
+  -q, --quiet, --silent   do not print 'checking ...' messages
       --cache-file=FILE   cache test results in FILE [disabled]
-  -C, --config-cache      alias for \`--cache-file=config.cache'
+  -C, --config-cache      alias for '--cache-file=config.cache'
   -n, --no-create         do not create output files
-      --srcdir=DIR        find the sources in DIR [configure dir or \`..']
+      --srcdir=DIR        find the sources in DIR [configure dir or '..']
 
 Installation directories:
   --prefix=PREFIX         install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
@@ -1399,10 +1392,10 @@ Installation directories:
   --exec-prefix=EPREFIX   install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
                           [PREFIX]
 
-By default, \`make install' will install all the files in
-\`$ac_default_prefix/bin', \`$ac_default_prefix/lib' etc.  You can specify
-an installation prefix other than \`$ac_default_prefix' using \`--prefix',
-for instance \`--prefix=\$HOME'.
+By default, 'make install' will install all the files in
+'$ac_default_prefix/bin', '$ac_default_prefix/lib' etc.  You can specify
+an installation prefix other than '$ac_default_prefix' using '--prefix',
+for instance '--prefix=\$HOME'.
 
 For better control, use the options below.
 
@@ -1523,7 +1516,7 @@ Some influential environment variables:
   CXX         C++ compiler command
   CXXFLAGS    C++ compiler flags
 
-Use these variables to override the choices made by `configure' or to help
+Use these variables to override the choices made by 'configure' or to help
 it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.
 
 Report bugs to <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/>.
@@ -1593,9 +1586,9 @@ test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 GNU C Library configure (see version.h)
-generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71
+generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72
 
-Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This configure script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
 _ACEOF
@@ -1634,11 +1627,12 @@ printf "%s\n" "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
        } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext
 then :
   ac_retval=0
-else $as_nop
-  printf "%s\n" "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+else case e in #(
+  e) printf "%s\n" "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-	ac_retval=1
+	ac_retval=1 ;;
+esac
 fi
   eval $as_lineno_stack; ${as_lineno_stack:+:} unset as_lineno
   as_fn_set_status $ac_retval
@@ -1673,11 +1667,12 @@ printf "%s\n" "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
        } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext
 then :
   ac_retval=0
-else $as_nop
-  printf "%s\n" "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+else case e in #(
+  e) printf "%s\n" "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-	ac_retval=1
+	ac_retval=1 ;;
+esac
 fi
   eval $as_lineno_stack; ${as_lineno_stack:+:} unset as_lineno
   as_fn_set_status $ac_retval
@@ -1715,11 +1710,12 @@ printf "%s\n" "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
        }
 then :
   ac_retval=0
-else $as_nop
-  printf "%s\n" "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+else case e in #(
+  e) printf "%s\n" "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-	ac_retval=1
+	ac_retval=1 ;;
+esac
 fi
   # Delete the IPA/IPO (Inter Procedural Analysis/Optimization) information
   # created by the PGI compiler (conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo), as it would
@@ -1758,11 +1754,12 @@ printf "%s\n" "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
        }
 then :
   ac_retval=0
-else $as_nop
-  printf "%s\n" "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+else case e in #(
+  e) printf "%s\n" "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-    ac_retval=1