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+# ===========================================================================
+# http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_normalize_path.html
+# ===========================================================================
+#
+# SYNOPSIS
+#
+# AX_NORMALIZE_PATH(VARNAME, [REFERENCE_STRING])
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#
+# Perform some cleanups on the value of $VARNAME (interpreted as a path):
+#
+# - empty paths are changed to '.'
+# - trailing slashes are removed
+# - repeated slashes are squeezed except a leading doubled slash '//'
+# (which might indicate a networked disk on some OS).
+#
+# REFERENCE_STRING is used to turn '/' into '\' and vice-versa: if
+# REFERENCE_STRING contains some backslashes, all slashes and backslashes
+# are turned into backslashes, otherwise they are all turned into slashes.
+#
+# This makes processing of DOS filenames quite easier, because you can
+# turn a filename to the Unix notation, make your processing, and turn it
+# back to original notation.
+#
+# filename='A:\FOO\\BAR\'
+# old_filename="$filename"
+# # Switch to the unix notation
+# AX_NORMALIZE_PATH([filename], ["/"])
+# # now we have $filename = 'A:/FOO/BAR' and we can process it as if
+# # it was a Unix path. For instance let's say that you want
+# # to append '/subpath':
+# filename="$filename/subpath"
+# # finally switch back to the original notation
+# AX_NORMALIZE_PATH([filename], ["$old_filename"])
+# # now $filename equals to 'A:\FOO\BAR\subpath'
+#
+# One good reason to make all path processing with the unix convention is
+# that backslashes have a special meaning in many cases. For instance
+#
+# expr 'A:\FOO' : 'A:\Foo'
+#
+# will return 0 because the second argument is a regex in which
+# backslashes have to be backslashed. In other words, to have the two
+# strings to match you should write this instead:
+#
+# expr 'A:\Foo' : 'A:\\Foo'
+#
+# Such behavior makes DOS filenames extremely unpleasant to work with. So
+# temporary turn your paths to the Unix notation, and revert them to the
+# original notation after the processing. See the macro
+# AX_COMPUTE_RELATIVE_PATHS for a concrete example of this.
+#
+# REFERENCE_STRING defaults to $VARIABLE, this means that slashes will be
+# converted to backslashes if $VARIABLE already contains some backslashes
+# (see $thirddir below).
+#
+# firstdir='/usr/local//share'
+# seconddir='C:\Program Files\\'
+# thirddir='C:\home/usr/'
+# AX_NORMALIZE_PATH([firstdir])
+# AX_NORMALIZE_PATH([seconddir])
+# AX_NORMALIZE_PATH([thirddir])
+# # $firstdir = '/usr/local/share'
+# # $seconddir = 'C:\Program Files'
+# # $thirddir = 'C:\home\usr'
+#
+# LICENSE
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2008 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+# Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+# option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
+# Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# As a special exception, the respective Autoconf Macro's copyright owner
+# gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify the configure
+# scripts that are the output of Autoconf when processing the Macro. You
+# need not follow the terms of the GNU General Public License when using
+# or distributing such scripts, even though portions of the text of the
+# Macro appear in them. The GNU General Public License (GPL) does govern
+# all other use of the material that constitutes the Autoconf Macro.
+#
+# This special exception to the GPL applies to versions of the Autoconf
+# Macro released by the Autoconf Archive. When you make and distribute a
+# modified version of the Autoconf Macro, you may extend this special
+# exception to the GPL to apply to your modified version as well.
+
+#serial 5
+
+AU_ALIAS([ADL_NORMALIZE_PATH], [AX_NORMALIZE_PATH])
+AC_DEFUN([AX_NORMALIZE_PATH],
+[case ":[$]$1:" in
+# change empty paths to '.'
+ ::) $1='.' ;;
+# strip trailing slashes
+ :*[[\\/]]:) $1=`echo "[$]$1" | sed 's,[[\\/]]*[$],,'` ;;
+ :*:) ;;
+esac
+# squeze repeated slashes
+case ifelse($2,,"[$]$1",$2) in
+# if the path contains any backslashes, turn slashes into backslashes
+ *\\*) $1=`echo "[$]$1" | sed 's,\(.\)[[\\/]][[\\/]]*,\1\\\\,g'` ;;
+# if the path contains slashes, also turn backslashes into slashes
+ *) $1=`echo "[$]$1" | sed 's,\(.\)[[\\/]][[\\/]]*,\1/,g'` ;;
+esac])