Patch borrowed from http://cgit.openembedded.org/cgit.cgi/openembedded/tree/recipes/mysql/files/configure-ps-cache-check.patch It allows to specify through ac_cv_FIND_PROC how ps should be used on the target to find the PID of a program. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- configure.in | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: mysql-5.1.53/configure.in =================================================================== --- mysql-5.1.53.orig/configure.in +++ mysql-5.1.53/configure.in @@ -462,8 +462,8 @@ # then Make, then shell. The autoconf substitution uses single quotes, so # no unprotected single quotes should appear in the expression. AC_PATH_PROG(PS, ps, ps) -AC_MSG_CHECKING("how to check if pid exists") -PS=$ac_cv_path_PS +AC_CACHE_CHECK([how to check if pid exists], [ac_cv_FIND_PROC], +[ # Linux style if $PS wwwp $$ 2> /dev/null | grep -- "$0" > /dev/null then @@ -502,8 +502,9 @@ AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find the right ps and/or grep switches. Which OS is this? See the Installation chapter in the Reference Manual.]) esac fi -AC_SUBST(FIND_PROC) -AC_MSG_RESULT("$FIND_PROC") +ac_cv_FIND_PROC="$FIND_PROC" +]) +AC_SUBST([FIND_PROC], [$ac_cv_FIND_PROC]) # Check if a pid is valid AC_PATH_PROG(KILL, kill, kill)