From 738d19a4cfb194479e9e0c4a474df6b62c57f4b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andre Noll <maan@tuebingen.mpg.de>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 18:01:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] build: Prefer AC_CHECK_TYPE() over AC_LINK_IFELSE().

Both invocations of AC_LINK_IFELSE() check if a C structure is
defined. We don't need to run the linker for that, saving a few cycles
on Linux systems where both structures are defined.
---
 configure.ac | 27 ++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 811364b1..b6aac81b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -163,17 +163,12 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ICONV_CAST, $cast, [cast for second arg to iconv()])
 AC_MSG_RESULT($msg)
 UNSTASH_FLAGS
 ########################################################################### ucred
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for struct ucred)
-AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+AC_CHECK_TYPE([struct ucred], [
+	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_UCRED, 1, define to 1 you have struct ucred)
+], [], [
 	#include <sys/types.h>
 	#include <sys/socket.h>
-]], [[
-	struct ucred sucred; sucred.pid=0;
-]])],[have_ucred=yes],[have_ucred=no])
-AC_MSG_RESULT($have_ucred)
-if test ${have_ucred} = yes; then
-	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_UCRED, 1, define to 1 you have struct ucred)
-fi
+])
 ########################################################################### curses
 STASH_FLAGS
 LIB_ARG_WITH([curses], [])
@@ -184,18 +179,12 @@ curses_ldflags="$curses_ldflags $LIBS"
 LIB_SUBST_FLAGS(curses)
 UNSTASH_FLAGS
 ########################################################################### ip_mreqn
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for struct ip_mreqn (UDPv4 multicast))
-AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+AC_CHECK_TYPE([struct ip_mreqn], [
+	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_IP_MREQN, 1, define to 1 if you have struct ip_mreqn)
+], [], [
 	#include <netdb.h>
 	#include <net/if.h>
-]], [[
-	struct ip_mreqn mn;
-	mn.imr_ifindex = 0;
-]])],[have_ip_mreqn=yes],[have_ip_mreqn=no])
-AC_MSG_RESULT($have_ip_mreqn)
-if test ${have_ip_mreqn} = yes; then
-	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_IP_MREQN, 1, define to 1 if you have struct ip_mreqn)
-fi
+])
 ########################################################################### ogg
 STASH_FLAGS
 LIB_ARG_WITH([ogg], [-logg])
-- 
2.39.5