Add support for creating other build systems (meta-building)

Add support for automake, VC++ 9, and VC++ 10. Also add the Win32 and
'NULL' threading model implementations.

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+dnl
+dnl NOTE: This file was modified. See the comments starting with 'CS:'
+dnl for more information. In particular, it was changed to use C++
+dnl instead of C.
+dnl
+dnl @synopsis ACX_PTHREAD([ACTION-IF-FOUND[, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
+dnl
+dnl @summary figure out how to build C++ programs using POSIX threads
+dnl
+dnl This macro figures out how to build C++ programs using POSIX threads.
+dnl It sets the PTHREAD_LIBS output variable to the threads library and
+dnl linker flags, and the PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS output variable to any special
+dnl C++ compiler flags that are needed. (The user can also force certain
+dnl compiler flags/libs to be tested by setting these environment
+dnl variables.)
+dnl
+dnl Also sets PTHREAD_CXX to any special C++ compiler that is needed for
+dnl multi-threaded programs (defaults to the value of CXX otherwise).
+dnl (This is necessary on AIX to use the special xlC_r compiler alias.)
+dnl
+dnl NOTE: You are assumed to not only compile your program with these
+dnl flags, but also link it with them as well. e.g. you should link
+dnl with $PTHREAD_CXX $CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS ... $PTHREAD_LIBS
+dnl $LIBS
+dnl
+dnl If you are only building threads programs, you may wish to use
+dnl these variables in your default LIBS, CXXFLAGS, and CXX:
+dnl
+dnl        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
+dnl        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS"
+dnl        CXX="$PTHREAD_CXX"
+dnl
+dnl In addition, if the PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE thread-attribute
+dnl constant has a nonstandard name, defines PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE to
+dnl that name (e.g. PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED on AIX).
+dnl
+dnl ACTION-IF-FOUND is a list of shell commands to run if a threads
+dnl library is found, and ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND is a list of commands to
+dnl run it if it is not found. If ACTION-IF-FOUND is not specified, the
+dnl default action will define HAVE_PTHREAD.
+dnl
+dnl Please let the authors know if this macro fails on any platform, or
+dnl if you have any other suggestions or comments. This macro was based
+dnl on work by SGJ on autoconf scripts for FFTW (www.fftw.org) (with
+dnl help from M. Frigo), as well as ac_pthread and hb_pthread macros
+dnl posted by Alejandro Forero Cuervo to the autoconf macro repository.
+dnl We are also grateful for the helpful feedback of numerous users.
+dnl
+dnl @category InstalledPackages
+dnl @author Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu>
+dnl @version 2006-05-29
+dnl @license GPLWithACException
+
+AC_DEFUN([ACX_PTHREAD], [
+AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+AC_LANG_SAVE
+AC_LANG(C++)
+acx_pthread_ok=no
+
+# We used to check for pthread.h first, but this fails if pthread.h
+# requires special compiler flags (e.g. on True64 or Sequent).
+# It gets checked for in the link test anyway.
+
+# First of all, check if the user has set any of the PTHREAD_LIBS,
+# etcetera environment variables, and if threads linking works using
+# them:
+if test x"$PTHREAD_LIBS$PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS" != x; then
+        save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
+        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS"
+        save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pthread_join in LIBS=$PTHREAD_LIBS with CXXFLAGS=$PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS])
+        AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(pthread_join, acx_pthread_ok=yes)
+        AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok)
+        if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
+                PTHREAD_LIBS=""
+                PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS=""
+        fi
+        LIBS="$save_LIBS"
+        CXXFLAGS="$save_CXXFLAGS"
+fi
+
+# We must check for the threads library under a number of different
+# names; the ordering is very important because some systems
+# (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the
+# libraries is broken (non-POSIX).
+
+# Create a list of thread flags to try.  Items starting with a "-" are
+# C compiler flags, and other items are library names, except for "none"
+# which indicates that we try without any flags at all, and "pthread-config"
+# which is a program returning the flags for the Pth emulation library.
+
+# CS: On GNU/Linux with gcc both -pthread and -lpthread are valid.
+# However, libtool links libraries with -nostdlib which results in
+# -pthread being stripped from the linker command line. To resolve
+# this we move pthread from after -mthreads to after pthreads.
+#
+acx_pthread_flags="pthreads pthread none -Kthread -kthread lthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads --thread-safe -mt pthread-config"
+
+# The ordering *is* (sometimes) important.  Some notes on the
+# individual items follow:
+
+# pthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread)
+# none: in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and
+#       other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings
+# -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h)
+# -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able)
+# lthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread)
+# -pthread: Linux/gcc (kernel threads), BSD/gcc (userland threads)
+# -pthreads: Solaris/gcc
+# -mthreads: Mingw32/gcc, Lynx/gcc
+# -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it
+#      doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads too;
+#      also defines -D_REENTRANT)
+#      ... -mt is also the pthreads flag for HP/aCC
+# pthread: Linux, etcetera
+# --thread-safe: KAI C++
+# pthread-config: use pthread-config program (for GNU Pth library)
+
+case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
+        *solaris*)
+
+        # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed
+        # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based
+        # tests will erroneously succeed.  (We need to link with -pthreads/-mt/
+        # -lpthread.)  (The stubs are missing pthread_cleanup_push, or rather
+        # a function called by this macro, so we could check for that, but
+        # who knows whether they'll stub that too in a future libc.)  So,
+        # we'll just look for -pthreads and -lpthread first:
+
+        acx_pthread_flags="-pthreads pthread -mt -pthread $acx_pthread_flags"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
+for flag in $acx_pthread_flags; do
+
+        case $flag in
+                none)
+                AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work without any flags])
+                ;;
+
+                -*)
+                AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work with $flag])
+                PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS="$flag"
+                ;;
+
+		pthread-config)
+		AC_CHECK_PROG(acx_pthread_config, pthread-config, yes, no)
+		if test x"$acx_pthread_config" = xno; then continue; fi
+		PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS="`pthread-config --cflags`"
+		PTHREAD_LIBS="`pthread-config --ldflags` `pthread-config --libs`"
+		;;
+
+                *)
+                AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the pthreads library -l$flag])
+                PTHREAD_LIBS="-l$flag"
+                ;;
+        esac
+
+        save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+        save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
+        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
+        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS"
+
+        # Check for various functions.  We must include pthread.h,
+        # since some functions may be macros.  (On the Sequent, we
+        # need a special flag -Kthread to make this header compile.)
+        # We check for pthread_join because it is in -lpthread on IRIX
+        # while pthread_create is in libc.  We check for pthread_attr_init
+        # due to DEC craziness with -lpthreads.  We check for
+        # pthread_cleanup_push because it is one of the few pthread
+        # functions on Solaris that doesn't have a non-functional libc stub.
+        # We try pthread_create on general principles.
+        #
+        AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>],
+                    [pthread_t th; pthread_join(th, 0);
+                     pthread_attr_init(0); pthread_cleanup_push(0, 0);
+                     pthread_create(0,0,0,0); pthread_cleanup_pop(0);],
+                    [acx_pthread_ok=yes])
+
+        LIBS="$save_LIBS"
+        CXXFLAGS="$save_CXXFLAGS"
+
+        AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok)
+        if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
+                break;
+        fi
+
+        PTHREAD_LIBS=""
+        PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS=""
+done
+fi
+
+# Various other checks:
+if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
+        save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+        LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
+        save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
+        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS"
+
+dnl     # Detect AIX lossage: JOINABLE attribute is called UNDETACHED.
+dnl	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for joinable pthread attribute])
+dnl	attr_name=unknown
+dnl	for attr in PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED; do
+dnl	    AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>], [int attr=$attr; return attr;],
+dnl                        [attr_name=$attr; break])
+dnl	done
+dnl     AC_MSG_RESULT($attr_name)
+dnl     if test "$attr_name" != PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE; then
+dnl         AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE, $attr_name,
+dnl                            [Define to necessary symbol if this constant
+dnl                             uses a non-standard name on your system.])
+dnl     fi
+
+        AC_MSG_CHECKING([if more special flags are required for pthreads])
+        flag=no
+        case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
+            *-aix* | *-freebsd* | *-darwin*) flag="-D_THREAD_SAFE";;
+            *solaris* | *-osf* | *-hpux*) flag="-D_REENTRANT";;
+        esac
+        AC_MSG_RESULT(${flag})
+        if test "x$flag" != xno; then
+            PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS="$flag $PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS"
+        fi
+
+        LIBS="$save_LIBS"
+        CXXFLAGS="$save_CXXFLAGS"
+
+dnl     # More AIX lossage: must compile with xlC_r
+dnl	if test x"$GXX" != xyes; then
+dnl          AC_CHECK_PROGS(PTHREAD_CXX, xlC_r, ${CXX})
+dnl        else
+dnl          PTHREAD_CXX=$CXX
+dnl	fi
+
+else
+        PTHREAD_CXX="$CXX"
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_LIBS)
+AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_CXXFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_CXX)
+
+# Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND:
+if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
+        ifelse([$1],,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD,1,[Define if you have POSIX threads libraries and header files.]),[$1])
+        :
+else
+        acx_pthread_ok=no
+        $2
+fi
+AC_LANG_RESTORE
+])dnl ACX_PTHREAD