aclocal.m4

AC_DEFUN(AM_WITH_ERLANG,
[ AC_ARG_WITH(erlang,
	      [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-erlang=PREFIX], [path to erlc and erl])])

   AC_PATH_TOOL(ERLC, erlc, , $with_erlang:$with_erlang/bin:$PATH)
   AC_PATH_TOOL(ERL, erl, , $with_erlang:$with_erlang/bin:$PATH)

   if test "z$ERLC" = "z" || test "z$ERL" = "z"; then
   		AC_MSG_ERROR([erlang not found])
   fi


   cat >>conftest.erl <<_EOF

-module(conftest).
-author('alexey@sevcom.net').

-export([[start/0]]).

start() ->
    EIDirS = code:lib_dir("erl_interface") ++ "\n",
    EILibS =  libpath("erl_interface") ++ "\n",
    RootDirS = code:root_dir() ++ "\n",
    file:write_file("conftest.out", list_to_binary(EIDirS ++ EILibS ++ RootDirS)),
    halt().

%% return physical architecture based on OS/Processor
archname() ->
    ArchStr = erlang:system_info(system_architecture),
    case os:type() of
	{win32, _} -> "windows";
	{unix,UnixName} ->
	    Specs = string:tokens(ArchStr,"-"),
	    Cpu = case lists:nth(2,Specs) of
		      "pc" -> "x86";
		      _ -> hd(Specs)
		  end,
	    atom_to_list(UnixName) ++ "-" ++ Cpu;
	_ -> "generic"
    end.

%% Return arch-based library path or a default value if this directory
%% does not exist
libpath(App) ->
    PrivDir    = code:priv_dir(App),
    ArchDir    = archname(),
    LibArchDir = filename:join([[PrivDir,"lib",ArchDir]]),
    case file:list_dir(LibArchDir) of
	%% Arch lib dir exists: We use it
	{ok, _List}  -> LibArchDir;
	%% Arch lib dir does not exist: Return the default value
	%% ({error, enoent}):
	_Error -> code:lib_dir("erl_interface") ++ "/lib"
    end.

_EOF

   if ! $ERLC conftest.erl; then
   	   AC_MSG_ERROR([could not compile sample program])
   fi

   if ! $ERL -s conftest -noshell; then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([could not run sample program])
   fi

   if ! test -f conftest.out; then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([erlang program was not properly executed, (conftest.out was not produced)])
   fi

   # First line
   ERLANG_EI_DIR=`cat conftest.out | head -n 1`
   # Second line
   ERLANG_EI_LIB=`cat conftest.out | head -n 2 | tail -n 1`
   # End line
   ERLANG_DIR=`cat conftest.out | tail -n 1`

   ERL_CFLAGS="-I$ERLANG_EI_DIR/include -I$ERLANG_DIR/usr/include"
   ERL_LIB="-L$ERLANG_EI_LIB -lei"

   AC_SUBST(ERL_CFLAGS)
   AC_SUBST(ERL_LIB)
   AC_SUBST(ERLC)
   AC_SUBST(ERL)
])