+
+dnl ####
+dnl # ACX_CHECK_CYGWIN_CAT_WORKS
+dnl # On Cygwin hosts, check that the cat command ignores
+dnl # carriage returns as otherwise builds will not work.
+dnl # See binutils PR 4334 for more details.
+AC_DEFUN([ACX_CHECK_CYGWIN_CAT_WORKS],[
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([to see if cat works as expected])
+echo a >cygwin-cat-check
+if test `cat cygwin-cat-check` = a ; then
+ rm cygwin-cat-check
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+else
+ rm cygwin-cat-check
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([The cat command does not ignore carriage return characters.
+ Please either mount the build directory in binary mode or run the following
+ commands before running any configure script:
+set -o igncr
+export SHELLOPTS
+ ])
+fi
+])