From deb4e5567c42afe834d83868b9337277256a0d66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 22:49:49 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] configure: add test for default xapian backend

This is mainly for the test suite.  We already expect the tests to be
run in the same environment as configure was run, at least to get the
name of the python interpreter. So we are not really imposing a new
restriction.
---
 configure        | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 test/test-lib.sh | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index eb6dbace..4fc31ccf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -371,7 +371,25 @@ if [ ${have_xapian} = "1" ]; then
     esac
 fi
 
-
+default_xapian_backend=""
+if [ ${have_xapian} = "1" ]; then
+    printf "Testing default Xapian backend... "
+    cat >_default_backend.cc <<EOF
+#include <xapian.h>
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+   Xapian::WritableDatabase db("test.db",Xapian::DB_CREATE_OR_OPEN);
+}
+EOF
+    ${CXX} ${CXXLAGS} ${xapian_cxxflags} _default_backend.cc -o _default_backend ${xapian_ldflags}
+    ./_default_backend
+    if [ -f test.db/iamglass ]; then
+	default_xapian_backend=glass
+    else
+	default_xapian_backend=chert
+    fi
+    printf "${default_xapian_backend}\n";
+    rm -rf test.db _default_backend _default_backend.cc
+fi
 # we need to have a version >= 2.6.5 to avoid a crypto bug. We need
 # 2.6.7 for permissive "From " header handling.
 GMIME_MINVER=2.6.7
@@ -1001,6 +1019,9 @@ LINKER_RESOLVES_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES = ${linker_resolves_library_dependencies}
 XAPIAN_CXXFLAGS = ${xapian_cxxflags}
 XAPIAN_LDFLAGS = ${xapian_ldflags}
 
+# Which backend will Xapian use by default?
+DEFAULT_XAPIAN_BACKEND = ${default_xapian_backend}
+
 # Flags needed to compile and link against GMime
 GMIME_CFLAGS = ${gmime_cflags}
 GMIME_LDFLAGS = ${gmime_ldflags}
@@ -1077,6 +1098,9 @@ cat > sh.config <<EOF
 # Whether the Xapian version in use supports compaction
 NOTMUCH_HAVE_XAPIAN_COMPACT=${have_xapian_compact}
 
+# Which backend will Xapian use by default?
+NOTMUCH_DEFAULT_XAPIAN_BACKEND=${default_xapian_backend}
+
 # do we have man pages?
 NOTMUCH_HAVE_MAN=$((have_sphinx))
 
diff --git a/test/test-lib.sh b/test/test-lib.sh
index cc08a98c..ac04b15a 100644
--- a/test/test-lib.sh
+++ b/test/test-lib.sh
@@ -1327,6 +1327,17 @@ test -z "$NO_PYTHON" && test_set_prereq PYTHON
 ln -s x y 2>/dev/null && test -h y 2>/dev/null && test_set_prereq SYMLINKS
 rm -f y
 
+# convert variable from configure to more convenient form
+case "$NOTMUCH_DEFAULT_XAPIAN_BACKEND" in
+    glass)
+	db_ending=glass
+    ;;
+    chert)
+	db_ending=DB
+    ;;
+    *)
+	error "Unknown Xapian backend $NOTMUCH_DEFAULT_XAPIAN_BACKEND"
+esac
 # declare prerequisites for external binaries used in tests
 test_declare_external_prereq dtach
 test_declare_external_prereq emacs
-- 
2.26.2