From 8c26f32d5f89036ee8ad7efdcefa5bfed8bb584b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: curt <curt>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:51:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a sanity check for the existance of OpenAL.  If not
 there, bail from the configure script with an appropriate/helpful message.

---
 README.OpenAL | 12 ++++++++++++
 configure.ac  |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 README.OpenAL

diff --git a/README.OpenAL b/README.OpenAL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70b6ec42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.OpenAL
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[This file is mirrored in both the FlightGear and SimGear packages.]
+
+You *must* have the development components of OpenAL installed on your system
+to build FlightGear!"  You can get a copy here:
+
+    http://www.openal.org
+
+Build notes:
+
+The OpenAL developers do not make "versioned" releases so we recommend that
+you pull the latest version via anonymous CVS (follow the instructions at
+the OpenAL web site) and build/install that.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a6ee08f6..7f2e272c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ opengl_LIBS="$LIBS"
 LIBS="$base_LIBS"
 
 dnl check for OpenAL libraries
+OPENAL_OK="no"
 case "${host}" in
 *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw32*)
     dnl CygWin under Windoze.
@@ -278,18 +279,26 @@ case "${host}" in
     AC_SEARCH_LIBS(alGenBuffers, openal32)
     AC_SEARCH_LIBS(alutInit, [ openal32 ALut ] )
     LIBS="$LIBS -lwinmm -ldsound -ldxguid -lole32"
+    if test "x$ac_cv_lib_openal32_algenbuffers" == "xyes"; then
+       OPENAL_OK="yes"
+    fi
     ;;
 
 *-apple-darwin*)
     dnl Mac OS X
 
     LIBS="$LIBS -framework IOKit -framework OpenAL"
+    # not sure how to test if OpenAL exists on MacOS (does it come by default?)
+    OPENAL_OK="yes"
     ;;
 
 *)
     dnl default unix style machines
 
     AC_SEARCH_LIBS(alGenBuffers, openal)
+    if test "x$ac_cv_lib_openal_algenbuffers" == "xyes"; then
+       OPENAL_OK="yes"
+    fi
     ;;
 
 esac
-- 
2.39.5