we are not going to ship a sudo-specific askpass

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 73494ed0f8b074d4f6ff48d41a94e6cbf816584c..0a772b3d2ef6982c3a62e10e44e494ddcad5967a 100755 (executable)
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-secure-path      override the user's path with a built-in one
   --without-interfaces    don't try to read the ip addr of ether interfaces
   --with-stow             properly handle GNU stow packaging
-  --with-askpass=PATH     Fully qualified pathname of sudo-askpass
+  --with-askpass=PATH     Fully qualified pathname of askpass helper
   --with-selinux          enable SELinux support
   --with-gnu-ld           assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no]
   --with-pic              try to use only PIC/non-PIC objects [default=use
@@ -3741,27 +3741,29 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
 fi
 
 
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking path to sudo-askpass" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking path to sudo-askpass... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether to use an askpass helper" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking whether to use an askpass helper... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
 
 # Check whether --with-askpass was given.
 if test "${with_askpass+set}" = set; then
   withval=$with_askpass; case $with_askpass in
-    yes)       with_askpass="$libexecdir/sudo-askpass"
+    yes)       { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: \"--with-askpass takes a path as an argument.\"" >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: \"--with-askpass takes a path as an argument.\"" >&2;}
+   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
                ;;
     no)                ;;
-    *)         ;;
+    *)
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define _PATH_SUDO_ASKPASS "$with_askpass"
+_ACEOF
+
+               ;;
 esac
 else
-  with_askpass="$libexecdir/sudo-askpass"
+  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
 fi
 
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $with_askpass" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}$with_askpass" >&6; }
-cat >>confdefs.h <<EOF
-#define _PATH_SUDO_ASKPASS "$with_askpass"
-EOF
-
 
 
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether to do user authentication by default" >&5
@@ -6203,7 +6205,7 @@ ia64-*-hpux*)
   ;;
 *-*-irix6*)
   # Find out which ABI we are using.
-  echo '#line 6206 "configure"' > conftest.$ac_ext
+  echo '#line 6208 "configure"' > conftest.$ac_ext
   if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
@@ -7747,11 +7749,11 @@ else
    -e 's:.*FLAGS}\{0,1\} :&$lt_compiler_flag :; t' \
    -e 's: [^ ]*conftest\.: $lt_compiler_flag&:; t' \
    -e 's:$: $lt_compiler_flag:'`
-   (eval echo "\"\$as_me:7750: $lt_compile\"" >&5)
+   (eval echo "\"\$as_me:7752: $lt_compile\"" >&5)
    (eval "$lt_compile" 2>conftest.err)
    ac_status=$?
    cat conftest.err >&5
-   echo "$as_me:7754: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   echo "$as_me:7756: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
    if (exit $ac_status) && test -s "$ac_outfile"; then
      # The compiler can only warn and ignore the option if not recognized
      # So say no if there are warnings other than the usual output.
@@ -8037,11 +8039,11 @@ else
    -e 's:.*FLAGS}\{0,1\} :&$lt_compiler_flag :; t' \
    -e 's: [^ ]*conftest\.: $lt_compiler_flag&:; t' \
    -e 's:$: $lt_compiler_flag:'`
-   (eval echo "\"\$as_me:8040: $lt_compile\"" >&5)
+   (eval echo "\"\$as_me:8042: $lt_compile\"" >&5)
    (eval "$lt_compile" 2>conftest.err)
    ac_status=$?
    cat conftest.err >&5
-   echo "$as_me:8044: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   echo "$as_me:8046: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
    if (exit $ac_status) && test -s "$ac_outfile"; then
      # The compiler can only warn and ignore the option if not recognized
      # So say no if there are warnings other than the usual output.
@@ -8141,11 +8143,11 @@ else
    -e 's:.*FLAGS}\{0,1\} :&$lt_compiler_flag :; t' \
    -e 's: [^ ]*conftest\.: $lt_compiler_flag&:; t' \
    -e 's:$: $lt_compiler_flag:'`
-   (eval echo "\"\$as_me:8144: $lt_compile\"" >&5)
+   (eval echo "\"\$as_me:8146: $lt_compile\"" >&5)
    (eval "$lt_compile" 2>out/conftest.err)
    ac_status=$?
    cat out/conftest.err >&5
-   echo "$as_me:8148: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+   echo "$as_me:8150: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
    if (exit $ac_status) && test -s out/conftest2.$ac_objext
    then
      # The compiler can only warn and ignore the option if not recognized
@@ -10486,7 +10488,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 10489 "configure"
+#line 10491 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
@@ -10586,7 +10588,7 @@ else
   lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
   lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 10589 "configure"
+#line 10591 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 #if HAVE_DLFCN_H

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 949f56a6ad82ff396b74d5c5281b00ae18e401e5..ce457315c2ff890f8e7cb3af50dfa3f6f7f8a428 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1010,16 +1010,15 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(stow, [  --with-stow             properly handle GNU stow packaging]
                ;;
 esac], AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(path to sudo-askpass)
-AC_ARG_WITH(askpass, [  --with-askpass=PATH     Fully qualified pathname of sudo-askpass],
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to use an askpass helper)
+AC_ARG_WITH(askpass, [  --with-askpass=PATH     Fully qualified pathname of askpass helper],
 [case $with_askpass in
-    yes)       with_askpass="$libexecdir/sudo-askpass"
+    yes)       AC_MSG_ERROR(["--with-askpass takes a path as an argument."])
                ;;
     no)                ;;
-    *)         ;;
-esac], [with_askpass="$libexecdir/sudo-askpass"])
-AC_MSG_RESULT($with_askpass)
-SUDO_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(_PATH_SUDO_ASKPASS, "$with_askpass")
+    *)         AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(_PATH_SUDO_ASKPASS, "$with_askpass", [The fully qualified pathname of askpass])
+               ;;
+esac], AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
 
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