[build] Check if GLOB_PERIOD exists

build/detect-fnm-extmatch.c

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <fnmatch.h>
+
+int main(void) {
+  int x = FNM_EXTMATCH;
+  return 0;
+}

build/detect-glob-period.c

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <glob.h>
+
+int main(void) {
+  int x = GLOB_PERIOD;
+  return 0;
+}

configure

@@ -445,6 +445,24 @@ echo_cpp() {
   else
     echo '/* #undef HAVE_PWENT */'
   fi
+
+  # Check if non-POSIX GLOB_PERIOD is available
+  if cc_quiet build/detect-glob-period.c; then
+    echo '/* libc defines GLOB_PERIOD */'
+  else
+    # INVALID value that we can detect in code
+    # e.g. Android does not support this, but glibc and musl libc do
+    echo '#define GLOB_PERIOD 0'
+  fi
+
+  # Check if non-POSIX GLOB_PERIOD is available
+  if cc_quiet build/detect-fnm-extmatch.c; then
+    echo '/* libc defines FNM_EXTMATCH */'
+  else
+    # INVALID value that we can detect in code
+    # e.g. musl libc does not support this, but glibc does
+    echo '#define FNM_EXTMATCH 0'
+  fi
 }
 
 # Another way of working: set detected-config.mk ?

doc/portability.md

@@ -14,16 +14,24 @@ These are some notes that supplement [INSTALL](INSTALL.html).
 
 ## Issues in the core of Oils
 
-### GNU libc for extended globs
+### libc - `FNM_EXTMATCH` is not in POSIX
 
-For matching extended globs like `@(*.cc|*.h)`, Oils relies on GNU libc
-support.
+To match extended globs like `@(*.cc|*.h)`, OSH relies on `FNM_EXTMATCH` from
+GNU libc.
 
-- This is not a POSIX feature.
-- It's also unlike bash, which has its own extended glob support.
+This is unlike bash, which has its own extended glob library.
 
 TODO: when using other libc, using this syntax should be an error.
 
+### libc - `GLOB_PERIOD` is not in POSIX
+
+To implement the bash feature `shopt -s dotglob`, OSH relies on `GLOB_PERIOD`,
+which some libc's implement.
+
+This is unlike bash, which has its own glob library.
+
+TODO: `shopt -s dotglob` should give a warning when turned on.
+
 ### Atomic Assignments
 
 The signal handler assumes that int and pointer assignments are atomic.  This

pyext/libc.c

@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ void initlibc(void) {
   module = Py_InitModule("libc", methods);
   if (module != NULL) {
       PyModule_AddIntConstant(module, "GLOB_PERIOD", GLOB_PERIOD);
+      PyModule_AddIntConstant(module, "FNM_EXTMATCH", FNM_EXTMATCH);
       PyModule_AddIntConstant(module, "FNM_CASEFOLD", FNM_CASEFOLD);
       PyModule_AddIntConstant(module, "REG_ICASE", REG_ICASE);
       PyModule_AddIntConstant(module, "REG_NEWLINE", REG_NEWLINE);

pyext/libc_test.py

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 
 class LibcTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
+  def testConstants(self):
+      print('GLOB_PERIOD %d' % libc.GLOB_PERIOD)
+      print('FNM_EXTMATCH %d' % libc.FNM_EXTMATCH)
+
   def testFnmatch(self):
 
     cases = [