configure: move to AC_COMPILE_IFELSE

from AC_PREPROC_IFELSE which is strongly discouraged.

Our detection system was very weak and recent versions of clang did
show that PREPROC_IFELFE (cpp) would enable warning options that
the compiler does not support (clang).

Use a full compilation test to detect what works and what doesn't.

Based on knet patch 88491f27375a9e8aceb946853a1abf4d23ebb8f3.

Signed-off-by: Jan Friesse <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Fabio M. Di Nitto <[email protected]>

Author: jfriesse

configure.ac

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ cc_supports_flag() {
 	BACKUP="$CPPFLAGS"
 	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $@ $unknown_warnings_as_errors"
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether $CC supports "$@"])
-	AC_PREPROC_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([])],
+	AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([])],
 			  [RC=0; AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])],
 			  [RC=1; AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
 	CPPFLAGS="$BACKUP"