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+# Check availability of Salome's PAL binary distribution
+#
+# Author : Guillaume Boulant (CSSI - 03/08/2005)
+#
+
+AC_DEFUN([CHECK_PAL],[
+
+AC_CHECKING(for Pal)
+
+pal_ok=no
+
+AC_ARG_WITH(pal,
+ [ --with-pal=DIR root directory path of PAL build or installation],
+ PAL_DIR="$withval",PAL_DIR="")
+
+if test "x$PAL_DIR" = "x" ; then
+
+# no --with-pal-dir option used
+
+ if test "x$PAL_ROOT_DIR" != "x" ; then
+
+ # PAL_ROOT_DIR environment variable defined
+ PAL_DIR=$PAL_ROOT_DIR
+
+ else
+ AC_MSG_WARN("PAL_ROOT_DIR is not defined")
+ fi
+fi
+
+if test -f ${PAL_DIR}/bin/salome/runAppli ; then
+ pal_ok=yes
+ AC_MSG_RESULT(Using Pal module distribution in ${PAL_DIR})
+
+ if test "x$PAL_ROOT_DIR" = "x" ; then
+ PAL_ROOT_DIR=${PAL_DIR}
+ fi
+ if test "x$PAL_SITE_DIR" = "x" ; then
+ PAL_SITE_DIR=${PAL_ROOT_DIR}
+ fi
+ AC_SUBST(PAL_ROOT_DIR)
+ AC_SUBST(PAL_SITE_DIR)
+
+else
+ AC_MSG_WARN("Cannot find compiled Pal module distribution")
+fi
+
+AC_MSG_RESULT(for Pal: $pal_ok)
+
+])dnl
+