diff --git configure.ac configure.ac
index 412a3f014..6a80c2a92 100644
AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to use libetpan])
if test x"$enable_libetpan" = xyes; then
- AC_PATH_PROG(libetpanconfig, [libetpan-config])
- if test "x$libetpanconfig" != "x"; then
- CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS `$libetpanconfig --cflags 2>/dev/null`"
- AC_CHECK_HEADER(libetpan/libetpan.h, [libetpan_result=yes])
- if test "x$libetpan_result" = "xyes"; then
- AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether libetpan-config hints compiles and links fine])
- LIBS="$LIBS `$libetpanconfig --libs 2>/dev/null`"
- AC_TRY_LINK([#include <libetpan/dbstorage.h>], [db_mailstorage_init(NULL, NULL);], [libetpan_result=yes], [libetpan_result=no])
- AC_MSG_RESULT([$libetpan_result])
- if test "x$libetpan_result" = "xyes"; then
- LIBETPAN_CPPFLAGS="`$libetpanconfig --cflags`"
- LIBETPAN_LIBS="`$libetpanconfig --libs`"
- LIBETPAN_VERSION=`$libetpanconfig --version | $AWK -F. '{printf "%d", ($1 * 100) + $2}'`
- if test "$LIBETPAN_VERSION" -lt "57"; then
- AC_MSG_RESULT([*** Claws Mail requires libetpan 0.57 or newer. See http://www.etpan.org/])
- AC_MSG_RESULT([*** You can use --disable-libetpan if you don't need IMAP4 and/or NNTP support.])
+ # since 1.9.4, libetpan uses pkg-config
+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBETPAN], [libetpan >= 1.9.4],
+ LIBETPAN_VERSION=`pkg-config --modversion | $AWK -F. '{printf "%d", ($1 * 10000) + ($2 * 100) + $3}'`
+ # before 1.9.4, libetpan uses its own libetpan-config script
+ AC_PATH_PROG(libetpanconfig, [libetpan-config])
+ if test "x$libetpanconfig" != "x"; then
+ LIBETPAN_CPPFLAGS="`$libetpanconfig --cflags`"
+ LIBETPAN_LIBS="`$libetpanconfig --libs`"
+ # support libetpan version like x.x and x.x.x
+ libetpan_versiontype=`$libetpanconfig --version | tr -dc . | wc -c`
+ if test $libetpan_versiontype -eq 1; then
+ LIBETPAN_VERSION=`$libetpanconfig --version | $AWK -F. '{printf "%d", ($1 * 100) + $2}'`
+ LIBETPAN_VERSION=`$libetpanconfig --version | $AWK -F. '{printf "%d", ($1 * 10000) + ($2 * 100) + $3}'`
+ if test "x$libetpan_config" = "xyes"; then
+ CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $LIBETPAN_FLAGS"
+ AC_CHECK_HEADER(libetpan/libetpan.h, [libetpan_result=yes])
+ if test "x$libetpan_result" = "xyes"; then
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether libetpan-config hints compiles and links fine])
+ LIBS="$LIBS $LIBETPAN_LIBS"
+ AC_TRY_LINK([#include <libetpan/dbstorage.h>], [db_mailstorage_init(NULL, NULL);], [libetpan_result=yes], [libetpan_result=no])