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+# pid_t.m4 serial 4
+dnl Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+# The following implementation works around a problem in autoconf <= 2.69.
+m4_version_prereq([2.70], [], [
+
+dnl Define pid_t if the headers don't define it.
+AC_DEFUN([AC_TYPE_PID_T],
+[
+  AC_CHECK_TYPE([pid_t],
+    [],
+    [dnl On 64-bit native Windows, define it to the equivalent of 'intptr_t'
+     dnl (= 'long long' = '__int64'), because that is the return type
+     dnl of the _spawnv* functions
+     dnl <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/reference/spawnvp-wspawnvp>
+     dnl and the argument type of the _cwait function
+     dnl <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/reference/cwait>.
+     dnl Otherwise (on 32-bit Windows and on old Unix platforms), define it
+     dnl to 'int'.
+     AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+       [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+          #if defined _WIN64 && !defined __CYGWIN__
+          LLP64
+          #endif
+          ]])
+       ],
+       [gl_pid_type='int'],
+       [gl_pid_type='__int64'])
+     AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([pid_t], [$gl_pid_type],
+       [Define as a signed integer type capable of holding a process identifier.])
+    ],
+    [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT])
+])
+
+])# m4_version_prereq 2.70