#ifndef _AC_STRING_H
#define _AC_STRING_H
-#if STDC_HEADERS
-# include <string.h>
+#ifdef STDC_HEADERS
+# include <string.h>
+
+#else
+# ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
+# include <string.h>
+# elif HAVE_STRINGS_H
+# include <strings.h>
+# endif
+
+# ifdef HAVE_MEMORY_H
+# include <memory.h>
+# endif
+
+ /* we should actually create <ac/stdlib.h> */
+# ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_H
+# include <malloc.h>
+# endif
+
+# ifndef HAVE_STRRCHR
+# define strchr index
+# define strrchr rindex
+# endif
+
+# ifndef HAVE_MEMCPY
+# define memcpy(d, s, n) ((void) bcopy ((s), (d), (n)))
+# define memmove(d, s, n) ((void) bcopy ((s), (d), (n)))
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_STRDUP
+ /* strdup() is missing, declare our own version */
+ extern char *strdup( const char *s );
#else
-# ifndef HAVE_STRCHR
-# define strchr index
-# define strrchr rindex
-# endif
-char *strchr (), *strrchr ();
-# ifndef HAVE_MEMCPY
-# define memcpy(d, s, n) bcopy ((s), (d), (n))
-# define memmove(d, s, n) bcopy ((s), (d), (n))
-# endif
+ /* some systems have strdup, but fail to declare it */
+ extern char *strdup();
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * some systems fail to declare strcasecmp() and strncasecmp()
+ * we need them declared so we can obtain pointers to them
+ */
+extern int strcasecmp(), strncasecmp();
+
+#ifndef SAFEMEMCPY
+# if defined( HAVE_MEMMOVE )
+# define SAFEMEMCPY( d, s, n ) memmove((d), (s), (n))
+# elif defined( HAVE_BCOPY )
+# define SAFEMEMCPY( d, s, n ) bcopy((s), (d), (n))
+# else
+ /* nothing left but memcpy() */
+# define SAFEMEMCPY( d, s, n ) memcpy((d), (s), (n))
+# endif
#endif
+
#endif /* _AC_STRING_H */