spkg-configure.m4 for ninja-build

[dimpase]

a trivial check for the version of the executable ninja.

CC: @mkoeppe @embray

Component: build: configure

Author: Dima Pasechnik

Branch/Commit: 0b96a6e

Reviewer: Matthias Koeppe

Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/27801

[dimpase]

Author: Dima Pasechnik

[dimpase]

New commits:

0b96a6e

spkg-configure for ninja_build, checking for version 1.7.2 or better

[dimpase]

Commit: 0b96a6e

[dimpase]

Branch: u/dimpase/packages/ninja_build-config

[dimpase]

comment:2

this is used to build polymake, but it's normally available on systems. The minimum version is set to match the one in stable Debian. How about Cygwin and OSX?

[mkoeppe]

comment:3

For macOS, it's available on homebrew as package ninja.

[mkoeppe]

Reviewer: Matthias Koeppe

[vbraun]

Changed branch from u/dimpase/packages/ninja_build-config to 0b96a6e