Moved down the ares check again to the bottom of the script since it

modified the compiler and link options so nothing can be tested for after
this check, as the c-ares lib might not have been built yet!

configure.ac

@@ -958,79 +958,6 @@ case "$LIBIDN" in
        ;; 
 esac
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable ares])
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(ares,
-AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-ares=PATH],[Enable ares for name lookups])
-AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-ares],[Disable ares for name lookups]),
-[ case "$enableval" in
-  no)
-       AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-       ;;
-  *)   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-
-       if test "x$IPV6_ENABLED" = "x1"; then
-         AC_MSG_ERROR([ares doesn't work with ipv6, disable ipv6 to use ares])
-       fi
-
-       AC_DEFINE(USE_ARES, 1, [Define if you want to enable ares support])
-       dnl substitute HAVE_ARES for curl-config and similar
-       HAVE_ARES="1"
-       AC_SUBST(HAVE_ARES)
-       curl_ares_msg="enabled"
-
-       LIBS="$LIBS -lcares"
-
-       dnl For backwards compatibility default to includes/lib in srcdir/ares
-       dnl If a value is specified it is assumed that the libs are in $val/lib
-       dnl and the includes are in $val/include. This is the default setup for
-       dnl ares so it should not be a problem.
-       if test "x$enableval" = "xyes" ; then
-         if test -d "$srcdir/ares"; then
-            aresembedded="yes"
-            AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(ares)
-            aresinc=`cd $srcdir/ares && pwd`
-            CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$aresinc"
-
-            dnl the pwd= below cannot 'cd' into the ares dir to get the full
-            dnl path to it, since it may not exist yet if we build outside of
-            dnl the source tree
-            pwd=`pwd`
-            LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$pwd/ares"
-         fi
-       else
-         CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$enableval/include"
-         LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$enableval/lib"
-       fi
-
-       if test -z "$aresembedded"; then
-         dnl verify that a sufficient c-ares is here if we have pointed one
-         dnl out and don't use the "embedded" ares dir (in which case we don't
-         dnl check it because it might not have been built yet)
-         AC_MSG_CHECKING([that c-ares is good and recent enough])
-         AC_LINK_IFELSE( [
-#include <ares.h>
-/* provide a set of dummy functions in case c-ares was built with debug */
-void curl_dofree() { }
-void curl_sclose() { }
-void curl_domalloc() { }
-
-int main(void)
-{
-  ares_channel channel;
-  ares_cancel(channel);
-  return 0;
-}
-],
-          AC_MSG_RESULT(yes),
-          AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-          AC_MSG_ERROR([c-ares library defective or too old])
-          )
-       fi
-       ;;
-  esac ],
-       AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-)
-
 dnl Default is to try the thread-safe versions of a few functions
 OPT_THREAD=on
 
@@ -1326,10 +1253,78 @@ fi
 dnl set variable for use in automakefile(s)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_MANUAL, test x"$USE_MANUAL" = x1)
 
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to enable ares])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(ares,
+AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-ares=PATH],[Enable ares for name lookups])
+AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-ares],[Disable ares for name lookups]),
+[ case "$enableval" in
+  no)
+       AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+       ;;
+  *)   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 
-dnl AC_PATH_PROG( RANLIB, ranlib, /usr/bin/ranlib, 
+       if test "x$IPV6_ENABLED" = "x1"; then
-dnl   $PATH:/usr/bin/:/usr/local/bin )
+         AC_MSG_ERROR([ares doesn't work with ipv6, disable ipv6 to use ares])
-dnl AC_SUBST(RANLIB)
+       fi
+
+       AC_DEFINE(USE_ARES, 1, [Define if you want to enable ares support])
+       dnl substitute HAVE_ARES for curl-config and similar
+       HAVE_ARES="1"
+       AC_SUBST(HAVE_ARES)
+       curl_ares_msg="enabled"
+
+       LIBS="$LIBS -lcares"
+
+       dnl For backwards compatibility default to includes/lib in srcdir/ares
+       dnl If a value is specified it is assumed that the libs are in $val/lib
+       dnl and the includes are in $val/include. This is the default setup for
+       dnl ares so it should not be a problem.
+       if test "x$enableval" = "xyes" ; then
+         if test -d "$srcdir/ares"; then
+            aresembedded="yes"
+            AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(ares)
+            aresinc=`cd $srcdir/ares && pwd`
+            CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$aresinc"
+
+            dnl the pwd= below cannot 'cd' into the ares dir to get the full
+            dnl path to it, since it may not exist yet if we build outside of
+            dnl the source tree
+            pwd=`pwd`
+            LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$pwd/ares"
+         fi
+       else
+         CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$enableval/include"
+         LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$enableval/lib"
+       fi
+
+       if test -z "$aresembedded"; then
+         dnl verify that a sufficient c-ares is here if we have pointed one
+         dnl out and don't use the "embedded" ares dir (in which case we don't
+         dnl check it because it might not have been built yet)
+         AC_MSG_CHECKING([that c-ares is good and recent enough])
+         AC_LINK_IFELSE( [
+#include <ares.h>
+/* provide a set of dummy functions in case c-ares was built with debug */
+void curl_dofree() { }
+void curl_sclose() { }
+void curl_domalloc() { }
+
+int main(void)
+{
+  ares_channel channel;
+  ares_cancel(channel);
+  return 0;
+}
+],
+          AC_MSG_RESULT(yes),
+          AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+          AC_MSG_ERROR([c-ares library defective or too old])
+          )
+       fi
+       ;;
+  esac ],
+       AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+)
 
 dnl ************************************************************
 dnl lame option to switch on debug options