Yes. My patch is indeed missing a (). > Are't you missing () there to actually call the function? > > -- > VZ
git diff diff --git a/lib/autoconf/c.m4 b/lib/autoconf/c.m4 index b58e42d..74c6aa8 100644 --- a/lib/autoconf/c.m4 +++ b/lib/autoconf/c.m4 @@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ for ac_kw in inline __inline__ __inline; do [#ifndef __cplusplus typedef int foo_t; static $ac_kw foo_t static_foo () {return 0; } -$ac_kw foo_t foo () {return 0; } +$ac_kw foo_t foo () {return static_foo(); } #endif ])], [ac_cv_c_inline=$ac_kw]) On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Kurt Schwehr <schw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to clean hdf5 1.9.182 a bit and I'm using -Werror as my first > pass tool. Just cleaning the messages that come up. However, passing > -Werror as CPPFLAGS causes configure to die on a number of places. Here is > a first one with a proposed fix. The AC_C_INLINE macro tries to compile an > inline function, but doesn't use it. Why not just make the return 0 be > returning the zero from the static_foo inline function to insure that it's > used? > > git diff > diff --git a/lib/autoconf/c.m4 b/lib/autoconf/c.m4 > index b58e42d..6779407 100644 > --- a/lib/autoconf/c.m4 > +++ b/lib/autoconf/c.m4 > @@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ for ac_kw in inline __inline__ __inline; do > [#ifndef __cplusplus > typedef int foo_t; > static $ac_kw foo_t static_foo () {return 0; } > -$ac_kw foo_t foo () {return 0; } > +$ac_kw foo_t foo () {return static_foo; } > #endif > ])], > [ac_cv_c_inline=$ac_kw]) > > > Found via: > > > ftp://ftp.hdfgroup.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/snapshots/v19/hdf5-1.9.182.tar.bz2 > > tar xf hdf5-1.9.182.tar.bz2 > mkdir build && cd build > CPPFLAGS="-Werror -Wall -Wextra" ../hdf5-1.9.182/configure --enable-shared > --enable-cxx --with-zlib=/usr --without-mpe --with-szlib=/sw > --without-pthread --disable-parallel --enable-build-all > --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-codestack --enable-debug=all > --disable-silent-rules > > This file contains any messages produced by compilers while > running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake. > > It was created by HDF5 configure 1.9.182, which was > generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69. Invocation command line was > > $ ../hdf5-1.9.182/configure --enable-shared --enable-cxx > --with-zlib=/usr --without-mpe --with-szlib=/sw --without-pthread > --disable-parallel --enable-build-all --enable-maintainer-mode > --enable-codestack --enable-debug=all --disable-silent-rules > > > configure:27495: clang -c -Werror=unused-variable -Wall -Wextra > -I/sw/include conftest.c >&5 > configure:27495: $? = 0 > configure:27502: result: yes > configure:27510: checking for inline > configure:27526: clang -c -Werror=unused-variable -Wall -Wextra > -I/sw/include conftest.c >&5 > conftest.c:132:21: warning: unused function 'static_foo' > [-Wunused-function] > static inline foo_t static_foo () {return 0; } > ^ > 1 warning generated. > configure:27526: $? = 0 > configure:27534: result: inline > > > configure.ac has: > > ## ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ## Check compiler characteristics > ## > AC_C_CONST > AC_C_INLINE > > > clang --version > Apple LLVM version 5.1 (clang-503.0.40) (based on LLVM 3.4svn) > Target: x86_64-apple-darwin13.2.0 > Thread model: posix > > xcodebuild -version > Xcode 5.1.1 > Build version 5B1008 > > uname -a > Darwin schwehr-macbookpro 13.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.2.0: Thu Apr 17 > 23:03:13 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.100.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 > -- -- http://schwehr.org