-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [re-adding the list, and also adding bug-gnulib, since this particular problem is related to gnulib. For bug-gnulib readers: this is a report of test-strtod failure on Solaris 10]
According to Dennis Clarke on 7/29/2008 10:09 PM: | whoops | | builds fine .. and then make check gets ugly : | | source='test-strtod.c' object='test-strtod.o' libtool=no \ | DEPDIR=.deps depmode=none /bin/bash ../build-aux/depcomp \ | c99 -I. -I../lib -I. -I. -I.. -I./.. -I../lib -I./../lib | -I/opt/build/dclarke/local/include -D_REENTRANT -erroff=%all | -fsimple=0 -g -m64 -xO1 -Qy -Xa -xbuiltin=%none -xdebugformat=dwarf | -xmodel=medium -xnolibmil -xnolibmopt -xregs=no%frameptr -xs | -xstrconst -xtarget=opteron -xtemp=/tmp/dclarke -c test-strtod.c | c99 -erroff=%all -fsimple=0 -g -m64 -xO1 -Qy -Xa -xbuiltin=%none | -xdebugformat=dwarf -xmodel=medium -xnolibmil -xnolibmopt | -xregs=no%frameptr -xs -xstrconst -xtarget=opteron -xtemp=/tmp/dclarke | -o test-strtod test-strtod.o libtests.a ../lib/libm4.a libtests.a | Undefined first referenced | symbol in file | fabs test-strtod.o Ah. So it looks like when you turn on all the C99 flags to your compiler, that strtod(3) no longer fails the configure test. But then test-strtod fails to link, because it is lacking -lm on the command line. You're the first person to report this particular failure of a missing library in the test link line; most platforms (including Solaris 10 without the proper C99 compliance flags) have already failed the configure test, such that POW_LIB is defined as -lm when needed, or provide fabs as part of libc instead of libm. Somehow, the test needs to be made more robust; we either need more m4 magic to determine if -lm is necessary for fabs, or a gnulib replacement for fabs that works without requiring libm, or a way to rewrite that test to not need fabs. In the meantime, feel free to manually add -lm to the link line for that particular test program. - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiP7YAACgkQ84KuGfSFAYC9gwCfTexAdPB3PMCA8PoyOj7+7Vz8 TmcAoM5G5riUjSGqxuXHPbkaoiTmcW8V =9Qbr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
