Hi Jim, > Without this change, updating coreutils to use latest gnulib > resulted in link errors due to lack of definition of rpl_mktime > on systems like gnu/linux for which the replacement is not used. ... > --- a/m4/mktime.m4 > +++ b/m4/mktime.m4 > @@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MKTIME], > if test $ac_cv_func_working_mktime = no; then > REPLACE_MKTIME=1 > gl_PREREQ_MKTIME > + else > + REPLACE_MKTIME=0 > fi > ])
You're right. I had not understood the GNULIB_PORTCHECK idiom, and was not aware that coreutils is compiling with -DGNULIB_PORTCHECK. Bruno
