The logs say:
configure:14572: checking whether getopt is POSIX compatible
configure:14680: xlc -o conftest -g -D_THREAD_SAFE conftest.c >&5
configure:14680: $? = 0
configure:14680: ./conftest
configure:14680: $? = 16
configure: program exited with status 16
gl_cv_func_getopt_posix=${gl_cv_func_getopt_posix=no}
2010-07-30 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
getopt: Update regarding AIX.
* m4/getopt.m4 (gl_GETOPT_CHECK_HEADERS): When cross-compiling, guess
no on AIX.
* doc/posix-functions/getopt.texi: Mention that AIX has the optind bug.
Reported by Rainer Tammer.
--- doc/posix-functions/getopt.texi.orig Fri Jul 30 18:44:34 2010
+++ doc/posix-functions/getopt.texi Fri Jul 30 11:50:12 2010
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
@item
The value of @code{optind} after a missing required argument is wrong
on some platforms:
-MacOS 10.5.
+MacOS 10.5, AIX 7.1.
@end itemize
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{getopt-gnu}:
--- m4/getopt.m4.orig Fri Jul 30 18:44:35 2010
+++ m4/getopt.m4 Fri Jul 30 11:51:12 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# getopt.m4 serial 28
+# getopt.m4 serial 29
dnl Copyright (C) 2002-2006, 2008-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether getopt is POSIX compatible],
[gl_cv_func_getopt_posix],
[
- dnl This test fails on mingw and succeeds on all other platforms.
+ dnl This test fails on mingw and succeeds on many other platforms.
AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
if (!(optind == 1))
return 12;
}
- /* Detect MacOS 10.5 bug. */
+ /* Detect MacOS 10.5, AIX 7.1 bug. */
{
char *argv[3] = { "program", "-ab", NULL };
optind = OPTIND_MIN;
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@
]])],
[gl_cv_func_getopt_posix=yes], [gl_cv_func_getopt_posix=no],
[case "$host_os" in
- mingw*) gl_cv_func_getopt_posix="guessing no";;
- darwin*) gl_cv_func_getopt_posix="guessing no";;
- *) gl_cv_func_getopt_posix="guessing yes";;
+ mingw*) gl_cv_func_getopt_posix="guessing no";;
+ darwin* | aix*) gl_cv_func_getopt_posix="guessing no";;
+ *) gl_cv_func_getopt_posix="guessing yes";;
esac
])
])
