The logs say: checking for working strndup... yes
gl_cv_func_strndup_works=${gl_cv_func_strndup_works=yes} 2010-07-30 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> strndup: Update regarding AIX. * m4/strndup.m4 (gl_FUNC_STRNDUP): When cross-compiling, guess yes on AIX 7. Reported by Rainer Tammer. --- m4/strndup.m4.orig Fri Jul 30 21:23:04 2010 +++ m4/strndup.m4 Fri Jul 30 15:25:18 2010 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# strndup.m4 serial 17 +# strndup.m4 serial 18 dnl Copyright (C) 2002-2003, 2005-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, @@ -33,10 +33,14 @@ return s[13] != '\0';]])], [gl_cv_func_strndup_works=yes], [gl_cv_func_strndup_works=no], - [case $host_os in - aix*) gl_cv_func_strndup_works="guessing no";; - *) gl_cv_func_strndup_works="guessing yes";; - esac])]) + [ +changequote(,)dnl + case $host_os in + aix | aix[3-6]*) gl_cv_func_strndup_works="guessing no";; + *) gl_cv_func_strndup_works="guessing yes";; + esac +changequote([,])dnl + ])]) case $gl_cv_func_strndup_works in *no) REPLACE_STRNDUP=1