On 26-Aug-2011, Michael Goffioul wrote: | On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> wrote: | > Hi, | > | > Michael Goffioul wrote: | >> While compiling Octave, I got undefined references within the gnulib | >> module. | >> Namely: | >> - chdir_long undefined, referenced in save-cwd.c | > | > This is very astonishing, because the gnulib module 'save-cwd' has a | > dependency on 'chdir-long'. | | Indeed. And the source file is copied over to the dist libgnu/ dir. But | it is not compiled in. | | >> - strncasecmp undefined, referenced in strptime.c | > | > On which platform? The file doc/posix-functions/strncasecmp.texi states | > that only old platforms (which are not gnulib portability targets) lack this function. | | Windows+MSVC. I know this is not a gnulib target. Nevertheless the strptime | module has a dependency on strcase module, and - as in the case of chdir-long | above - the source file is copied over to libgnu/ by the bootstrap | script, but it is | not compiled in libgnu.la. | | > | >> Would anybody have any hint? | > | > Octave has a special build script for Windows, I recall, no? Maybe it needs | > updates? | | No, it does not have special build script. I'm using regular: | ./autogen.sh | ./configure | make
It seems to be working for me with a Debian system. Is chdir-long.lo listed in the gl_LTLIBOBJS variable in the generated libgnu/Makefile on your system? Do you have the most recent gnulib sources? After updating gnulib, have you run autogen.sh, configure, and make? jwe
