libjava/java/net/natInetAddressPosix.cc is broken on system which have no limit for the hostname length (i.e., GNU):
/build/buildd/gcj-4.1-4.1.1/build/./gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/build/buildd/gcj-4.1-4.1.1/build/./gcc -nostdinc++ -L/build/buildd/gcj-4.1-4.1.1/build/i486-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src -L/build/buildd/gcj-4.1-4.1.1/build/i486-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/i486-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/i486-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/i486-gnu/include -isystem /usr/i486-gnu/sys-include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../../src/libjava -I./include -I./gcj -I../../../src/libjava -Iinclude -I../../../src/libjava/include -I../../../src/libjava/classpath/include -I../../../src/libjava/classpath/native/fdlibm -I../../../src/libjava/../boehm-gc/include -I../boehm-gc/include -I../../../src/libjava/libltdl -I../../../src/libjava/libltdl -I../../../src/libjava/.././libjava/../gcc -I../../../src/libjava/../libffi/include -I../libffi/include -fno-rtti -fnon-call-exceptions -fdollars-in-identifiers -Wswitch-enum -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -ffloat-store -fomit-frame-pointer -Wextra -Wall -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPREFIX=\"/usr\" -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/lib\" -DJAVA_HOME=\"/usr\" -DBOOT_CLASS_PATH=\"/usr/share/java/libgcj-4.1.2.jar\" -DJAVA_EXT_DIRS=\"/usr/share/java/ext\" -DGCJ_ENDORSED_DIRS=\"/usr/share/java/gcj-endorsed\" -DLIBGCJ_DEFAULT_DATABASE=\"/var/lib/gcj-4.1/classmap.db\" -DLIBGCJ_DEFAULT_DATABASE_PATH_TAIL=\"gcj-4.1/classmap.db\" -DTOOLEXECLIBDIR=\"/usr/lib\" -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE -MT java/net/natInetAddress.lo -MD -MP -MF java/net/.deps/natInetAddress.Tpo -c java/net/natInetAddress.cc -fPIC -DPIC -o java/net/.libs/natInetAddress.o ../../../src/libjava/java/lang/Class.h: In member function 'java::lang::Class* java::lang::Class::getComponentType()': ../../../src/libjava/java/lang/Class.h:354: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules java/net/natInetAddress.cc: In static member function 'static java::lang::String* java::net::InetAddress::getLocalHostname()': java/net/natInetAddress.cc:287: error: 'MAXHOSTNAMELEN' was not declared in this scope java/net/natInetAddress.cc:288: error: 'buffer' was not declared in this scope java/net/natInetAddress.cc:290: error: 'buffer' was not declared in this scope make[6]: *** [java/net/natInetAddress.lo] Error 1 make[6]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/gcj-4.1-4.1.1/build/i486-gnu/libjava' Source is from gcj-4.1_4.1.1-6 from Debian unstable. -- Summary: MAXHOSTNAMELEN usage in libjava Product: gcc Version: 4.1.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: libgcj AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: mbanck at debian dot org GCC build triplet: i686-pc-gnu0.3 GCC host triplet: i686-pc-gnu0.3 GCC target triplet: i686-pc-gnu0.3 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28234