Present-But-Cannot-Be-Compiled bug

2009-10-16 Thread Jorma Karvonen
Hello, I think that since version 1.4.9 there has been so called Present-But-Cannot-Be-Compiled bug in m4 source code: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Present-But-Cannot-Be-Compiled.html In my development environment I have autoconf 2.64 and error messages are complaining t

Re: Present-But-Cannot-Be-Compiled bug

2009-10-16 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Jorma Karvonen on 10/16/2009 12:07 PM: > Hello, > > I think that since version 1.4.9 there has been so called > Present-But-Cannot-Be-Compiled bug in m4 source code: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Present-But-C

Re: Present-But-Cannot-Be-Compiled bug

2009-10-16 Thread Jorma Karvonen
Hello, here are my commands: cd m4-1.4.13/ mkdir target cd target/ ../configure --prefix=/usr/local ... checking whether gettimeofday clobbers localtime buffer... yes checking sys/timeb.h usability... no checking sys/timeb.h presence... yes configure: WARNING: sys/timeb.h: present but cannot be c

Re: m4-1.4.13 config.log

2009-10-16 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please keep the list in the loop. According to Jorma Karvonen on 10/16/2009 1:02 PM: > Hello, > > here is my config.log. You failed to mention your platform, but config.log states: > hostname = 2(SERVFAIL) > uname -m = i686 > uname -r = 2.6.18.8-0.

Re: Present-But-Cannot-Be-Compiled bug

2009-10-16 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please don't top-post on technical lists. According to Jorma Karvonen on 10/16/2009 12:59 PM: > checking whether gettimeofday clobbers localtime buffer... yes > checking sys/timeb.h usability... no > checking sys/timeb.h presence... yes > configure: W

Re: m4-1.4.13 config.log

2009-10-16 Thread Jorma Karvonen
2009/10/17 Eric Blake > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Please keep the list in the loop. > > According to Jorma Karvonen on 10/16/2009 1:02 PM: > > Hello, > > > > here is my config.log. > > You failed to mention your platform, but config.log states: > > > hostname = 2(SERVFAI

Re: Present-But-Cannot-Be-Compiled bug

2009-10-16 Thread Jorma Karvonen
2009/10/17, Eric Blake : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Please don't top-post on technical lists. > > According to Jorma Karvonen on 10/16/2009 12:59 PM: >> checking whether gettimeofday clobbers localtime buffer... yes >> checking sys/timeb.h usability... no >> checking sys/