Re: ax_cxx_gcc_abi_demangle.m4: missing header

[Peter Simons]

Andriy Gapon <address@hidden> writes:

> on 26/07/2012 16:06 Eric Blake said the following:
>> On 07/26/2012 06:36 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote:
>>>
>>> ax_cxx_gcc_abi_demangle.m4 fails to detect AX_CXX_GCC_ABI_DEMANGLE feature 
>>> on
>>> FreeBSD when using GCC 4.6 or later.
>>> The test code uses free(3) which is declared in stdlib.h.  In the described
>>> environment the function is _not_ indirectly visible via other headers used.
>>> So compilation of the test code always fails.
>>>
>>> Adding an cstdlib header include resolves the issue.
>>
>> Thanks for the report. However, autoconf does not maintain the ax_*
>> macro namespace.  I think you meant to send this report to the autoconf
>> archive project instead (cc'd).
>>
>
> Thank you very much for pointing me to the right place.
> First time reporter here :-)

I guess that Neil Ferguson -- the author of AX_CXX_GCC_ABI_DEMANGLE --
is the right person to talk to about this subject. Neil?

Take care,
Peter