Re: HPUX 11.00 with aCC vs. autoconf 2.57 [#8108]

[Steve Huston]

>>> The problem is autoconf is inserting the lines:
>>> 
>>>      #ifdef __cplusplus
>>>      #include <stdlib.h>
>>>      #endif
>>> 
>>> in its test program for the AC_REPLACE_FUNCS macro, and,
>>> with aCC on that results in the following error:
>>
>> that's a workaround for a defect in glibc (has been in
>> autoconf for a couple of years).  Ostensibly to provide
>> a prototype for exit(), it actually is used to allow
>> glibc to tack a "throws" onto the exit() prototype.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Would it be reasonable to if/else it for gcc only?

The same problem occurs on AIX with gcc (and with IBM's compiler), so I
don't think a gcc if/else would do it.

-Steve

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Steve Huston, Riverace Corporation
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