Re: AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([int *]) is error in autoconf-2.66

[Eric Blake]

----- "Nishio Futoshi" <address@hidden> wrote:

> I caught error with AC_CHECK_SIZEOF macro.
> AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([int]) works well and SIZEOF_INT was defined
> in config.h.  But AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([int *]) does not work well.

Thanks for the report, and sorry for the regression.

Does this (untested) patch fix things for you?  I am
unfortunately not in a position to release 2.67 for another
2 weeks, but if this patch helps, I'm sure distros can
incorporate it if they choose to release a fixed 2.66
as part of the distro.

diff --git a/lib/autoconf/types.m4 b/lib/autoconf/types.m4
index ee07148..9f482da 100644
--- a/lib/autoconf/types.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/types.m4
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ Remove this warning and the `AC_CACHE_CHECK' when you 
adjust the code.])
 # AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(TYPE, [IGNORED], [INCLUDES = DEFAULT-INCLUDES])
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------
 AC_DEFUN([AC_CHECK_SIZEOF],
-[AS_LITERAL_IF([$1], [],
+[AS_LITERAL_IF(m4_translit([[$1]], [*], [p]), [],
               [m4_fatal([$0: requires literal arguments])])]dnl
 [# The cast to long int works around a bug in the HP C Compiler
 # version HP92453-01 B.11.11.23709.GP, which incorrectly rejects


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