Re: autoconf bug?

[Jason . Beech-Brandt]

Hi,

No, I'm not using the perl which comes with Solaris 5.8.  perl -V gives

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 5) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=solaris, osvers=2.8, archname=sun4-solaris
    uname='sunos deedee 5.8 generic_117000-03 sun4u sparc sunw,sun-blade-1000 '
    config_args=''
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef use5005threads=undef useithreads=undef 
usemultiplicity=undef
    useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc', ccflags ='-I/usr/local/include 
-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64',
    optimize='-O',
    cppflags='-I/usr/local/include'
    ccversion='Forte Developer 7 C 5.4 2002/03/09', gccversion='', 
gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', 
lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/lib -L/usr/ccs/lib 
-L/opt/SUNWspro/prod/lib -L/usr/local/lib '
    libpth=/usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib /opt/SUNWspro/prod/lib /usr/local/lib
    libs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldb -ldl -lm -lc
    perllibs=-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc
    libc=/lib/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags='-KPIC', lddlflags='-G -L/usr/lib -L/usr/ccs/lib 
-L/opt/SUNWspro/prod/lib -L/usr/local/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options: USE_LARGE_FILES
  Built under solaris
  Compiled at Aug 31 2004 13:43:20
  @INC:
    /deptpc/scratch/jbbrand1/lib/perl5/5.8.5/sun4-solaris
    /deptpc/scratch/jbbrand1/lib/perl5/5.8.5
    /deptpc/scratch/jbbrand1/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/sun4-solaris
    /deptpc/scratch/jbbrand1/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5
    /deptpc/scratch/jbbrand1/lib/perl5/site_perl
    .

on my system.

I am using m4-1.4.2.  I've attached the output from the command below as a
text file.

Cheers

Jason

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Paul Eggert wrote:

> address@hidden writes:
>
> > I've compiled autoconf 2.59 on a SunBlade 1000 running Solaris 5.8....
> >> dirname(//1) = . instead of //
> >> dirname(//1/) = . instead of //
> > 17. m4sh.at:102: 17. AS_DIRNAME (m4sh.at:102): FAILED (m4sh.at:152)
>
> I can't reproduce this bug on my Solaris 5.8 (sparc) host.
>
> Which perl are you running?  What is the output of "perl -V"?
> Presumably you are not using the Perl shipped with Solaris 8, as that
> causes other Autoconf tests to fail.
>
> Which version of GNU m4 are you using?  I recommend GNU m4 1.4.2
> <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.2.tar.gz>.  You might try installing
> that, then rebuilding Autoconf from scratch.
>
> If upgrading to m4 1.4.2 doesn't fix the problem, please run
> the command
>
> cd tests
> ./testsuite -v -d 17
> more testsuite.dir/017/* | cat
>
> and send the output to <address@hidden>.  Thanks.
>

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