Re: [bug-gnulib] getdelim declaration conflict on Tru64

[James Youngman]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 02:30:37PM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> James Youngman <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > The attached email shows how on some versions of HPUX, <stdio.h> also
> > declared getdelim(), but with a size_t return type.
> 
> Which version of HPUX is that?  

My apologies, upon more careful reading of the problem report, it
appears to be Tru64 (hence change in Subject: line): -

  % cc -V
  Compaq C V6.5-207 (dtk) on Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.1B (Rev. 2650)
  Compiler Driver V6.5-207 (dtk) (dtk) cc Driver
  % ./configure && mak ^He ^H^H^H^H]
  % stty dec
  % ./configure && make all check
  checking build system type... alphaev7-dec-osf5.1b
  checking host system type... alphaev7-dec-osf5.1b
  [...]
  cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../..    -I/usr/local/include  -g -O2 -c 
fnmatch.cgcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../..    -I/usr/local/include  -g -O2 -c 
getcwd.c
  In file included from getcwd.h:24,
                   from getcwd.c:24:
  /usr/local/include/stdlib.h:98: warning: conflicting types for built-in 
function `llabs'
  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../..    -I/usr/local/include  -g -O2 -c 
getline.cIn file included from getline.c:26:
  getline.h:32: error: conflicting types for `gnu_getline'
  /usr/local/include/stdio.h:62: error: previous declaration of `gnu_getline'
  getline.h:35: error: conflicting types for `getdelim'
  /usr/local/include/stdio.h:61: error: previous declaration of `getdelim'
  *** Exit 1


> If they're messing with locally-installed stdio.h files, my first
> suggestion would be to remove those files, as they'll probably break
> other packages too.  

Yes, this is an HP/Compaq "testdrive" box.  Goodness knows what
they've done with it.

> I've never heard of getdelim returning size_t, and I can't find any
> evidence of such things on the the net.  For now I'd make this low
> priority, as it appears to be a local aberration.

Thanks.  I'll take your advice.

James.