Re: Incorrect detection of member sa_len.

[Bruno Haible]

Hello Mats,

> the m4 helper in `m4/getaddrinfo.m4` is incorrectly implementing
> a test whether `struct sockaddr` contains a member `sa_len`.
> 
> Any BSD system must include `<sys/types.h>` in order for the test
> code to deliver a trustworthy answer. As always this header must
> precede `<sys/socket.h>` on any BSD system.

You're right: this is a known bug of many BSD systems, see
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/sys_002fsocket_002eh.html>

> --- a/m4/getaddrinfo.m4
> +++ b/m4/getaddrinfo.m4
> @@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_GETADDRINFO], [
>  
>    dnl Including sys/socket.h is wrong for Windows, but Windows does not
>    dnl have sa_len so the result is correct anyway.
> -  AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct sockaddr.sa_len], , , [#include <sys/socket.h>])
> +  AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct sockaddr.sa_len], , , [
> +#include <sys/types.h>
> +#include <sys/socket.h>])
>  
>    AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE([netinet/in.h])
> 

I've applied this patch in your name with this ChangeLog entry.
(The marker "tiny change" means that no copyright assignment was needed for
this patch.)

Thank you!


2011-04-09  Mats Erik Andersson  <address@hidden>  (tiny change)

        getaddrinfo: Fix test for sa_len member.
        * m4/getaddrinfo.m4 (gl_PREREQ_GETADDRINFO): When testing for sa_len,
        include <sys/types.h> before <sys/socket.h>.

-- 
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