Re: [ISC-Bugs #16157]

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Bruce,

* address@hidden wrote on Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 05:44:31PM CEST:
> Forwarded message:
> | From: "Mark Andrews via RT" <address@hidden>
> | Reply-To: address@hidden

> |     It looks like printf is still in use in libtool-1.5.22.
> |     That being said.  libtool is making use of printf to add
> |     newlines so just changing to $echo won't work.
> 
>       This is to report the fact that "printf" command is
>       neither a shell builtin nor a user command in SunOS 4.1.x
>       (& I suspect other similar OS's as well)
> 
>       config.guess: "sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4"
>       config.guess: "m68k-sun-sunos4.1.1"

Wow.  Thanks for this bug report.  But before I apply the suggested
patch below, I'd like a reality check first.  SunOS 4.1.4 was released
1994 according to the Unix timeline.  According to [1], the end of
service life date of Solaris 1.1.2 has been three years ago, that of
4.1.1 six years ago.

Does anybody actually use these systems outside of a museum?  Does a
recent Autoconf produce usable configure scripts for these hosts?

Cheers,
Ralf

[1] http://www.sun.com/service/eosl/solaris/solaris_vintage_eol_5.2005.html

Index: NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.109.2.47
diff -u -r1.109.2.47 NEWS
--- NEWS        15 May 2006 16:41:00 -0000      1.109.2.47
+++ NEWS        14 Jun 2006 17:10:24 -0000
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 * Fix error with -version-info on systems with version_type=none, such
   as BeOS.
 * Initial support for the Sun compiler suite on GNU/Linux.
+* Drop use of shell printf for SunOS 4.1.
 * Bug Fixes.
 
 New in 1.5.22: 2005-12-18; CVS version 1.5.21a, Libtool team:
Index: libtool.m4
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/Attic/libtool.m4,v
retrieving revision 1.314.2.158
diff -u -r1.314.2.158 libtool.m4
--- libtool.m4  12 Jun 2006 05:25:26 -0000      1.314.2.158
+++ libtool.m4  14 Jun 2006 17:10:26 -0000
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
 # the simple compiler test code.
 AC_DEFUN([_LT_COMPILER_BOILERPLATE],
 [ac_outfile=conftest.$ac_objext
-printf "$lt_simple_compile_test_code" >conftest.$ac_ext
+echo "$lt_simple_compile_test_code" >conftest.$ac_ext
 eval "$ac_compile" 2>&1 >/dev/null | $SED '/^$/d; /^ *+/d' >conftest.err
 _lt_compiler_boilerplate=`cat conftest.err`
 $rm conftest*
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 # the simple link test code.
 AC_DEFUN([_LT_LINKER_BOILERPLATE],
 [ac_outfile=conftest.$ac_objext
-printf "$lt_simple_link_test_code" >conftest.$ac_ext
+echo "$lt_simple_link_test_code" >conftest.$ac_ext
 eval "$ac_link" 2>&1 >/dev/null | $SED '/^$/d; /^ *+/d' >conftest.err
 _lt_linker_boilerplate=`cat conftest.err`
 $rm conftest*
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([$1], [$2],
   [$2=no
   ifelse([$4], , [ac_outfile=conftest.$ac_objext], [ac_outfile=$4])
-   printf "$lt_simple_compile_test_code" > conftest.$ac_ext
+   echo "$lt_simple_compile_test_code" > conftest.$ac_ext
    lt_compiler_flag="$3"
    # Insert the option either (1) after the last *FLAGS variable, or
    # (2) before a word containing "conftest.", or (3) at the end.
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
   [$2=no
    save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $3"
-   printf "$lt_simple_link_test_code" > conftest.$ac_ext
+   echo "$lt_simple_link_test_code" > conftest.$ac_ext
    if (eval $ac_link 2>conftest.err) && test -s conftest$ac_exeext; then
      # The linker can only warn and ignore the option if not recognized
      # So say no if there are warnings
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@
    mkdir conftest
    cd conftest
    mkdir out
-   printf "$lt_simple_compile_test_code" > conftest.$ac_ext
+   echo "$lt_simple_compile_test_code" > conftest.$ac_ext
 
    lt_compiler_flag="-o out/conftest2.$ac_objext"
    # Insert the option either (1) after the last *FLAGS variable, or
@@ -2675,10 +2675,10 @@
 _LT_AC_TAGVAR(objext, $1)=$objext
 
 # Code to be used in simple compile tests
-lt_simple_compile_test_code="int some_variable = 0;\n"
+lt_simple_compile_test_code="int some_variable = 0;"
 
 # Code to be used in simple link tests
-lt_simple_link_test_code='int main(){return(0);}\n'
+lt_simple_link_test_code='int main(){return(0);}'
 
 _LT_AC_SYS_COMPILER
 
@@ -2784,10 +2784,10 @@
 _LT_AC_TAGVAR(objext, $1)=$objext
 
 # Code to be used in simple compile tests
-lt_simple_compile_test_code="int some_variable = 0;\n"
+lt_simple_compile_test_code="int some_variable = 0;"
 
 # Code to be used in simple link tests
-lt_simple_link_test_code='int main(int, char *[[]]) { return(0); }\n'
+lt_simple_link_test_code='int main(int, char *[[]]) { return(0); }'
 
 # ltmain only uses $CC for tagged configurations so make sure $CC is set.
 _LT_AC_SYS_COMPILER
@@ -3973,10 +3973,17 @@
 _LT_AC_TAGVAR(objext, $1)=$objext
 
 # Code to be used in simple compile tests
-lt_simple_compile_test_code="      subroutine t\n      return\n      end\n"
+lt_simple_compile_test_code="\
+      subroutine t
+      return
+      end
+"
 
 # Code to be used in simple link tests
-lt_simple_link_test_code="      program t\n      end\n"
+lt_simple_link_test_code="\
+      program t
+      end
+"
 
 # ltmain only uses $CC for tagged configurations so make sure $CC is set.
 _LT_AC_SYS_COMPILER
@@ -4055,10 +4062,10 @@
 _LT_AC_TAGVAR(objext, $1)=$objext
 
 # Code to be used in simple compile tests
-lt_simple_compile_test_code="class foo {}\n"
+lt_simple_compile_test_code="class foo {}"
 
 # Code to be used in simple link tests
-lt_simple_link_test_code='public class conftest { public static void 
main(String[[]] argv) {}; }\n'
+lt_simple_link_test_code='public class conftest { public static void 
main(String[[]] argv) {}; }'
 
 # ltmain only uses $CC for tagged configurations so make sure $CC is set.
 _LT_AC_SYS_COMPILER
@@ -4115,7 +4122,7 @@
 _LT_AC_TAGVAR(objext, $1)=$objext
 
 # Code to be used in simple compile tests
-lt_simple_compile_test_code='sample MENU { MENUITEM "&Soup", 100, CHECKED }\n'
+lt_simple_compile_test_code='sample MENU { MENUITEM "&Soup", 100, CHECKED }'
 
 # Code to be used in simple link tests
 lt_simple_link_test_code="$lt_simple_compile_test_code"
@@ -6316,7 +6323,7 @@
       # to ld, don't add -lc before -lgcc.
       AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether -lc should be explicitly linked in])
       $rm conftest*
-      printf "$lt_simple_compile_test_code" > conftest.$ac_ext
+      echo "$lt_simple_compile_test_code" > conftest.$ac_ext
 
       if AC_TRY_EVAL(ac_compile) 2>conftest.err; then
         soname=conftest