Re: texinfo configure bug

[Thomas Esser]

> I found a bug in the texinfo configure script, causing the test for
> for library with termcap variables always to fail.  Here's a patch.

I don't get it. How can this work without ; after UP++ ?

So, after adding that ; and the [...] in configure.ac and running
  ./configure; make; make distclean; rm -rf autom4te.cache
I get the following diff (against texinfo-4.5 BTW). Finally, it has
properly detected my curses lib.

Thomas

diff -ru /build/texinfo-4.5/configure ./configure
--- /build/texinfo-4.5/configure        Wed Feb  5 01:43:10 2003
+++ ./configure Sun Feb 16 01:29:51 2003
@@ -6462,7 +6462,12 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 /* Make sure all variables actually exist.  AIX 4.3 has ospeed but no BC.
-   --Andreas Ley <address@hidden>
+   --Andreas Ley <address@hidden>, 24 Aug 2000.  */
+BC++;
+UP++;
+PC++;
+return ospeed != 0;
+
   ;
   return 0;
 }
@@ -6479,17 +6484,11 @@
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  24 Aug 2000.  */
-BC++;
-UP++
-PC++;
-return ospeed != 0;
-
+  ac_cv_var_ospeed=$trylib; break
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-ac_cv_var_ospeed=$trylib; break
 fi
 rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
 done
diff -ru /build/texinfo-4.5/configure.ac ./configure.ac
--- /build/texinfo-4.5/configure.ac     Wed Feb  5 01:40:19 2003
+++ ./configure.ac      Sun Feb 16 01:29:26 2003
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
      LIBS="$oldLIBS -l$termlib"
    fi
    AC_TRY_LINK(, 
-#ifdef HAVE_NCURSES_TERMCAP_H
+[#ifdef HAVE_NCURSES_TERMCAP_H
 #include <ncurses/termcap.h>
 #else
 #ifdef HAVE_TERMCAP_H
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@
 /* Make sure all variables actually exist.  AIX 4.3 has ospeed but no BC.
    --Andreas Ley <address@hidden>, 24 Aug 2000.  */
 BC++;
-UP++
+UP++;
 PC++;
 return ospeed != 0;
-, ac_cv_var_ospeed=$trylib; break)
+], ac_cv_var_ospeed=$trylib; break)
 done
 LIBS=$oldLIBS
 )
diff -ru /build/texinfo-4.5/doc/stamp-1 ./doc/stamp-1
--- /build/texinfo-4.5/doc/stamp-1      Wed Feb  5 01:44:46 2003
+++ ./doc/stamp-1       Sun Feb 16 01:30:22 2003
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
address@hidden UPDATED 5 November 2002
address@hidden UPDATED 6 November 2002
 @set UPDATED-MONTH November 2002
 @set EDITION 4.5
 @set VERSION 4.5
diff -ru /build/texinfo-4.5/doc/version-stnd.texi ./doc/version-stnd.texi
--- /build/texinfo-4.5/doc/version-stnd.texi    Wed Feb  5 01:44:46 2003
+++ ./doc/version-stnd.texi     Sun Feb 16 01:22:03 2003
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
address@hidden UPDATED 5 November 2002
address@hidden UPDATED 6 November 2002
 @set UPDATED-MONTH November 2002
 @set EDITION 4.5
 @set VERSION 4.5