Re: building GNU gettext on AIX

[David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com>]

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On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 4:22 PM Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> wrote:

> David Edelsohn wrote:
> > When I try to configure gettext-0.22.3, I receive the following error:
> >
> > checking for socklen_t equivalent... configure: error: Cannot find a type
> > to use in place of socklen_t
> >
> > configure: error:
> > /nasfarm/edelsohn/src/gettext-0.22.3/libtextstyle/configure failed for
> > libtextstyle
> >
> >
> > configure:43943: /nasfarm/edelsohn/install/GCC12/bin/gcc -c -g -O2
> > -D_THREAD_SAFE
> > conftest.c >&5
> >
> > conftest.c:112:18: error: two or more data types in declaration
> specifiers
> >
> >   112 | #define intmax_t long long
> >
> >       |                  ^~~~
> >
> > conftest.c:112:23: error: two or more data types in declaration
> specifiers
> >
> >   112 | #define intmax_t long long
> >
> >       |                       ^~~~
> >
> > In file included from conftest.c:212:
> >
> > conftest.c:214:24: error: conflicting types for 'ngetpeername'; have
> > 'int(int,  void *, long unsigned int *)'
> >
> >   214 |                    int getpeername (int, void *, unsigned long
> int
> > *);
> >
> >       |                        ^~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> /nasfarm/edelsohn/install/GCC12/lib/gcc/powerpc-ibm-aix7.2.5.0/12.1.1/include-fixed/sys/socket.h:647:9:
> > note: previous declaration of 'ngetpeername' with type 'int(int,  struct
> > sockaddr * restrict,  socklen_t * restrict)' {aka 'int(int,  struct
> > sockaddr * restrict,  long unsigned int * restrict)'}
> >
> >   647 | int     getpeername(int, struct sockaddr *__restrict__, socklen_t
> > *__restrict__);
> >
> >       |         ^~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> > configure and config.h seems to get itself confused about types.
>
> There seem to be two problems, both related to the include files of
> your compiler:
>
>   - The configure test "checking for intmax_t..." must have found the
>     answer "no". But on a modern system, <stdint.h> should be defining
>     intmax_t already.
>
>   - This configure test that tries to find the getpeername declaration,
>     but cannot find it (maybe because of the first problem?):
>
>
> ================================================================================
>          for arg2 in "struct sockaddr" void; do
>            for t in int size_t "unsigned int" "long int" "unsigned long
> int"; do
>              cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
> /* end confdefs.h.  */
> #include <sys/types.h>
>                    #include <sys/socket.h>
>
>                    int getpeername (int, $arg2 *, $t *);
> int
> main (void)
> {
> $t len;
>                   getpeername (0, 0, &len);
>   ;
>   return 0;
> }
> _ACEOF
> if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"
> then :
>   gl_cv_socklen_t_equiv="$t"
> fi
>
> ================================================================================
>
> I would concentrate on the first problem. If you don't get it fixed, then
> I'd
> suggest to try 'gcc' from the AIX Toolbox [1] or 'xlc' (as an IBM product)
> instead of 'gcc' (that looks like you built it yourself).
>
> Bruno
>
> [1]
> https://public.dhe.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/SPECS/gcc12-12.3.0-1.spec


Bruno,

I am using my own install of GCC for a reason.  The build of GCC works for
everything else, including bootstrap of GCC, GDB, GMP, etc.  The only
problem is gettext.

Thanks, David