#9 compile error on Solaris - definition of PS_COMMAND wrong

[Steve Evans]

I Get a compile error on Solaris because the #define of
PS_COMMAND in config.h is not quoted:

#define PS_COMMAND /bin/ps -eo
pid,ppid,uid,vsz,etime,time,args

This is the compiler output:

if g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/opt/kde/include
-I/opt/qt/include
-I/gorbag/exta/cad/externals/SOLARIS/include
-DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -I/opt/kde/include
-I/gorbag/exta/cad/externals/SOLARIS/include
-I/opt/qt/include -D_REENTRANT
-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -DUSE_SOLARIS -DSVR4
-Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -W
-Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2
-I/opt/kde/include
-I/gorbag/exta/cad/externals/SOLARIS/include
-I/opt/qt/include -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
-DNeedVarargsPrototypes=1 -DNeedFunctionPrototypes=1
-pipe -fno-exceptions -mcpu=ultrasparc -fno-exceptions
-fno-check-new -fno-common -MT procattach.o -MD -MP
-MF ".deps/procattach.Tpo" -c -o procattach.o
procattach.cpp; \ then mv -f ".deps/procattach.Tpo"
".deps/procattach.Po"; else rm -f
".deps/procattach.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
procattach.cpp: In constructor
`ProcAttachPS::ProcAttachPS(QWidget*)':
procattach.cpp:34: error: expected primary-expression
before '/' token
procattach.cpp:34: error: `ps' undeclared (first use
this function)
procattach.cpp:34: error: (Each undeclared identifier
is reported only once for each function it appears in.)
procattach.cpp:34: error: `eo' undeclared (first use
this function)
procattach.cpp:34: error: expected `}' before "pid"
procattach.cpp:34: error: expected `,' or `;' before "pid"
procattach.cpp:32: warning: unused variable 'psCommand'
procattach.cpp: At global scope:
procattach.cpp:40: error: expected unqualified-id
before "for"
procattach.cpp:40: error: expected `,' or `;' before "for"
procattach.cpp:40: error: `i' was not declared in this
scope
procattach.cpp:40: error: expected constructor,
destructor, or type conversion before '!=' token
procattach.cpp:40: error: expected `,' or `;' before
'!=' token
procattach.cpp:40: error: expected constructor,
destructor, or type conversion before '++' token
procattach.cpp:40: error: expected `,' or `;' before
'++' token
procattach.cpp:44: error: expected constructor,
destructor, or type conversion before ';' token
procattach.cpp:45: error: expected declaration before
'}' token

[Johannes Sixt]

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This seems to be some bug or inconsistency in the auto* tools.
Please specify the versions of automake and autoconf you use
and attach the 'configure' that was created.

-- Hannes

[Steve Evans]

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This is using the configure that comes bundled with version
1.9.7.

automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.9.3
Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>.

autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.58
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

[Johannes Sixt]

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I have access to a Solaris (8) machine, but I cannot
reproduce the problem. Can you please debug it? Look for
PS_COMMAND in ./configure and ./config.status and
reproduce the commands manually. I would like to know
where the double-quotes get lost.

-- Hannes

[Steve Evans]

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There appears to be a problem with a sed invocation under
the bourne shell that works fine under bash:

checking for suitable ps invocation... + PS_COMMAND=/bin/ps
-eo pid,ppid,uid,vsz,etime,time,args
+ /bin/ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,vsz,etime,time,args
+ 1> /dev/null 2>& 1
+ /bin/ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,vsz,etime,time,args
+ head -1
+ set x PID PPID UID VSZ ELAPSED TIME COMMAND
+ test x PID PPID UID VSZ ELAPSED TIME COMMAND = x PID PPID
UID VSZ ELAPSED TIME COMMAND
+ :
+ test -n /bin/ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,vsz,etime,time,args
+ echo configure:32641: result: /bin/ps -eo
pid,ppid,uid,vsz,etime,time,args
+ 1>& 5
+ echo /bin/ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,vsz,etime,time,args
+ 1>& 6
/bin/ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,vsz,etime,time,args
+
./configure[32643]: : cannot execute
+ /g'
+ + echo /bin/ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,vsz,etime,time,args
+ sed -e s/ /",
sed: command garbled: s/ /",
PS_COMMAND="
./configure[32643]: /g': not found
+ cat
+ 1>> confdefs.h 0<<
#define PS_COMMAND /bin/ps -eo pid,ppid,uid,vsz,etime,time,args

If I run the same command by hand under bash it works:

PS_COMMAND="\"`echo /bin/ps -eo
pid,ppid,uid,vsz,etime,time,args | /bin/sed -e 's/ /", "/g'`\""

but under /bin/sh it doesn't:

$ PS_COMMAND="\"`echo /bin/ps -eo
pid,ppid,uid,vsz,etime,time,args | /bin/sed -e 's/ /", "/g'`\""
: cannot execute
sed: command garbled: s/ /",
/g': not found

[Johannes Sixt]

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The purpose of this command is to replace the blanks between
the words by ", " (i.e. quote, comma, blank, quote) and add a
quote at the beginning and the end.
You would do me a favor if you could derive a command that
does the same and works under your shell. Maybe it's
necessary to use set -- $PS_COMMAND and/or process the
words in a while loop :-(, or maybe there's a simpler trick.

-- Hannes

[Johannes Sixt]

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I was now able to reproduce the problem. The fix is to just
remove the first and last double-quote in the problematic line.

-- Hannes