Re: [B2-devel] Re: config problems

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Hi,

>       I could be wrong here, or misunderstanding the problem, but
> if the program that autoconf and ./configure is generating will not
> compile, then doesn't that mean that the version of autoconf, or its
> data files, is incompatible with the SGI?

Some linux distributions come with an autoconf package that patch some
m4 macros in order to add a declaration for exit(). Unfortunately, that
declaration is wrong pedantically speaking but provide a hint for GCC to
optimize code in C++ (see. <sys/cdefs.h> in glibc 2.2.x).

I will commit a new configure script into CVS as a temporary workaround.

>       The fix may be as simple as installing a later version of
> the autoconf package.

OK, check CVS (grabbed from gcc-3.0). BTW, though autoconf 2.50 works
well with Basilisk II, it is an exception because it seems that so many
packages out there aren't really compatible with that new version of
autoconf.

Bye,
Gwenol=E9.