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AIX build errors with coreutils-8.22

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From: Michael Felt <mamfelt <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com>, 17773 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17773: AIX build errors with coreutils-8.22
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 12:11:59 +0200

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Thanks for the update.



On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> Michael Felt wrote:
>
>> Curious why you are calling this a compiler bug.
>>
>
> Because it is a compiler bug.  Try to compile (but not link) the attached
> file.  Here's what I get on AIX 7.1 with xlc 12.1 and GCC 4.8.1.
>
> $ gcc -c xlcbug1.c
> $ xlc -c xlcbug1.c
> "xlcbug1.c", line 22.39: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier
> GL_FLT_PREC_BOUND.
> "xlcbug1.c", line 22.23: 1506-1324 (S) Array size must have integer type.
>
> There's nothing wrong with the program.  The identifier is properly
> declared.
>
>
>  What is the origin of the _GL_* identifiers?
>>
>
> They're from Gnulib, but that's irrelevant to the compiler bug, as the
> attached file demonstrates.
>

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