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coreutils-8.23 Compile Error on Solaris 8 - Sun Studio 11

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From: Ted Carr <edward.w.carr <at> gsk.com>
To: "bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: coreutils-8.23 Compile Error on Solaris 8 - Sun Studio 11
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:21:04 +0000

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Hello All,

Apologies for accidentally sending this to the "general questions list", meant to send it here.

I have a need to compile Coreutils for Solaris 8...  I am using Sun Studio 11 (cc: Sun C 5.8 Patch 121015-07 2009/04/22) to try and compile the source and I am getting the following error:


bash-2.03$ make

  GEN      man/dynamic-deps.mk

  GEN      lib/c++defs.h

  GEN      lib/warn-on-use.h

  GEN      lib/arg-nonnull.h

  GEN      lib/arpa/inet.h

  GEN      lib/configmake.h

  GEN      lib/ctype.h

  GEN      lib/dirent.h

  GEN      lib/fcntl.h

  GEN      lib/fnmatch.h

  GEN      lib/getopt.h

  GEN      lib/iconv.h

  GEN      lib/inttypes.h

  GEN      lib/langinfo.h

  GEN      lib/locale.h

  GEN      lib/math.h

  GEN      lib/netdb.h

  GEN      lib/pthread.h

  GEN      lib/unused-parameter.h

  GEN      lib/selinux/selinux.h

  GEN      lib/selinux/context.h

  GEN      lib/signal.h

  GEN      lib/stdalign.h

  GEN      lib/stdbool.h

  GEN      lib/stdint.h

  GEN      lib/stdio.h

  GEN      lib/stdlib.h

  GEN      lib/string.h

  GEN      lib/sys/ioctl.h

  GEN      lib/sys/resource.h

  GEN      lib/sys/select.h

  GEN      lib/sys/socket.h

  GEN      lib/sys/stat.h

  GEN      lib/sys/time.h

  GEN      lib/sys/types.h

  GEN      lib/sys/uio.h

  GEN      lib/sys/utsname.h

  GEN      lib/sys/wait.h

  GEN      lib/termios.h

  GEN      lib/time.h

  GEN      lib/unistd.h

  GEN      lib/unistr.h

  GEN      lib/unitypes.h

  GEN      lib/uniwidth.h

  GEN      lib/wchar.h

  GEN      lib/wctype.h

  GEN      src/coreutils.h

bash: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `;'

*** Error code 2

make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `src/coreutils.h'

bash-2.03$

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Ted

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Message #8 received at 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Ted Carr <edward.w.carr <at> gsk.com>, 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19184: coreutils-8.23 Compile Error on Solaris 8 - Sun Studio
 11
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:19:36 -0800

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Thanks, this appears to be due to an old Bash bug.  Could you please try the 
attached patch?  Assuming you don't have the autotools installed, please patch 
your top-level Makefile (which you've already built) instead of patching 
src/local.mk.  I've installed this, since it seems pretty obviously needed 
regardless of whether it fixes your bug.

[0001-build-port-new-rule-for-coreutils.h-to-old-Bash.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

Message #11 received at 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ted Carr <edward.w.carr <at> gsk.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, "19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org"
 <19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#19184: coreutils-8.23 Compile Error on Solaris 8 - Sun
 Studio 11
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:19:04 +0000

Paul,

That did the trick!  I really appreciate the help.  Everything seems to compile fine, but I get some errors when running 'make check'.  You have any time to help with those or should I just send in another email?

Cheers,

Ted 

Message #16 received at 19184-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Ted Carr <edward.w.carr <at> gsk.com>, 19184-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19184: coreutils-8.23 Compile Error on Solaris 8 - Sun Studio
 11
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 11:21:55 -0800

On 11/26/2014 06:19 AM, Ted Carr wrote:
> I get some errors when running 'make check'.  You have any time to help with those or should I just send in another email?
Can't hurt to email them to bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org.  Can't promise 
anything: Solaris 8 isn't supported any more by Oracle, so it's mostly 
off our radar.  Anyway, I'm marking this bug as done.

Message #19 received at 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, edward.w.carr <at> gsk.com
Subject: Re: bug#19184: coreutils-8.23 Compile Error on Solaris 8 - Sun Studio
 11
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 20:37:16 +0000

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On 26/11/14 19:21, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 11/26/2014 06:19 AM, Ted Carr wrote:
>> I get some errors when running 'make check'.  You have any time to help with those or should I just send in another email?
> Can't hurt to email them to bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org.  Can't promise anything: Solaris 8 isn't supported any more by Oracle, so it's mostly off our radar.  Anyway, I'm marking this bug as done.

Ted emailed me privately by mistake.

There 2 issues. The first was a weird one with the shell's printf
which the attached patch will hopefully avoid.

The other issue is incorrect prompts output by rm due to its use of %zu
Ted could you give the output of:

  grep gl_cv_func_printf_sizes_c99 config.log

Now coreutils doesn't make use of the fprintf-posix module
to act on the above test.
Jim attempted it for a day in 2007 but reverted due to "too many test failures".
We could easily avoid the use of %zu I suppose in coreutils,
as there are only a few uses really.

thanks,
Pádraig.

[solaris-8-printf.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Message #22 received at 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, edward.w.carr <at> gsk.com
Subject: Re: bug#19184: coreutils-8.23 Compile Error on Solaris 8 - Sun Studio
 11
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 01:10:45 +0000

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On 26/11/14 20:37, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> The other issue is incorrect prompts output by rm due to its use of %zu
> Ted could you give the output of:
> 
>   grep gl_cv_func_printf_sizes_c99 config.log
> 
> Now coreutils doesn't make use of the fprintf-posix module
> to act on the above test.
> Jim attempted it for a day in 2007 but reverted due to "too many test failures".
> We could easily avoid the use of %zu I suppose in coreutils,
> as there are only a few uses really.

I did that in the attached.

thanks,
Pádraig

[solaris-8-fprintf.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Message #25 received at 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>, 
 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, edward.w.carr <at> gsk.com
Subject: Re: bug#19184: coreutils-8.23 Compile Error on Solaris 8 - Sun Studio
 11
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:35:15 -0800

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> I did that in the attached.

I also see uses of %z in dd.c, od.c, and split.c

Message #28 received at 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 
 edward.w.carr <at> gsk.com
Subject: Re: bug#19184: coreutils-8.23 Compile Error on Solaris 8 - Sun Studio
 11
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:34:49 +0000

On 27/11/14 02:35, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> I did that in the attached.
> 
> I also see uses of %z in dd.c, od.c, and split.c

No other uses with fprintf() though.
The od one goes through printf, but that's only debugging.
The error() ones are fine as they go through any printf() replacement.
Hmm, you're right, that dependency is not explicit,
so it's a bit brittle to leave those.
I wonder should the gnulib errno module depend on the [v]fprintf-posix modules?

Anyway it's better to be consistent and remove the remaining
few uses of %zu for now, so I've just pushed a patch to do that.

thanks,
Pádraig.

Message #31 received at 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ted Carr <edward.w.carr <at> gsk.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
 "19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, "eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu"
 <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: RE: bug#19184: coreutils-8.23 Compile Error on Solaris 8 - Sun
 Studio 11
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 13:58:28 +0000

Hi All,

Sorry for the delay...

Requested output:

bash-2.03$ grep gl_cv_func_printf_sizes_c99 config.log
gl_cv_func_printf_sizes_c99=no

Cheers,
Ted

Message #34 received at 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Ted Carr <edward.w.carr <at> gsk.com>, 
 "19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#19184: coreutils-8.23 Compile Error on Solaris 8 - Sun Studio
 11
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:05:06 +0000

On 01/12/14 13:58, Ted Carr wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Sorry for the delay...
> 
> Requested output:
> 
> bash-2.03$ grep gl_cv_func_printf_sizes_c99 config.log
> gl_cv_func_printf_sizes_c99=no

Thanks for the confirmation.
Your issue should be address in the upcoming 8.24 release
that contains these changes:

http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=a78d8538
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=7d1fe886
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=458c5cbc

cheers,
Pádraig.

Message #37 received at 19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ted Carr <edward.w.carr <at> gsk.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
 "19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <19184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: bug#19184: coreutils-8.23 Compile Error on Solaris 8 - Sun
 Studio 11
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 14:45:36 +0000

Thank You All.  The patches you have supplied have fixed my issues!  

Cheers,
Ted

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