GNU bug report logs - #20453
Building on AIX 7.1 with GCC

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Sevan Janiyan <venture37 <at> geeklan.co.uk>

Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 02:44:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Sevan Janiyan <venture37 <at> geeklan.co.uk>, bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Cc: Bug-gnulib <bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org>, "bug-tar <at> gnu.org" <bug-tar <at> gnu.org>,
 bug-gnu-utils <at> gnu.org, bug-gettext <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] Building on AIX 7.1 with GCC
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 08:33:19 -0600

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[adding gnulib]

On 04/28/2015 08:25 PM, Sevan Janiyan wrote:
> Hi,
> Just ran into an issue which affects gzip, gettext & tar on AIX.
> 
> The configure tests for wctype.h & checks for the suitability of
> wctype_t & wctrans_t.
> 
> It detects the presence of wctype.h but wctype_t & wctrans_t are
> unsuitable at which point it tries to use its own bundled copy of
> wctype.h. The build then fails as there's conflicting types for wctype_t
> & wctrans_t.
> 
> In file included from quotearg.c:43:

As this file is maintained upstream in gnulib, fixing the root cause
there will then percolate into all the other affected packages.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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