* Pedro Lamarão wrote on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:24:07AM CEST: > 2009/8/26 Ralf Wildenhues: > > >> >.../../trunk/libcpp/../include/libiberty.h:106: error: new declaration > >> >‘char* basename(const char*)’ > >> >/usr/include/string.h:601: error: ambiguates old declaration ‘const > >> >char* basename(const char*)’ > >> > >> The problem is that AC_CHECK_DECLS gets confused by overloaded > >> functions, and glibc 2.10 has overloaded declarations of basename > >> and some other string functions for const-correctness. > > > > Could you show the config.log snippet that shows the failed test? > > Is this a new error due to the autotools upgrade, or new due to > > glibc 2.10? > > I think this is new in glibc 2.10, for the reasons given by Jason Merrill > above. > I've discussed this problem with Jerry Quinn before, and he had a > tentative patch that worked for me. > As I understand things, this patch is on hold waiting for a solution > to the bootstrap comparison problem being discussed in another thread. > > I am waiting for a solution to these problems to continue work on the > std::sort gcc-in-cxx subproject; keeping all these patches up to date > with trunk is too difficult for me right now. > Currently, I have a patch to an old revision of the trunk.
Well, can you post the patch, or did I somehow miss it on the list? I'd be particularly interested if it tries to fix the Autoconf test in some sensible way. Thanks, Ralf
