Re: libiberty configure fails on svr4/svr5 native

[Robert Lipe <robertl at dgii dot com>]

> > 2) Make configure pass arguments to these functions before testing.  
> >    (Requires changes to autoconf.)
> 
> I think this is the right direction, because autoconf actually fails - so
> this should probably be considered a bug in autoconf.  (Not autoconf proper,
> but the AC_CHECK_FUNC definition in acgeneral.m4.)

I'm inclined to agree, but I suspect this is a pretty weak argument for
a rather hard sell.

> Or we could try a little harder to outsmart the host and assign the
> function's address to a pointer variable.

Everyone outsmarting each other is what got us into this situation. :-)

> Would this test suceed?
> 
> #include <assert.h>
> 
> int main()
> {
>   char memcpy();
>   char (*f)() = memcpy;
>   return 0;
> }

Yes, that does seem to compile without blowing up.

What's your recommendation on how to proceed from here?

RJL