openssh unix dev - May 2003 - [Bug 553] configure fails to acknowledge availability of utimes()

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=553

           Summary: configure fails to acknowledge availability of utimes()
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: older versions
          Platform: HPPA
        OS/Version: HP-UX
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Build system
        AssignedTo: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: dwyatt at kohlmansystems.com


Running configure for OpenSSH-3.6.1p2 indicates that utimes()
is not found.  This leads to a type conflict error which
prevents Making the package.  The problem did not exist under
3.6p1 and all previous versions that I've built.  It appears
to be a result of a new automake version, but that is only
wild speculation.

Changing line 6187 in the configure file from 'char utimes ();'
to 'int utimes ();' appears to provide a workaround so that
OpenSSH can be configured and built.

I'm working under HP-UX 10.20 using Gcc 3.0 and mostly Gnu tools.



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------- Additional Comments From dtucker at zip.com.au  2003-05-03 10:11 -------
The test (trimmed) fragments from configure:

3.6.1p1 (autoconf 2.53):
char utimes ();
char (*f) ();

int
main ()
{
#if defined (__stub_utimes) || defined (__stub___utimes)
choke me
#else
f = utimes;
#endif
  return 0;
}

3.6.1p2 (autoconf 2.57):
char utimes ();
#if defined (__stub_utimes) || defined (__stub___utimes)
choke me
#else
char (*f) () = utimes;
#endif

int
main ()
{
return f != utimes;
  return 0;
}

I'll upgrade autoconf on my HP (11.00) and see if I can reproduce the
problem.

On a slightly related note, do we need to check for utimes() twice?  There's
a
specific check for it, then it's also in the main AC_CHECK_FUNCS list.



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------- Additional Comments From tim at multitalents.net  2003-05-03 10:54
-------
It would be nice to see the section of config.log where the test fails
on HP.

Re: "utimes also in the main AC_CHECK_FUNCS list", it was probably an
oversite on my part. If you yank it out of the AC_CHECK_FUNCS section,
you'll have to add a HAVE_UTIMES template to acconfig.h




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------- Additional Comments From dtucker at zip.com.au  2003-05-03 11:24 -------
Created an attachment (id=281)
 --> (http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/attachment.cgi?id=281&action=view)
config.log.gz from HP-UX 11.00

Full log attached.  The failing piece is:

configure:6109: result: yes
configure:6175: checking for utimes
configure:6225: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wno-uninitialized
 -D_HP
UX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1  conftest.c -lz -lnsl
-lxnet	-ls
ec >&5
configure:6250: conflicting types for `utimes'
/usr/include/sys/time.h:484: previous declaration of `utimes'
configure:6228: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:



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------- Additional Comments From dtucker at zip.com.au  2003-05-11 10:39 -------
I was about to submit a bug report to the autoconf folks, but before I did I 
pulled the latest autoconf CVS tree (it calls itself 2.57a).  This problem 
appears to be fixed there.

I rebuilt configure with it and then rebuilt OpenSSH on HP-UX 11.00, which 
worked OK.



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------- Additional Comments From pere at hungry.com  2003-05-13 02:23 -------
I see the same problem on HP/UX 11.00 on parisc and 11.22 on ia64
using the native compiler.




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------- Additional Comments From dtucker at zip.com.au  2003-05-13 10:26 -------
Created an attachment (id=291)
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configure from 3.6.1p2 rebuilt with autoconf-2.57a

Updated configure, just replace configure from 3.6.1p2 then "make distclean
&&
./configure && make".

This works for me (11.00 w/gcc), I'd be interested in other
versions/configurations.




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