Re: gnome-libs/support/argp-help.c fails to compile

[Kjartan Maraas <kmaraas fib hl no>]

John Ellis wrote:
> 
> In my usual rebuilds of gnome, while building gnome-libs I ran into:
> (This is the latest code from CVS)
> 

I had the same problem. It seems the new check for program_invocation_*
is
wrong somewhere.

I just backed out this new check and it compiled fine.

Patch attached.


Cheers
Kjartan
--- gnome-support.m4	Wed May 20 16:24:48 1998
+++ gnome-support.m4.new	Wed May 20 16:26:08 1998
@@ -38,38 +38,38 @@
   # for `scandir'
   AC_HEADER_DIRENT
 
-#  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for program_invocation_short_name], gnome_cv_short_name, [
-#    AC_TRY_LINK([#include <errno.h>],[
-#      char *foo = program_invocation_short_name],
-#      gnome_cv_short_name=yes, gnome_cv_short_name=no)])
-#  if test "$gnome_cv_short_name" = yes; then
-#     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_SHORT_NAME)
-#  fi
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for program_invocation_short_name], gnome_cv_short_name, [
+    AC_TRY_LINK([#include <errno.h>],[
+      char *foo = program_invocation_short_name],
+      gnome_cv_short_name=yes, gnome_cv_short_name=no)])
+  if test "$gnome_cv_short_name" = yes; then
+     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_SHORT_NAME)
+  fi
 
-#  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for program_invocation_name], gnome_cv_invocation_name, [
-#    AC_TRY_LINK([#include <errno.h>],[
-#      char *foo = program_invocation_name],
-#      gnome_cv_invocation_name=yes, gnome_cv_invocation_name=no)])
-#  if test "$gnome_cv_invocation_name" = yes; then
-#     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME)
-#  fi
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for program_invocation_name], gnome_cv_invocation_name, [
+    AC_TRY_LINK([#include <errno.h>],[
+      char *foo = program_invocation_name],
+      gnome_cv_invocation_name=yes, gnome_cv_invocation_name=no)])
+  if test "$gnome_cv_invocation_name" = yes; then
+     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME)
+  fi
 
-  # copied from `configure.in' of `libiberty'
-  vars="program_invocation_short_name program_invocation_name sys_errlist"
-  for v in $vars; do
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $v])
-    AC_CACHE_VAL(gnome_cv_var_$v,
-      [AC_TRY_LINK([int *p;], [extern int $v; p = &$v;],
-		   [eval "gnome_cv_var_$v=yes"],
-		   [eval "gnome_cv_var_$v=no"])])
-    if eval "test \"`echo '$gnome_cv_var_'$v`\" = yes"; then
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-      n=HAVE_`echo $v | tr 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'`
-      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED($n)
-    else
-      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
-    fi
-  done
+#  # copied from `configure.in' of `libiberty'
+#  vars="program_invocation_short_name program_invocation_name sys_errlist"
+#  for v in $vars; do
+#    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $v])
+#    AC_CACHE_VAL(gnome_cv_var_$v,
+#      [AC_TRY_LINK([int *p;], [extern int $v; p = &$v;],
+#		   [eval "gnome_cv_var_$v=yes"],
+#		   [eval "gnome_cv_var_$v=no"])])
+#    if eval "test \"`echo '$gnome_cv_var_'$v`\" = yes"; then
+#      AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+#      n=HAVE_`echo $v | tr 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'`
+#      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED($n)
+#    else
+#      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+#    fi
+#  done
 
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS(vsnprintf,,[
     AC_CHECK_FUNCS(__vsnprintf,