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Re: configure script breakage


On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 05:18:43PM +1000, Greg Schafer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> 2 days ago I started seeing new testsuite failures when compiling the glibc
> trunk. I'm using the latest gcc-3_3-branch compiler to compile it.
> 
> It looks to me like a patch went into the gcc branch a few days ago which
> has broken the glibc autoconf test for "__attribute__((visibility()))".
> 
> It used to say:-
> 
> "checking whether __attribute__((visibility())) is supported... yes"
> 
> now it says "no".
> 
> config.log shows:-
> 
> conftest.c:1: warning: visibility attribute not supported in this configuration; ignored
> +conftest.c:2: warning: visibility attribute not supported in this configuration; ignored
> 
> This may well be a gcc problem and I'm still looking into it. But I just
> wanted to raise the alarm to possibly save some poor soul from wasting hours
> of investigation like I just have.

It is a bug in the recent gcc/configure{.in,} checkin, just back it out and
be happy.

> Folks using the redhat toolchain probably won't see this until Jakub next
> merges with the gcc-3_3-branch.

I won't merge this hunk ;)

	Jakub


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