Re: Threading fix for AIX

Zeugswetter Andreas DAZ SD wrote:
>
> >> 1. the snprintf long long int check that uses int64 as variable name which is
> >>     a typedef in sys/inttypes.h
> >
> > I changed it to ac_int64.  Does that help?
>
> One more is needed in c-library.m4.

OK, done.

> >> 2. whether strerror_r returns int check fails with a redefine of named function
> >>     from string.h
> >
> > I see.  Our test is:
> >     int strerror_r(int, char *, size_t);
> > but AIX is:
> >     int  strerror_r(int, char *, int);
> > OK, I added an #ifndef _AIX to use 'int' for the 3rd arg for AIX.
>
> The wrong define is only on older AIX versions :-(
> And the patch produces wrong code asis (missing # and #endif).
> Since AIX always has the int returning function, how about no test on AIX:
> #ifndef_AIX
> int strerror_r(int, char *, size_t);
> #endif

I would rather keep testing.  Hardcoding platforms stuff usually fails
in some way.

>
> > Please test this patch and report back.  Thanks.
>
> attached is a reworked patch that works on aix 4.3.2 and 5.2, please check the configure part,
> cause I don't have autoconf.

I modified my patch to fix the problems you reported.  Please report
back.

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