Re: 1.8.3 still has flexresp configure bug

[Phil Wood <cpw () lanl gov>]

On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 10:41:54PM -0600, Chris Green wrote:
> Jason Haar <Jason.Haar () trimble co nz> writes:
>
> > I just tried building 1.8.3 with "--enable-flexresp", and configure produces
> > this as it runs:
> >
> > ----
> > checking for u_int8_t... no
> > checking for u_int16_t... no
> > checking for u_int32_t... no
> > ----
> >
> > That should be "yes". If you try to "make" after that, on Redhat 7.1 systems
> > at least, make will crash with "redefinition" errors.
> >
> > Running configure without "--enable-flexresp" causes it to work correctly.
> >
> > I've had a bit of a snoop through ./configure, and can't see why this is
> > causing a difference. Maybe the added include files from defining flexresp
> > causes the configure tests to run differently?
>
> I don't know whats causing it ( it was fixed for a little bit in CVS
> after rerunning aclocal & automake ).

Check out config.h for strange defines (or not).  I found that mine had 
a define for SOLARIS (and I'm running on linux).  This caused some bogus
macro redefinitions.  As you did, I ran:

  aclocal
  autoconf
  automake

and then

  ./configure ...

> If you run aclocal and then automake it starts working again
> correctly.  If someone can identify what voodoo magic is going on
> behind the scenes, it would be nice to know
> -- 
> Chris Green <cmg () uab edu>
> Fame may be fleeting but obscurity is forever.
>
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