Re: Build fails with recent glibc due to outdated gnulib

[Eric Blake]

On 08/22/2012 11:52 AM, Brandon Invergo wrote:
> Building m4 fails with recent versions of glibc (2.16+). The error
> occurs in a file pulled in from gnulib:
> 
> In file included from clean-temp.h:22:0,
>                  from clean-temp.c:23:
> ./stdio.h:477:1: error: 'gets' undeclared here (not in a function)
> make[4]: *** [clean-temp.o] Error 1
> make[4]: Leaving directory 
> `/home/brandon/Projects/gsrc/gsrc/trunk/gnu/m4/work/m4-1.4.16/lib'
> 
> The error exists in this file:
> lib/stdio.in.h
> 
> The problem has already been fixed upstream in gnulib[1], so it should be
> as simple as updating the code included in m4.

Thanks for the report.  Yes, I already know about this, and am planning
on cutting 1.4.17 when I can get a chance.

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