Re: HOST_NAME_MAX on HP-NonStop

[Bruno Haible]

Joachim Schmitz wrote:
> Problem with HOST_NAME_MAX (MAXHOSTNAMELEN is set to 64 in <arpa/nameser.h>, 
> added this to gllib/unistd.in.h, but don't think it belongs there):
>     char buf[HOST_NAME_MAX];
>          ^
> "/usr/local/Floss/gnulib/testdir-posix/gltests/test-gethostname.c", line 38: 
> error(163):
>           incomplete type is not allowed
> 
> 
>     if (strlen (NOHOSTNAME) >= HOST_NAME_MAX)
>                                             ^
> "/usr/local/Floss/gnulib/testdir-posix/gltests/test-gethostname.c", line 41: 
> error(123):
>           expected an expression

What's going on here? If HOST_NAME_MAX is not defined in <limits.h>,
HOST_NAME_MAX ought to be defined in config.h, after the code from
m4/gethostname.m4 has been executed. A look in config.log should tell
you what went on here (check out for "checking for HOST_NAME_MAX").

Bruno