Re: [bug #29325] Undefined Symbol 'rpl_wctob'

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Jim,

Am 25.03.2010 um 11:41 schrieb Jim Meyering:
> Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
> > >  CC       main.o
> > > "main.c", line 1628: warning: argument #2 is incompatible with
> > > prototype:
> > >        prototype: pointer to pointer to char : "../lib/getopt.h",
> > > line 241
> > >        argument : pointer to const pointer to char
> > >  AR       libgrep.a
> > >  CC       grep.o
> > > "grep.c", line 10: warning: void function cannot return value
> > > "grep.c", line 16: warning: void function cannot return value
> > > "grep.c", line 22: warning: void function cannot return value
> > > "egrep.c", line 7: warning: void function cannot return value
>
> These are easily addressed.  Patch below.

Thanks!

> > I used -features=extensions as suggested in
> >   <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?24813>
> >
> > However, the test char-class-multibyte is failing:
> ...
> > > FAIL: char-class-multibyte (exit: 1)
> > > ====================================
> > >
> > > out1-none exp1 differ: char 2, line 1
> > > out2-none exp2 differ: char 2, line 1
>
> You can help the test suite produce more/better
> information if you install gnu diff and rerun "make check".
> When a diff program is available that supports "-u", it uses
> that rather than "cmp", which prints what you see above.

Just checked, it also does not work with GNU diff 2.9.

> > > SKIP: euc-mb (exit: 77)
> > > =======================
> > >
> > > ????
> > > euc-mb: skipped test: EUC-JP locale seems not to work
> > >
> > > SKIP: fmbtest.sh (exit: 77)
> > > ===========================
> >
> > Is this a problem with the testsuite or a real problem?
>
> I doubt it's a testsuite problem, but that is a possibility.
>
> It may be due to a bug in grep, or in gnulib's emulation
> of some missing-in-solaris-8 function, or a bug in Solaris 8.
> Hard to tell without a debugger.
> Solaris 8 is old enough that it may well be a problem
> with their locale support.

If you want I can give you access to the OpenCSW buildfarm equipped with
Solaris 8/9/10 sparc/x86 and Sun Compilers and GCC. Some GNU projects
are already using it to ensure smooth compilation on Solaris:
  <http://www-mockup.opencsw.org/extend-it/signup/to-upstream-maintainers/ 
>
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Best regards

  -- Dago