"Sumit Pandya" <sumit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Please guide me further for successfully patching/building. Thanks for the bug report. I installed the following patch into CVS autoconf. 2004-04-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@xxxxxxxxxxx> * tests/c.at (C keywords): Don't assume that GCC supports "restrict" and "inline", as sufficiently-old GCC versions do not (also, GCC configured to be in pedantic C89 mode does not). Problem reported by Sumit Pandya in: http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2004-04/msg00092.html Index: tests/c.at =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/tests/c.at,v retrieving revision 1.3 diff -p -u -r1.3 c.at --- tests/c.at 12 Apr 2003 20:53:19 -0000 1.3 +++ tests/c.at 20 Apr 2004 20:04:01 -0000 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AT_BANNER([C low level compiling/preprocessing macros.]) -# Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -74,16 +74,14 @@ AT_CLEANUP ## C keywords. ## ## ------------ ## -# GCC supports `const', `inline', `restrict', and `volatile'. +# GCC supports `const' and `volatile'. AT_CHECK_MACRO([C keywords], [[AC_PROG_CC AC_C_CONST -AC_C_INLINE -AC_C_RESTRICT AC_C_VOLATILE -case $GCC,$ac_cv_c_const,$ac_cv_c_inline,$ac_cv_c_restrict,$ac_cv_c_volatile in +case $GCC,$ac_cv_c_const,$ac_cv_c_volatile in yes,*no*) - AC_MSG_ERROR([failed to detect `const', `inline', `restrict', or `volatile' support]);; + AC_MSG_ERROR([failed to detect `const' or `volatile' support]);; esac ]])
