[GRASS5] Fw: [DebianGIS-dev] Bug#336498: grass: broken macro LOC_CHECK_VERSION (also FTBFS on GNU/FreeBSD)

[Markus Neteler]

Does anyone know how to modify 'configure.in' for this problem?

Thanks

 Markus

Hamish wrote:

>Fwd from the Debian Bug Tracker--
>
>
>Begin forwarded message:
>
>Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:14:39 +0100 (CET)
>From: Petr Salinger <Petr.Salinger at t-systems.cz>
>To: submit at bugs.debian.org
>Subject: [DebianGIS-dev] Bug#336498: grass: broken macro LOC_CHECK_VERSION	(also FTBFS on GNU/FreeBSD)
>
>
>Package: grass
>Severity: important
>
>Please split macro LOC_CHECK_VERSION from aclocal
>into LOC_CHECK_VERSION_STRING and LOC_CHECK_VERSION_NUMBER
>and use them appropriate in configure.in.
>
>Current version check is unreliable.
>
>Generated snippet, i.e.:
>
>#include "confdefs.h"
>
>#include <stdio.h> 
>#include <proj_api.h>
>int main(void) {
> FILE *fp = fopen("conftestdata","w");
> char *p;
> p = PJ_VERSION;
> fputs(p, fp);
> return 0;
>}
>
>is compiled OK, only with "warning: assignment makes pointer from integer 
>without a cast".
>
>When the created binary is executed, random (given by arbitrary version 
>integer) memory is accessed and result might be either segfault or garbage from memory.
>
>It currently segfault on GNU/Linux => package can be compiled
>and returns garbage on GNU/FreeBSD => it FTBFS there.
>
>It would be nice if you could get fixed it into upstream.
>
>Temporarily the attached patch can be also used.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>        Petr
>
>
>--- grass-6.0.1.orig/configure
>+++ grass-6.0.1/configure
>@@ -6421,31 +6421,6 @@
>     echo "$ac_t""unknown (cross-compiling)" 1>&6 
> else
>   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
>-#line 6425 "configure"
>-#include "confdefs.h"
>-
>-#include <stdio.h> 
>-#include <proj_api.h>
>-int main(void) {
>- FILE *fp = fopen("conftestdata","w");
>- fputs(PJ_VERSION, fp);
>- return 0;
>-}
>-
>-EOF
>-if { (eval echo configure:6437: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext} && (./conftest; exit) 2>/dev/null
>-then
>-     proj_ver=`cat conftestdata`
>-    echo "$ac_t""$proj_ver" 1>&6
>-else
>-  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
>-  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
>-  rm -fr conftest*
>-     if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
>-     proj_ver=UNKNOWN
>-        echo "$ac_t""unknown (cross-compiling)" 1>&6 
>-else
>-  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
> #line 6450 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
> 
>@@ -6471,11 +6446,6 @@
> rm -fr conftest*
> fi
> 
>-
>-fi
>-rm -fr conftest*
>-fi
>-
> CPPFLAGS=$ac_save_cppflags
> 
>
>
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