coreutils 6.6 HP-UX build error

[Matthew Woehlke]

I got the following error (in gnulib) building coreutils 6.6 on HP-UX.

> source='fts.c' object='fts.o' libtool=no \
>         DEPDIR=.deps depmode=hp /bin/sh ../build-aux/depcomp \
>         cc  -I.   -I/home/install/gnu/hp700_hpux/include   -g -c fts.c
> cc: "fts.c", line 734: error 1654: Expression type is too large for switch 
> expression.
> cc: "fts.c", line 736: error 1653: Case label too big for the type of the 
> switch expression
> cc: "fts.c", line 739: error 1653: Case label too big for the type of the 
> switch expression

I'm suggesting the following patch (formed by hand, sorry if the line 
numbers are off!):

> diff -ur lib/fts.c
> --- lib/fts.c
> +++ lib/fts.c
> @@ -731,16 +731,10 @@
>  check_for_dir:
>                  if (p->fts_info == FTS_NSOK)
>                    {
> -                   switch (p->fts_statp->st_size)
> -                     {
> -                     case FTS_STAT_REQUIRED:
> -                       p->fts_info = fts_stat(sp, p, false);
> -                       break;
> -                     case FTS_NO_STAT_REQUIRED:
> -                       break;
> -                     default:
> -                       abort ();
> -                     }
> +                   if (p->fts_statp->st_size == FTS_STAT_REQUIRED)
> +                     p->fts_info = fts_stat(sp, p, false);
> +                   else if (p->fts_statp->st_size != FTS_NO_STAT_REQUIRED)
> +                     abort ();
>                    }
>                  sp->fts_cur = p;
>                  if (p->fts_info == FTS_D)

--
Matthew
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