bug#17773: AIX build errors with coreutils-8.22

[Michael Felt]

Thanks for the update.



On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:

> Michael Felt wrote:
>
>> Curious why you are calling this a compiler bug.
>>
>
> Because it is a compiler bug.  Try to compile (but not link) the attached
> file.  Here's what I get on AIX 7.1 with xlc 12.1 and GCC 4.8.1.
>
> $ gcc -c xlcbug1.c
> $ xlc -c xlcbug1.c
> "xlcbug1.c", line 22.39: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier
> GL_FLT_PREC_BOUND.
> "xlcbug1.c", line 22.23: 1506-1324 (S) Array size must have integer type.
>
> There's nothing wrong with the program.  The identifier is properly
> declared.
>
>
>  What is the origin of the _GL_* identifiers?
>>
>
> They're from Gnulib, but that's irrelevant to the compiler bug, as the
> attached file demonstrates.
>