Re: max_align_t from libgnu/stddef.h conflicts with gcc 5.3.1

[Peter Simons]

Hi Paul,

 > Can you reproduce the problem this way?
 >
 > ./gnulib-tool --dir foo --create-testdir unistd
 > cd foo
 > ./configure
 > make
 > make check

No, that sequence of commands gives no error. The check phase reports 12
out of 12 successful tests. The relevant bit from config.log is
available at <http://pastebin.com/Y9qgVH2a>.


 > As I understand it, GCC 5.3.1 should not need a substitute stddef.h.
 > So if your system is creating one, you need to figure out why
 > ./configure decided that stddef.h wasn't working.

Hmm. I'm observing that issue on two different Linux/x86_64 systems:
both openSUSE Tumbleweed and NixOS show the same error.


 > Look in config.log; it should say something like this:
 >
 > configure:7608: checking for max_align_t
 > [ a lot of chatter ]
 > configure:7608: result: yes

The relevant bit is at <http://pastebin.com/x7W2SyKW>.

Apparently, the second (failing) build decides that max_align_t is not
available, but the gnulib-generate test build thinks it is. Not sure how
to explain that.

For what it's worth, the full source code of my project is available at
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/mini-httpd.git.

Best regards,
Peter