Bug 271229 – =dev-util/cppunit-1.12.0 (and =dev-util/cppunit-1.12.1) configure misreports that sys-devel/gcc:4.3 is unable to demangle c++ symbols

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Duncan Exon Smith 2009-05-25 18:42:18 UTC]

After upgrading to sys-devel/gcc:4.3 and rebuilding =dev-util/cppunit-1.12.0, cppunit is unable to demangle the source symbols.  This is because the configure macro 'config/ax_cxx_gcc_abi_demangle.m4' fails to include malloc.h.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. ebuild /usr/portage/dev-util/cppunit-1.12.0.ebuild unpack
2. cd /var/tmp/portage/dev-util/cppunit-1.12.0-r1/work/cppunit-1.12.0
3. ./configure 2>/dev/null | grep demangling

Actual Results:  
checking whether the compiler supports GCC C++ ABI name demangling... no


Expected Results:  
checking whether the compiler supports GCC C++ ABI name demangling... yes


<malloc.h> is missing from config/ax_cxx_gcc_abi_demangle.m4.  This wasn't required in sys-devel/gcc:4.1, so the configure script used to work.  I'll attach a patch that fixes it.

I have not (yet) filed a bug upstream.

[Comment 1 Duncan Exon Smith 2009-05-25 18:46:13 UTC]

Created attachment 192433 [details, diff]
adds <malloc.h> to config/ax_cxx_gcc_abi_demangle.m4

Here's a patch to fix ./configure, adding a missing include to the test macro.

[Comment 2 Duncan Exon Smith 2009-05-25 19:02:37 UTC]

I added it upstream:
 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2796543&group_id=11795&atid=111795

[Comment 3 Justin Lecher (RETIRED) 2009-05-25 19:05:42 UTC]

please always include emerge --info and top most build error.

[Comment 4 Duncan Exon Smith 2009-05-25 19:39:29 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> please always include emerge --info and top most build error.
> 

I'll add my emerge --info below, although I suspect that it's irrelevant.

There is no build error.  Perhaps I was unclear... the package installs, but is misconfigured by autoconf because of a bug in an autoconf script.

Portage 2.2_rc33 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.8_p20080602-r1, 2.6.28-gentoo-r5-vennsa-dev-em64t x86_64)
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System uname: Linux-2.6.28-gentoo-r5-vennsa-dev-em64t-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Quad_CPU_@_2.66GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.0
Timestamp of tree: Thu, 21 May 2009 16:45:02 +0000
distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled]
ccache version 2.4 [disabled]
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p39
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.7
dev-lang/python:     2.6.2
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r7
dev-util/cmake:      2.6.4
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0
sys-apps/openrc:     0.4.3-r2
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.6-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.63
sys-devel/automake:  1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.19.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.26
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.27-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=nocona -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb"
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CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=nocona -pipe"
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FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg distlocks fixpackages multilib parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
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LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
LINGUAS="en_CA en_GB en zh zh_TW zh_CN"
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/vmware /usr/local/vennsa/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
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Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS

[Comment 5 Duncan Exon Smith 2009-05-25 20:07:19 UTC]

Created attachment 192437 [details, diff]
adds <malloc.h> not only to the autoconf test but also to the source file that uses <cxxabi.h> 

Oops... the previous patch caused a compile error.  This one fixes the autoconf script and also the source.

[Comment 6 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2010-01-02 21:58:52 UTC]

+  02 Jan 2010; Samuli Suominen <[e-mail]> cppunit-1.12.1.ebuild,
+  +files/cppunit-1.12.1-add_missing_include.patch:
+  Fix missing include with GCC 4.3+ wrt #271229 by Duncan Smith. Remove
+  deprecated USE="qt3".