bug#78701: Undeclared reference to access on Windows

Kirill Makurin <[email protected]> Thu, 5 Jun 2025 16:22:42 +0000
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Building libltdl on Windows using clang-cl.exe fails with the following dia=
gnostic:

```
H:/git/libtool/libltdl/ltdl.c(781,19): error: call to undeclared function '=
access'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-=
Wimplicit-function-declaration]
  781 |   int           notfound        =3D access (filename, R_OK);
      |                                   ^
H:/git/libtool/libltdl/ltdl.c(781,19): note: did you mean 'accept'?
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22000.0\\um\winsock.h(=
739,19): note: 'accept' declared here
  739 | SOCKET PASCAL FAR accept (
      |                   ^
```

On native Windows (MSVC/mingw), access is declared in io.h, which is not in=
cluded. (On mingw, it could be indirectly included from
other header files.)

A solution would be to add

```
#if defined (_WIN32) && !defined (__CYGWIN__)
#include <io.h>
#endif
```

on top of libltdl/ltdl.c.

- Kirill Makurin


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Building libltdl on Windows using clang-cl.exe fails with the following dia=
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H:/git/libtool/libltdl/ltdl.c(781,19): error:&nbsp;call to undeclared funct=
ion 'access'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declaratio=
ns [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]</div>
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&nbsp; 781 | &nbsp; int &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; notfound &nbsp; =
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;=3D access (filename, R_OK);</div>
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nb=
sp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ^</div>
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H:/git/libtool/libltdl/ltdl.c(781,19): note: did you mean 'accept'?</div>
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\\include\10.0.22000.0\\um\winsock.h(=
739,19): note: 'accept' declared here</div>
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&nbsp; 739 | SOCKET PASCAL FAR accept (</div>
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nb=
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On native Windows (MSVC/mingw), access is declared in io.h, which is not in=
cluded. (On mingw, it could be indirectly included from</div>
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other header files.)</div>
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A solution would be to add&nbsp;</div>
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#if defined (_WIN32) &amp;&amp; !defined (__CYGWIN__)</div>
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#include &lt;io.h&gt;</div>
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on top of libltdl/ltdl.c.</div>
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