Re: GNU M4 1.4.15 uses a buggy replacement strstr...
Akim Demaille <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.parsers.bison.bugs |
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Hi Jeffrey, > Le 9 janv. 2021 à 13:56, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Hi Everyone, > > I'm trying to update Bison on Solaris 11.3. Configure is failing with: > > checking for GNU M4 that supports accurate traces... configure: error: > no acceptable m4 could be found in $PATH. > GNU M4 1.4.6 or later is required; 1.4.16 or newer is recommended. > GNU M4 1.4.15 uses a buggy replacement strstr on some systems. > Glibc 2.9 - 2.12 and GNU M4 1.4.11 - 1.4.15 have another strstr bug. > > Gnulib has strstr. Perhaps you can use it instead of spending time > with the old or buggy versions. Also see > https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/gnulib.html#c_002dstrstr. Exactly. So please, install a version of m4 that uses a version of gnulib recent enough. Follow the advice and install the latest version of M4. Cheers!