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commit b1747413a80add0271d6909aecfdc2b638456257
Author: Paul Eggert <[email protected]>
Date:   Sat Jun 18 14:39:57 2011 -0700

    * lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (_AC_LIBOBJ_ALLOCA): Try to outsmart GCC.
    
    Problem with stack-detection code reported by Andy Wingo in
    <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2011-06/msg00032.html>.
    This fix is imported from gnulib's c-stack module.

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog                 |    5 +++++
 lib/autoconf/functions.m4 |   18 ++++++------------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index aaa1640..e0e52ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2011-06-18  Paul Eggert  <[email protected]>
 
+	* lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (_AC_LIBOBJ_ALLOCA): Try to outsmart GCC.
+	Problem with stack-detection code reported by Andy Wingo in
+	<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2011-06/msg00032.html>.
+	This fix is imported from gnulib's c-stack module.
+
 	* doc/autoconf.texi (File Descriptors): Fix texinfo typo.
 
 2011-06-14  Eric Blake  <[email protected]>
diff --git a/lib/autoconf/functions.m4 b/lib/autoconf/functions.m4
index 5541968..3156887 100644
--- a/lib/autoconf/functions.m4
+++ b/lib/autoconf/functions.m4
@@ -325,23 +325,17 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK([stack direction for C alloca],
 [AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE(
 [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT
 int
-find_stack_direction ()
+find_stack_direction (char *addr)
 {
-  static char *addr = 0;
-  auto char dummy;
-  if (addr == 0)
-    {
-      addr = &dummy;
-      return find_stack_direction ();
-    }
-  else
-    return (&dummy > addr) ? 1 : -1;
+  char dummy;
+  return (! addr ? find_stack_direction (&dummy)
+          : addr < &dummy ? 1 : -1);
 }
 
 int
-main ()
+main (void)
 {
-  return find_stack_direction () < 0;
+  return find_stack_direction (0) < 0;
 }])],
 	       [ac_cv_c_stack_direction=1],
 	       [ac_cv_c_stack_direction=-1],


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