[bug-gawk] gawk-4.1.4 fails testsuite ./strftlng.awk:7: fatal: function `strftime' not defined

[Dennis Clarke]

This is on Debian 8.8 on powerpc64 thus :


deb8_ppc64$ uname -a
Linux charon 3.16.0-4-powerpc64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2 (2017-04-30) 
ppc64 GNU/Linux
deb8_ppc64$ which gcc
/usr/bin/gcc
deb8_ppc64$ gcc --version
gcc (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


deb8_ppc64$ `/usr/bin/gcc -print-prog-name=cc1plus` -v
ignoring nonexistent directory
"/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-linux-gnu/4.9/../../../../powerpc-linux-gnu/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/include/c++/4.9
 /usr/include/powerpc-linux-gnu/c++/4.9
 /usr/include/c++/4.9/backward
 /usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-linux-gnu/4.9/include
 /usr/local/include
 /usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-linux-gnu/4.9/include-fixed
 /usr/include
End of search list.
^C
deb8_ppc64$


The config stage looked fine as did the compile.

Configure line was :

 $ ./configure --disable-silent-rules --enable-dependency-tracking 
--with-libiconv-prefix=/usr/local --with-libintl-prefix=/usr/loc
al --with-libsigsegv-prefix=/usr/local --with-mpfr=/usr/local

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = charon
uname -m = ppc64
uname -r = 3.16.0-4-powerpc64
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2 (2017-04-30)

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X     = unknown

/bin/arch              = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/hostinfo      = unknown
/bin/machine           = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/local/ssl/bin
PATH: /usr/local/sbin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/bin


The output looked like :


checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking build system type... powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/local/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/local/bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking for egrep... (cached) /usr/local/bin/grep -E
checking for bison... bison -y
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for special development options... no
checking for z/OS USS compilation... no
checking for strerror in -lcposix... no
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
checking for AIX compilation hacks... no
checking for Linux/Alpha compilation hacks... no
checking if we are using EBCDIC... no
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checking for shared library run path origin... done
checking for CFPreferencesCopyAppValue... no
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checking for GNU gettext in libc... yes
checking whether to use NLS... yes
checking where the gettext function comes from... libc
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checking arpa/inet.h presence... yes
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checking fcntl.h presence... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking limits.h usability... yes
checking limits.h presence... yes
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checking locale.h presence... yes
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checking libintl.h presence... yes
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checking netinet/in.h presence... yes
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checking stddef.h presence... yes
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checking sys/time.h presence... yes
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checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking for memory.h... (cached) yes
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checking return type of signal handlers... void
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checking type of array argument to getgroups... gid_t
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checking size of unsigned int... 4
checking size of unsigned long... 8
checking for socklen_t... yes
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checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for alarm... yes
checking for working mktime... yes
checking for getaddrinfo... yes
checking for library containing fmod... -lm
checking for library containing isinf... none required
checking for library containing ismod... no
checking for libsigsegv... yes
checking how to link with libsigsegv... /usr/local/lib/libsigsegv.a -lc 
-Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib
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checking whether getpgrp requires zero arguments... yes
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checking for connect... yes
checking where to find the socket library calls... the standard library
checking whether readline via "-lreadline" is present and sane... no
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sane... no
checking whether readline via "-lreadline -lcurses" is present and 
sane... no
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sane... no
checking whether mpfr via "-lmpfr -lgmp" is present and usable... yes
checking for struct stat.st_blksize... yes
checking for struct passwd.pw_passwd... yes
checking for struct group.gr_passwd... yes
checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or time.h... time.h
checking for struct tm.tm_zone... yes
checking whether char is unsigned... yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for C/C++ restrict keyword... __restrict
checking for inline... inline
checking for preprocessor stringizing operator... yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating awklib/Makefile
config.status: creating doc/Makefile
config.status: creating po/Makefile.in
config.status: creating test/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing po-directories commands
config.status: creating po/POTFILES
config.status: creating po/Makefile
=== configuring in extension 
(/usr/local/build/gawk-4.1.4_linux_3.16.0-4-powerpc64.001/extension)
configure: running /bin/bash ./configure --disable-option-checking 
'--prefix=/usr/local'  '--disable-silent-rules' 
'--enable-dependency-tracking' '--with-libiconv-prefix=/usr/local' 
'--with-libintl-prefix=/usr/local' '--with-libsigsegv-prefix=/usr/local' 
'--with-mpfr=/usr/local' 'CFLAGS=-m64 -g -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib 
-mcpu=970 -maltivec -mfull-toc -mregnames' 
'CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -D_TS_ERRNO -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS 
-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE' --cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/local/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/local/bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking for z/OS USS compilation... no
checking for a BSD-compatible install... build-aux/install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for struct stat.st_blksize... yes
checking for ar... ar
checking the archiver (ar) interface... ar
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
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checking host system type... powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/local/bin/sed
checking for fgrep... /usr/local/bin/grep -F
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checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
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checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to 
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no_such_member
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configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
deb8_ppc64$


I am using gnu make 4.2.1 and the compile went fine.

Running the testsuite failed strangely :

.
.
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======== Starting Unix tests ========
fflush
getlnhd
localenl
pid
./pid.ok _pid differ: byte 1, line 1
gmake[1]: [Makefile:1891: pid] Error 1 (ignored)
pipeio1
pipeio2
poundbang
rtlen
./rtlen.ok _rtlen differ: byte 1, line 1
gmake[1]: [Makefile:2101: rtlen] Error 1 (ignored)
rtlen01
./rtlen01.ok _rtlen01 differ: byte 3, line 2
gmake[1]: [Makefile:2106: rtlen01] Error 1 (ignored)
space
strftlng
gawk: ./strftlng.awk:7: fatal: function `strftime' not defined
gmake[1]: *** [Makefile:1895: strftlng] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory 
'/usr/local/build/gawk-4.1.4_linux_3.16.0-4-powerpc64.001/test'
gmake: *** [Makefile:742: check-recursive] Error 1
Command exited with non-zero status 2

deb8_ppc64$

Not sure what to make of that.

Dennis