[Bug-tar] GNU tar V1.15.1: "sysexits.h: No such file or directory"

[Wistar, Jonathan]

Hello,

 

   Likely this has been reported before, but I was unsure what to consult

in order to confirm or deny that theory.  On the off-chance that this bug

has not already been reported, here are the details…

 

   My system type is SFU (a.k.a. Software For Unix = Interix) V3.5.

I was attempting to build GNU tar V1.15.1.

It appears that "configure" correctly diagnosed that this system has

no "sysexists.h" header file.  The output from "configure" is:

 

            checking sysexits.h usability… no

            checking sysexits.h presence… no

            checking for sysexits.h… no

 

and the details in "config.log" are:

 

configure:19425: checking sysexits.h usability

conftest.c:174:22: sysexits.h: No such file or directory

                        [ a bit later ]

| #include <sysexits.h>

configure:19470: checking sysexits.h presence

conftest.c:140:22 sysexits.h: No such file or directory

                        [ a bit later ]

| #include <sysexits.h>

configure:19541: checking for sysexits.h

                        [ a bit later ]

ac_cv_header_sysexits_h=no

 

The top-level (generated) "config.h" shows:

 

            /* Define to 1 if you have the <sysexits.h> header file. */

            /*  #undef HAVE_SYSEXITS_H */

 

which is clearly correct.

 

The top-level (generated) "Makefile", the macro "am__aclocal_m4_deps"

has $(top_srcdir)/m4/sysexits.m4 in its list.  (Presumably, this is okay.)

 

 

So, "configure" completes without an error.

 

But, when I next do:

 

            %  make

 

eventually, it attempts to compile "argp-eexst.c" (in the "lib" sub-directory):

 

            if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib\" -I. -I. -I..  -g -O2 -MT \

                        argp-eexst.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/argp-eexst.Tpo" -c -o argp-eexst.o \

                        argp-eexst.c; then mv -f "./deps/argp--eexst.Tpo" ".deps/argp-eexst.Po";\

                        else rm -f ".deps/argp-eexst.Tpo"; exit 1; fi

 

which produces:

 

            argp-eexst.c:24:22: sysexits.h: No such file or directory

            argp-eexst.c:31: error: `EX_USAGE' undeclared here (not in a function)

            *** Error code 1

 

            Stop.

            [etc., etc.]

 

And, of course, the source code for the program "argp-eexst.c" looks like:

 

            #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H

            #include <config.h>

            #endif

 

            #include <sysexits.h>

 

            #include "argp.h"

 

            [etc.]

 

So, given that I find no "sysexits.h" inside this GNU package (despite the "m4" file

"sysexits.m4" file), it seems that the bug is not a missing "-I" argument to the compiler

but rather a failure to utilize properly the information already collected by "configure"

(in the "config.h" header file) regarding the lack of a system header file "sysexits.h".

 

This does not appear to be a problem specific to my system type (SFU).

 

Regards, J Wistar