Re: OL_FUNC_CTIME_R_TYPE in configure.in

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On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 05:54:57PM -0800, Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:
> At 05:15 AM 12/29/00 -0600, openldap-devel@thewrittenword.com wrote:
> >In 2.0.7 configure.in has:
> >
> >if test "$ac_cv_func_ctime_r" = no ; then
> >        ol_cv_func_ctime_r_nargs=0
> >else
> >        OL_FUNC_CTIME_R_NARGS
> >dnl     OL_FUNC_CTIME_R_TYPE
> >fi
> >
> >Why did you remove OL_FUNC_CTIME_R_TYPE? On HP-UX 10.20, ctime_r
> >returns int. On HP-UX 11.00, ctime_r returns char *. Is HP-UX 10.20
> >not a supported platform for 2.0.7?
> 
> : 1.117 Sat Mar 6 23:22:13 1999 UTC; 21 months, 3 weeks ago by kurt 
> : Changed since 1.116: +45 -41 lines
> : Diffs to 1.116 (colored diff) 
> :
> : Relocate reentrant function checks to before thread library checks.
> : Disable ctime_r() type check.  Need better test.
> 
> I think we're still needing a "better test."  I don't recall
> exactly what was wrong with the test... likely isn't portable.

We should be able to fix this. We have a bunch of other autoconf fixes
for you too. We're testing now so will post to ITS soon.

-- 
albert chin (china@thewrittenword.com)