Don't bother checking for $CC option to accept ISO C89.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2013-01-25  Thomas Schwinge  <thomas@codesourcery.com>
 
+	* configure.in (_AC_PROG_CC_C89): New definition.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+
 	* configure.in (AC_PROG_CPP): New definition.
 	* configure: Regenerate.
 

configure

@@ -2327,6 +2327,11 @@ _ACEOF
 # <http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-01/msg00721.html>.
 # AC_PROG_CPP
 
+# We require GCC.  Override _AC_PROG_CC_C89 here to work around the Autoconf
+# issue discussed in
+# <http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-01/msg00757.html>.
+
+
 
 
 subdirs="$subdirs "
@@ -2899,96 +2904,6 @@ else
     CFLAGS=
   fi
 fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $CC option to accept ISO C89" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $CC option to accept ISO C89... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_prog_cc_c89+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  ac_cv_prog_cc_c89=no
-ac_save_CC=$CC
-cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-/* Most of the following tests are stolen from RCS 5.7's src/conf.sh.  */
-struct buf { int x; };
-FILE * (*rcsopen) (struct buf *, struct stat *, int);
-static char *e (p, i)
-     char **p;
-     int i;
-{
-  return p[i];
-}
-static char *f (char * (*g) (char **, int), char **p, ...)
-{
-  char *s;
-  va_list v;
-  va_start (v,p);
-  s = g (p, va_arg (v,int));
-  va_end (v);
-  return s;
-}
-
-/* OSF 4.0 Compaq cc is some sort of almost-ANSI by default.  It has
-   function prototypes and stuff, but not '\xHH' hex character constants.
-   These don't provoke an error unfortunately, instead are silently treated
-   as 'x'.  The following induces an error, until -std is added to get
-   proper ANSI mode.  Curiously '\x00'!='x' always comes out true, for an
-   array size at least.  It's necessary to write '\x00'==0 to get something
-   that's true only with -std.  */
-int osf4_cc_array ['\x00' == 0 ? 1 : -1];
-
-/* IBM C 6 for AIX is almost-ANSI by default, but it replaces macro parameters
-   inside strings and character constants.  */
-#define FOO(x) 'x'
-int xlc6_cc_array[FOO(a) == 'x' ? 1 : -1];
-
-int test (int i, double x);
-struct s1 {int (*f) (int a);};
-struct s2 {int (*f) (double a);};
-int pairnames (int, char **, FILE *(*)(struct buf *, struct stat *, int), int, int);
-int argc;
-char **argv;
-int
-main ()
-{
-return f (e, argv, 0) != argv[0]  ||  f (e, argv, 1) != argv[1];
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-for ac_arg in '' -qlanglvl=extc89 -qlanglvl=ansi -std \
-	-Ae "-Aa -D_HPUX_SOURCE" "-Xc -D__EXTENSIONS__"
-do
-  CC="$ac_save_CC $ac_arg"
-  if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_cv_prog_cc_c89=$ac_arg
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext
-  test "x$ac_cv_prog_cc_c89" != "xno" && break
-done
-rm -f conftest.$ac_ext
-CC=$ac_save_CC
-
-fi
-# AC_CACHE_VAL
-case "x$ac_cv_prog_cc_c89" in
-  x)
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: none needed" >&5
-$as_echo "none needed" >&6; } ;;
-  xno)
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: unsupported" >&5
-$as_echo "unsupported" >&6; } ;;
-  *)
-    CC="$CC $ac_cv_prog_cc_c89"
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_prog_cc_c89" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_prog_cc_c89" >&6; } ;;
-esac
-if test "x$ac_cv_prog_cc_c89" != xno; then :
-
-fi
 
 ac_ext=c
 ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'

configure.in

@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(CPP)dnl
 ])# AC_PROG_CPP
 
+# We require GCC.  Override _AC_PROG_CC_C89 here to work around the Autoconf
+# issue discussed in
+# <http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-01/msg00757.html>.
+AC_DEFUN([_AC_PROG_CC_C89], [[$1]])
+
 dnl This is here so we can set $subdirs directly based on configure fragments.
 AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS()