From edb4fbdc959660ef753bdc684aaf14b555871a2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Haible Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 16:03:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] year2038: Fix recommendation regarding -m64 flag. * m4/year2038.m4 (gl_YEAR2038_BODY): Recommend to put option --m64 in CC, not in CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS. --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ m4/year2038.m4 | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 688d96b6d1..f7a59b4941 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2021-08-07 Bruno Haible + + year2038: Fix recommendation regarding -m64 flag. + * m4/year2038.m4 (gl_YEAR2038_BODY): Recommend to put option --m64 in + CC, not in CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS. + 2021-08-07 Bruno Haible quotearg: Tweak last commit. diff --git a/m4/year2038.m4 b/m4/year2038.m4 index f53b03f94f..da0f8d7303 100644 --- a/m4/year2038.m4 +++ b/m4/year2038.m4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# year2038.m4 serial 6 +# year2038.m4 serial 7 dnl Copyright (C) 2017-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_YEAR2038_BODY], AC_MSG_FAILURE( [The 'time_t' type stops working after January 2038, and your system appears to support a wider 'time_t'. - Try configuring with 'CPPFLAGS="-m64" LDFLAGS="-m64"'. + Try configuring with 'CC="${CC} -m64"'. To build with a 32-bit time_t anyway (not recommended), configure with '--disable-year2038'.]);; esac @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_YEAR2038_BODY], [The 'time_t' type stops working after January 2038, and this package needs a wider 'time_t' type if there is any way to access timestamps after that. - Configure with 'CPPFLAGS="-m64" LDFLAGS="-m64"' perhaps?]) + Configure with 'CC="${CC} -m64"' perhaps?]) gl_warned_about_y2038=yes fi ]) -- 2.39.5