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diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/m4-gets-undeclared.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/m4-gets-undeclared.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d28f0cdcc4 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/m4-gets-undeclared.patch @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +This patch is needed to allow builds with newer versions of +the GNU libc (2.16+). + +The upstream fix was: + + commit 66712c23388e93e5c518ebc8515140fa0c807348 + Author: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + Date: Thu Mar 29 13:30:41 2012 -0600 + + stdio: don't assume gets any more + + Gnulib intentionally does not have a gets module, and now that C11 + and glibc have dropped it, we should be more proactive about warning + any user on a platform that still has a declaration of this dangerous + interface. + + * m4/stdio_h.m4 (gl_STDIO_H, gl_STDIO_H_DEFAULTS): Drop gets + support. + * modules/stdio (Makefile.am): Likewise. + * lib/stdio-read.c (gets): Likewise. + * tests/test-stdio-c++.cc: Likewise. + * m4/warn-on-use.m4 (gl_WARN_ON_USE_PREPARE): Fix comment. + * lib/stdio.in.h (gets): Make warning occur in more places. + * doc/posix-functions/gets.texi (gets): Update documentation. + Reported by Christer Solskogen. + + Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> + +This patch just gets rid of the offending part. + +--- m4-1.4.16/lib/stdio.in.h.orig 2012-09-01 01:05:36.000000000 +0200 ++++ m4-1.4.16/lib/stdio.in.h 2012-09-01 01:05:42.000000000 +0200 +@@ -158,12 +158,6 @@ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (fflush, "fflush is not + "use gnulib module fflush for portable POSIX compliance"); + #endif + +-/* It is very rare that the developer ever has full control of stdin, +- so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning. Assume it is +- always declared, since it is required by C89. */ +-#undef gets +-_GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead"); +- + #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@ + # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@ + # if !(defined __cplusplus && defined GNULIB_NAMESPACE) |