[PATCH 1/2] newlib: fix preprocessor checks

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Jan 28 05:23, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> Restore the call to AC_NO_EXECUTABLES -- I naively assumed in commit
> 2e9aa5f56cc26a411014a7f788423c670cfb5646 ("newlib: update preprocessor
> configure checks") that checking for a preprocessor would not involve
> linking code.  Unfortunately, autoconf will implicitly check that the
> compiler "works" before allowing it to be used, and that involves a
> link test, and that fails because newlib provides the C library which
> is needed to pass a link test.
> 
> There is some code in NEWLIB_CONFIGURE specifically to help mitigate
> these, but it's not kicking in here for some reason, so let's just add
> the AC_NO_EXECUTABLES call back until we can unwind that custom logic.
> 
> Additionally, we have to call AC_PROG_CPP explicitly.  This was being
> invoked later on, but only in the use_libtool=yes codepath, and that
> is almost never enabled.
> ---
>  newlib/libc/configure    | 1206 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  newlib/libc/configure.ac |    2 +
>  newlib/libm/configure    | 1128 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  newlib/libm/configure.ac |    2 +
>  4 files changed, 1285 insertions(+), 1053 deletions(-)

LGTM


Thanks,
Corinna