[BUGFIX] Fix crash in parser.

[ginac.git] / m4 / lib-link.m4

diff --git a/m4/lib-link.m4 b/m4/lib-link.m4
index eecf70ec7647b4a4a58758beb0cbb34eaae340f6..5f8afae61a6a6093547ff10737765aa791fade0e 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/lib-link.m4
+++ b/m4/lib-link.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# lib-link.m4 serial 31
-dnl Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# lib-link.m4 serial 33
+dnl Copyright (C) 2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY],
     eval additional_libdir3=\"$exec_prefix/$acl_libdirstem3\"
   ])
   AC_ARG_WITH(PACK[-prefix],
-[[  --with-]]PACK[[-prefix[=DIR]  search for ]PACKLIBS[ in DIR/include and DIR/lib
-  --without-]]PACK[[-prefix     don't search for ]PACKLIBS[ in includedir and libdir]],
+[[  --with-]]PACK[[-prefix[=DIR]  search for ]]PACKLIBS[[ in DIR/include and DIR/lib
+  --without-]]PACK[[-prefix     don't search for ]]PACKLIBS[[ in includedir and libdir]],
 [
     if test "X$withval" = "Xno"; then
       use_additional=no
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY],
     additional_libdir3=
   fi
   dnl Search the library and its dependencies in $additional_libdir and
-  dnl $LDFLAGS. Using breadth-first-seach.
+  dnl $LDFLAGS. Use breadth-first search.
   LIB[]NAME=
   LTLIB[]NAME=
   INC[]NAME=
@@ -631,7 +631,20 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_BODY],
                     ;;
                   -l*)
                     dnl Handle this in the next round.
-                    names_next_round="$names_next_round "`echo "X$dep" | sed -e 's/^X-l//'`
+                    dnl But on GNU systems, ignore -lc options, because
+                    dnl   - linking with libc is the default anyway,
+                    dnl   - linking with libc.a may produce an error
+                    dnl     "/usr/bin/ld: dynamic STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol `strcmp' with pointer equality in `/usr/lib/libc.a(strcmp.o)' can not be used when making an executable; recompile with -fPIE and relink with -pie"
+                    dnl     or may produce an executable that always crashes, see
+                    dnl     <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grep-devel/2020-09/msg00052.html>.
+                    dep=`echo "X$dep" | sed -e 's/^X-l//'`
+                    if test "X$dep" != Xc \
+                       || case $host_os in
+                            linux* | gnu* | k*bsd*-gnu) false ;;
+                            *)                          true ;;
+                          esac; then
+                      names_next_round="$names_next_round $dep"
+                    fi
                     ;;
                   *.la)
                     dnl Handle this in the next round. Throw away the .la's