From @jmdh

As per Debian report <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825020> it looks like <http​://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/41d73075f0801c26794dadb1ff690f305d7e53a7> broke error string handling on GNU/Hurd. The attached patch from Samuel Thibault fixes this.

From @jmdh

--- hints/gnu.sh.original	2016-05-27 23:26:25.000000000 +0000
+++ hints/gnu.sh	2016-05-27 23:27:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -30,8 +30,34 @@
 # Flags needed by programs that use dynamic linking.
 ccdlflags='-Wl,-E'
 
-# Debian bug #258618
-ccflags="-D_GNU_SOURCE $ccflags"
+# This script UU/usethreads.cbu will get 'called-back' by Configure
+# after it has prompted the user for whether to use threads.
+cat > UU/usethreads.cbu <<'EOCBU'
+case "$usethreads" in
+$define|true|[yY]*)
+        ccflags="-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE $ccflags"
+        if echo $libswanted | grep -v pthread >/dev/null
+        then
+            set `echo X "$libswanted "| sed -e 's/ c / pthread c /'`
+            shift
+            libswanted="$*"
+        fi
+
+	# Somehow at least in Debian 2.2 these manage to escape
+	# the #define forest of <features.h> and <time.h> so that
+	# the hasproto macro of Configure doesn't see these protos,
+	# even with the -D_GNU_SOURCE.
+
+	d_asctime_r_proto="$define"
+	d_crypt_r_proto="$define"
+	d_ctime_r_proto="$define"
+	d_gmtime_r_proto="$define"
+	d_localtime_r_proto="$define"
+	d_random_r_proto="$define"
+
+	;;
+esac
+EOCBU
 
 cat > UU/uselargefiles.cbu <<'EOCBU'
 # This script UU/uselargefiles.cbu will get 'called-back' by Configure

From @ntyni

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 06​:48​:40AM -0700, Dominic Hargreaves wrote​:

# New Ticket Created by Dominic Hargreaves
# Please include the string​: [perl #128279]
# in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue.
# <URL​: https://rt-archive.perl.org/perl5/Ticket/Display.html?id=128279 >

As per Debian report <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825020> it looks like <http​://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/41d73075f0801c26794dadb1ff690f305d7e53a7> broke error string handling on GNU/Hurd. The attached patch from Samuel Thibault fixes this.

To clarify, the ccflags setting in hints/gnu.sh adding _GNU_SOURCE is
no longer effective when ccflags are specified on the command line.
The UU/usethreads.cbu version in hints/linux.sh still works, so
the proposed patch just copies that to the hurd hints.
--
Niko Tyni ntyni@​debian.org

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

From @jkeenan

On Sat May 28 06​:48​:39 2016, dom wrote​:

As per Debian report <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825020> it looks like
<http​://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/41d73075f0801c26794dadb1ff690f305d7e53a7>
broke error string handling on GNU/Hurd. The attached patch from
Samuel Thibault fixes this.

Taken. Will apply to blead once I hear which email address author would prefer.

--
James E Keenan (jkeenan@​cpan.org)

From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

On Sat May 28 06​:48​:39 2016, dom wrote​:

As per Debian report <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825020> it looks like
<http​://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/41d73075f0801c26794dadb1ff690f305d7e53a7>
broke error string handling on GNU/Hurd. The attached patch from
Samuel Thibault fixes this.

Taken. Will apply to blead once I hear which email address author would prefer.

--
James E Keenan (jkeenan@​cpan.org)

From @jkeenan

On Mon May 30 08​:09​:20 2016, jkeenan wrote​:

On Sat May 28 06​:48​:39 2016, dom wrote​:

As per Debian report <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825020> it looks like
<http​://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/41d73075f0801c26794dadb1ff690f305d7e53a7>
broke error string handling on GNU/Hurd. The attached patch from
Samuel Thibault fixes this.

Taken. Will apply to blead once I hear which email address author
would prefer.

Patch author is already listed in AUTHORS, so applying directly. commit​: 4694301.

Thank you very much.

--
James E Keenan (jkeenan@​cpan.org)

@jkeenan - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'