#error "SIZEOF_CURL_OFF_T not defined, Undeclared identifier CURL_MASK_SCOFFT

[aixtools]

Trying to build curl-7.57.0

Note: not included here are the issues with make (see issue #2076 )
This issue is similar to issue #1827

I did this

+ CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/include" CFLAGS="-I/opt/include -O2 -qmaxmem=-1 -qarch=pwr5"\
        ../src/curl-7.57.0/configure\
                --prefix=/opt \
                --sysconfdir=/var/curl/etc\
                --sharedstatedir=/var/curl/com\
                --localstatedir=/var/curl\
                --mandir=/usr/share/man\
                --infodir=/opt/share/info/curl --with-ca-bundle=/var/ssl/cacert.pem

make -i
make -i

I got the following

Making all in lib
        make  all-am
  CC       libcurl_la-warnless.lo
"../../src/curl-7.57.0/lib/warnless.c", line 101.4: 1506-205 (S) #error "SIZEOF_CURL_OFF_T not defined"
"../../src/curl-7.57.0/lib/warnless.c", line 192.40: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier CURL_MASK_SCOFFT.
make: The error code from the last command is 1.
make: Ignored error code 1 from last command.
  CCLD     libcurl.la
libtool:   error: 'libcurl_la-warnless.lo' is not a valid libtool object
make: The error code from the last command is 1.
make: Ignored error code 1 from last command.
Target "all-am" is up to date.
Making all in src
Making all in ../docs
Making all in .
Target "all-am" is up to date.
Making all in cmdline-opts
Target "all" is up to date.
Target "all" is up to date.
  CC       ../lib/curl-warnless.o
"../../src/curl-7.57.0/src/../lib/warnless.c", line 101.4: 1506-205 (S) #error "SIZEOF_CURL_OFF_T not defined"
"../../src/curl-7.57.0/src/../lib/warnless.c", line 192.40: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier CURL_MASK_SCOFFT.
make: The error code from the last command is 1.
make: Ignored error code 1 from last command.
make: Cannot find a rule to create target ../lib/libcurl.la from dependencies.
Stop.
make: The error code from the last command is 1.
make: Ignored error code 1 from last command.
Target "all" is up to date.
Target "all-am" is up to date.
Target "all" is up to date.

operating system

AIX 5.3, xlc v11, patch 20

[aixtools]

Well, surprise surprise - I got it to work.
a) I applied the PR #2125
b) I removed several packages:

aixtools.git.man.en_US      2.10.1.0        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.git.rte            2.10.1.0        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.gnu.grep.man.en_US 2.27.0.0        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.gnu.grep.share     2.27.0.0        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.gnu.make.man.en_US 4.1.0.0         USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.gnu.make.rte       4.1.0.0         USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.gnu.make.share     4.1.0.0         USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.pcre.man.en_US     8.39.0.0        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.pcre.rte           8.39.0.0        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.pcre.share         8.39.0.0        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.curl.rte           7.54.1.0        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.expat.rte          2.2.0.0         USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.git.share          2.10.1.0        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.gnu.grep.rte       2.27.0.0        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.zlib.rte           1.2.11.1        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.gnu.gettext.rte    0.19.8.1        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.gnu.gettext.share  0.19.8.1        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.gnu.libiconv.rte   1.15.0.1        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS
aixtools.gnu.libiconv.share 1.15.0.1        USR         DEINSTALL   SUCCESS

And now the configure and the make are successful (currently running make check).
So, I also do the 64-bit packaging and make a new version available - BUT - there seems to be a strange side-effect when something additional is installed.

Question: is there something embedded that is being built now that above is removed?

[bagder]

If SIZEOF_CURL_OFF_T is undefined in warnless.c then configure failed pretty miserably to detect that. See the AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(curl_off_t, ... check in configure.ac...

Question: is there something embedded that is being built now that above is removed?

If you elaborate a bit more what the "strange side-effect" is then maybe we can figure that out!

[aixtools]

The strange side-effect is, after removing a lot of installed software (the list I appended) - the build succeeds. So, something that WAS installed was triggering logic in curl that could not be completed.

So, before I start adding software back to see what triggers the error - I was wondering if there is anything embedded you are using (e.g., zlib) that, when external, might be triggering this situation?

[bagder]

I can't think of any reason for any of those to affect the size-check, but out the things in that list, zlib is at least detected by configure. Maybe the gnu package provides some alternative version to existing AIX tools?

[aixtools]

Well, looks like, after 4 attempts to re-create it (it was before the deinstall very consistent) - looks like it remains a mystery for now.

My apologies for the noise.