zsh-4.3.1 build failure on AIX

["François-Xavier Coudert" <fxcoudert@xxxxxxxxx>]

Trying to build zsh-4.3.1 on AIX 5.3, with either gcc (3.2.3) or xlc,
leads to a build failure:

gcc  -s -shared -o zle.so -Wl,-bI:../../Src/zsh.export
-Wl,-bE:zle.export -emodentry zle_bindings..o zle_hist..o
zle_keymap..o zle_main..o zle_misc..o zle_move..o zle_params..o
zle_refresh..o zle_thingy..o zle_tricky..o zle_utils..o zle_vi..o
zle_word..o  ../../Src/modentry..o  -liconv -ldl -lcurses -lm  -lc
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .makecommaspecial
ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more information.
collect2: ld returned 8 exit status
gmake[3]: *** [zle.so] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/zsh-4.3.1-gcc/Src/Zle'
gmake[2]: *** [modules] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/zsh-4.3.1-gcc/Src'
gmake[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/zsh-4.3.1-gcc/Src'
gmake: *** [all] Error 1

or

xlc  -s -bM:SRE -o zle.so -bI:../../Src/zsh.export -bE:zle.export
-emodentry zle_bindings..o zle_hist..o zle_keymap..o zle_main..o
zle_misc..o zle_move..o zle_params..o zle_refresh..o zle_thingy..o
zle_tricky..o zle_utils..o zle_vi..o zle_word..o 
../../Src/modentry..o  -liconv -ldl -lcurses -lm  -lc
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .makecommaspecial
ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more information.
gmake[3]: *** [zle.so] Error 8
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/zsh-4.3.1-xlc/Src/Zle'
gmake[2]: *** [modules] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/zsh-4.3.1-xlc/Src'
gmake[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/zsh-4.3.1-xlc/Src'
gmake: *** [all] Error 1

Both are configured with "./configure
--prefix=/regatt/lcp/coudert/local --enable-multibyte", the first one
with CC=gcc and the second one with CC=xlc.

Adding a line with "makecommaspecial" in Src/zsh.export makes the
compilation work again. I  think the correct patch would be to change
(in Src/utils.c):

*** ../zsh-4.3.1-xlc/Src/utils.c        Tue Feb 14 11:39:00 2006
--- Src/utils.c Wed Mar  1 11:09:10 2006
***************
*** 2623,2629 ****
  }

  /**/
! void
  makecommaspecial(int yesno)
  {
      if ((specialcomma = yesno) != 0)
--- 2623,2629 ----
  }

  /**/
! mod_export void
  makecommaspecial(int yesno)
  {
      if ((specialcomma = yesno) != 0)



Once compiled with that patch applied, zsh-4.3.1 seems to work fine
(for both compilers).

FX