./configure issue for gmplib 5.0.2 from hp-ux itanium server

[Marc Glisse]

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011, Bill.Glessner at cwu.EDU wrote:

> On HP Itanium rx4640 server running HP-ux version 11.31 IA64 + Sept 2011
> standard patch bundles, trying to build gmplib version 5.0.2 as a prerequisite
> for building a newer, more complete version of gcc than the current version
> 4.2.3 imported from hpux.connect.org.uk.
> When the ./configure script is run
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/GNU \
> --enable-cxx --enable-fft --enable-shared --enable-static --with-readline
> checking build system type... itanium2-hp-hpux11.31
> checking host system type... itanium2-hp-hpux11.31
> ...
>
> the following was output
>
> ...
> checking sys/sysinfo.h usability... no
> checking sys/sysinfo.h presence... yes
> configure: WARNING: sys/sysinfo.h: present but cannot be compiled
> configure: WARNING: sys/sysinfo.h:     check for missing prerequisite headers?
> configure: WARNING: sys/sysinfo.h: see the Autoconf documentation
> configure: WARNING: sys/sysinfo.h:     section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"
> configure: WARNING: sys/sysinfo.h: proceeding with the compiler's result
> configure: WARNING:     ## ---------------------------------- ##
> configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to gmp-bugs at gmplib.org ##
> configure: WARNING:     ## ---------------------------------- ##
> checking for sys/sysinfo.h... no
> ...

See this thread for details:
http://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-bugs/2007-October/000852.html

Note that it is only a warning, I don't think you are missing anything 
important by ignoring it.

-- 
Marc Glisse