Rely on C89 <stdarg.h>

Configure

@@ -1078,9 +1078,6 @@ i_unistd=''
 i_ustat=''
 i_utime=''
 i_values=''
-i_stdarg=''
-i_varargs=''
-i_varhdr=''
 i_vfork=''
 i_wchar=''
 d_inc_version_list=''
@@ -23279,115 +23276,6 @@ set i_termio; eval $setvar
 val=$val2; set i_sgtty; eval $setvar
 val=$val3; set i_termios; eval $setvar
 
-: see if stdarg is available
-echo " "
-if $test `./findhdr stdarg.h`; then
-	echo "<stdarg.h> found." >&4
-	valstd="$define"
-else
-	echo "<stdarg.h> NOT found." >&4
-	valstd="$undef"
-fi
-
-: see if varargs is available
-echo " "
-if $test `./findhdr varargs.h`; then
-	echo "<varargs.h> found." >&4
-else
-	echo "<varargs.h> NOT found, but that's ok (I hope)." >&4
-fi
-
-: set up the varargs testing programs
-$cat > varargs.c <<EOP
-#ifdef I_STDARG
-#include <stdarg.h>
-#endif
-#ifdef I_VARARGS
-#include <varargs.h>
-#endif
-
-#ifdef I_STDARG
-int f(char *p, ...)
-#else
-int f(va_alist)
-va_dcl
-#endif
-{
-	va_list ap;
-#ifndef I_STDARG
-	char *p;
-#endif
-#ifdef I_STDARG
-	va_start(ap,p);
-#else
-	va_start(ap);
-	p = va_arg(ap, char *);
-#endif
-	va_end(ap);
-	return 0;
-}
-EOP
-$cat > varargs <<EOP
-$startsh
-if $cc -c $ccflags -D\$1 varargs.c >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	echo "true"
-else
-	echo "false"
-fi
-$rm -f varargs$_o
-EOP
-chmod +x varargs
-
-: now check which varargs header should be included
-echo " "
-i_varhdr=''
-val=''
-case "$valstd" in
-"$define")
-	if `./varargs I_STDARG`; then
-		val='stdarg.h'
-	elif `./varargs I_VARARGS`; then
-		val='varargs.h'
-	fi
-	;;
-*)
-	if `./varargs I_VARARGS`; then
-		val='varargs.h'
-	fi
-	;;
-esac
-case "$val" in
-'')
-	echo " "
-	echo "*** WHOA THERE!!! ***" >&4
-	echo "    Your C compiler \"$cc\" doesn't seem to support stdarg or varargs!" >&4
-	case "$knowitall" in
-	'')
-	echo "    I'm giving up; maybe you can try again with a different compiler?" >&4
-		exit 1
-		;;
-	esac
-echo "I could not find the definition for va_dcl... You have problems..." >&4
-	val="$undef"; set i_stdarg; eval $setvar
-	val="$undef"; set i_varargs; eval $setvar
-	;;
-*)
-	set i_varhdr
-	eval $setvar
-	case "$i_varhdr" in
-	stdarg.h)
-		val="$define"; set i_stdarg; eval $setvar
-		val="$undef"; set i_varargs; eval $setvar
-		;;
-	varargs.h)
-		val="$undef"; set i_stdarg; eval $setvar
-		val="$define"; set i_varargs; eval $setvar
-		;;
-	esac
-	echo "We'll include <$i_varhdr> to get va_dcl definition." >&4;;
-esac
-$rm -f varargs*
-
 : see if stdbool is available
 : we want a real compile instead of Inhdr because some Solaris systems
 : have stdbool.h, but it can only be used if the compiler indicates it
@@ -24821,7 +24709,6 @@ i_rpcsvcdbm='$i_rpcsvcdbm'
 i_sgtty='$i_sgtty'
 i_shadow='$i_shadow'
 i_socks='$i_socks'
-i_stdarg='$i_stdarg'
 i_stdbool='$i_stdbool'
 i_stddef='$i_stddef'
 i_stdint='$i_stdint'
@@ -24864,8 +24751,6 @@ i_unistd='$i_unistd'
 i_ustat='$i_ustat'
 i_utime='$i_utime'
 i_values='$i_values'
-i_varargs='$i_varargs'
-i_varhdr='$i_varhdr'
 i_vfork='$i_vfork'
 i_wchar='$i_wchar'
 i_xlocale='$i_xlocale'

Cross/config.sh-arm-linux

@@ -772,7 +772,6 @@ i_rpcsvcdbm='undef'
 i_sgtty='undef'
 i_shadow='define'
 i_socks='undef'
-i_stdarg='define'
 i_stdbool='undef'
 i_stddef='define'
 i_stdint='define'
@@ -815,8 +814,6 @@ i_unistd='define'
 i_ustat='define'
 i_utime='define'
 i_values='define'
-i_varargs='undef'
-i_varhdr='stdarg.h'
 i_vfork='undef'
 i_wchar='undef'
 i_xlocale='undef'

Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770

@@ -632,7 +632,6 @@ i_rpcsvcdbm='undef'
 i_sgtty='undef'
 i_shadow='define'
 i_socks='undef'
-i_stdarg='define'
 i_stddef='define'
 i_stdlib='define'
 i_string='define'
@@ -673,8 +672,6 @@ i_unistd='define'
 i_ustat='define'
 i_utime='define'
 i_values='define'
-i_varargs='undef'
-i_varhdr='stdarg.h'
 i_vfork='undef'
 ignore_versioned_solibs='y'
 inc_version_list=' '

INSTALL

@@ -1532,27 +1532,6 @@ PERL5LIB, and PERL5OPT will influence the behaviour of the test suite.
 So if you are getting strange test failures, you may want to try
 retesting with the various PERL variables unset.
 
-=item varargs
-
-If you get varargs problems with gcc, be sure that gcc is installed
-correctly and that you are not passing -I/usr/include to gcc.  When using
-gcc, you should probably have i_stdarg='define' and i_varargs='undef'
-in config.sh.  The problem is usually solved by installing gcc
-correctly.  If you do change config.sh, don't forget to propagate
-your changes (see L<"Propagating your changes to config.sh"> below).
-
-=item util.c
-
-If you get error messages such as the following (the exact line
-numbers and function name may vary in different versions of perl):
-
-    util.c: In function 'Perl_form':
-    util.c:1107: number of arguments doesn't match prototype
-    proto.h:125: prototype declaration
-
-it might well be a symptom of the gcc "varargs problem".  See the
-previous L<"varargs"> item.
-
 =item LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
 If you run into dynamic loading problems, check your setting of

MANIFEST

@@ -4452,7 +4452,6 @@ hints/esix4.sh			Hints for named architecture
 hints/fps.sh			Hints for named architecture
 hints/freebsd.sh		Hints for named architecture
 hints/freemint.sh		Hints for named architecture
-hints/genix.sh			Hints for named architecture
 hints/gnu.sh			Hints for named architecture
 hints/gnukfreebsd.sh		Hints for named architecture
 hints/gnuknetbsd.sh		Hints for named architecture

NetWare/config.wc

@@ -754,7 +754,6 @@ i_rpcsvcdbm='define'
 i_sgtty='undef'
 i_shadow='undef'
 i_socks='undef'
-i_stdarg='define'
 i_stdbool='define'
 i_stddef='define'
 i_stdint='undef'
@@ -797,8 +796,6 @@ i_unistd='undef'
 i_ustat='undef'
 i_utime='define'
 i_values='undef'
-i_varargs='undef'
-i_varhdr='varargs.h'
 i_vfork='undef'
 i_wchar='undef'
 i_xlocale='undef'

NetWare/config_H.wc

@@ -3233,17 +3233,6 @@
 /*#define SETUID_SCRIPTS_ARE_SECURE_NOW	/**/
 /*#define DOSUID		/**/
 
-/* I_STDARG:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that <stdarg.h> exists and should
- *	be included.
- */
-/* I_VARARGS:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates to the C program that it should
- *	include <varargs.h>.
- */
-#define I_STDARG		/**/
-/*#define I_VARARGS	/**/
-
 /* USE_CROSS_COMPILE:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that Perl is being cross-compiled.
  */

Porting/Glossary

@@ -3601,11 +3601,6 @@ i_socks (i_socks.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the I_SOCKS symbol, and indicates
 	whether a C program should include <socks.h>.
 
-i_stdarg (i_varhdr.U):
-	This variable conditionally defines the I_STDARG symbol, which
-	indicates to the C program that <stdarg.h> exists and should
-	be included.
-
 i_stdbool (i_stdbool.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the I_STDBOOL symbol, which
 	indicates to the C program that <stdbool.h> exists and should
@@ -3788,14 +3783,6 @@ i_values (i_values.U):
 	whether a C program may include <values.h> to get symbols like MAXLONG
 	and friends.
 
-i_varargs (i_varhdr.U):
-	This variable conditionally defines I_VARARGS, which indicates
-	to the C program that it should include <varargs.h>.
-
-i_varhdr (i_varhdr.U):
-	Contains the name of the header to be included to get va_dcl definition.
-	Typically one of varargs.h or stdarg.h.
-
 i_vfork (i_vfork.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the I_VFORK symbol, and indicates
 	whether a C program should include vfork.h.

Porting/config.sh

@@ -790,7 +790,6 @@ i_rpcsvcdbm='undef'
 i_sgtty='undef'
 i_shadow='undef'
 i_socks='undef'
-i_stdarg='define'
 i_stdbool='define'
 i_stddef='define'
 i_stdint='define'
@@ -833,8 +832,6 @@ i_unistd='define'
 i_ustat='undef'
 i_utime='define'
 i_values='undef'
-i_varargs='undef'
-i_varhdr='stdarg.h'
 i_vfork='undef'
 i_wchar='undef'
 i_xlocale='define'

Porting/config_H

@@ -2846,17 +2846,6 @@
  */
 #define	I_SYSUIO		/**/
 
-/* I_STDARG:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that <stdarg.h> exists and should
- *	be included.
- */
-/* I_VARARGS:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates to the C program that it should
- *	include <varargs.h>.
- */
-#define I_STDARG		/**/
-/*#define I_VARARGS	/ **/
-
 /* Free_t:
  *	This variable contains the return type of free().  It is usually
  * void, but occasionally int.

cflags.SH

@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ cat >_cflags.c <<__EOT__
 #ifdef I_STDDEF
 #include <stddef.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef I_STDARG
 #include <stdarg.h>
-#endif
 #ifdef I_LIMITS
 #include <limits.h>
 #endif

config_h.SH

@@ -2292,17 +2292,6 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >$CONFIG_H -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un
 #$i_termios I_TERMIOS		/**/
 #$i_sgtty I_SGTTY		/**/
 
-/* I_STDARG:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that <stdarg.h> exists and should
- *	be included.
- */
-/* I_VARARGS:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates to the C program that it should
- *	include <varargs.h>.
- */
-#$i_stdarg I_STDARG		/**/
-#$i_varargs I_VARARGS	/**/
-
 /* Free_t:
  *	This variable contains the return type of free().  It is usually
  * void, but occasionally int.

configure.com

@@ -6579,7 +6579,6 @@ $ WC "i_rpcsvcdbm='undef'"
 $ WC "i_sgtty='undef'"
 $ WC "i_shadow='" + i_shadow + "'"
 $ WC "i_socks='" + i_socks + "'"
-$ WC "i_stdarg='define'"
 $ IF ccname .EQS. "DEC" .AND. F$INTEGER(Dec_C_Version).GE.60400000
 $ THEN
 $   WC "i_stdbool='define'"
@@ -6627,8 +6626,6 @@ $ WC "i_unistd='" + i_unistd + "'"
 $ WC "i_ustat='undef'"
 $ WC "i_utime='" + i_utime + "'"
 $ WC "i_values='undef'"
-$ WC "i_varargs='undef'"
-$ WC "i_varhdr='stdarg.h'"
 $ WC "i_vfork='undef'"
 $ WC "i_wchar='undef'"
 $ WC "i_xlocale='undef'"

perl.h

@@ -693,12 +693,6 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-#  ifndef I_STDARG
-#    define I_STDARG 1
-#  endif
-#endif
-
 /* EVC 4 SDK headers includes a bad definition of MB_CUR_MAX in stdlib.h
   which is included from stdarg.h. Bad definition not present in SD 2008
   SDK headers. wince.h is not yet included, so we cant fix this from there
@@ -708,13 +702,8 @@
 #if defined(UNDER_CE) && (_MSC_VER < 1300)
 #  define MB_CUR_MAX 1
 #endif
-#ifdef I_STDARG
-#  include <stdarg.h>
-#else
-#  ifdef I_VARARGS
-#    include <varargs.h>
-#  endif
-#endif
+
+# include <stdarg.h>
 
 #ifdef I_STDINT
 # include <stdint.h>