Try to deal with severe AIX <inttypes.h> braindamage

aclocal.m4

@@ -123,6 +123,32 @@ int deny_severity = 0;
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
 ])])
 
+dnl ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+dnl  PA_CHECK_INTTYPES_H_SANE
+dnl
+dnl  At least some versions of AIX 4 have <inttypes.h> macros which are
+dnl  completely broken.  Try to detect those.
+dnl --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+AH_TEMPLATE([INTTYPES_H_IS_SANE],
+[Define if the macros in <inttypes.h> are usable])
+
+AC_DEFUN(PA_CHECK_INTTYPES_H_SANE,
+[AC_CHECK_HEADERS(inttypes.h,
+ [
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([if inttypes.h is sane])
+  AC_TRY_LINK(
+  [
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+  ],
+  [uintmax_t max = UINTMAX_C(0);
+   printf("%"PRIuMAX"\n", max);],
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+  AC_DEFINE(INTTYPES_H_IS_SANE),
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([no (AIX, eh?)]))
+ ])
+])
+
 dnl ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 dnl  PA_WITH_BOOL
 dnl
@@ -170,3 +196,4 @@ int main()
  AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 ])])
 
+dnl --------------------------------------------------------------------------

config.h

@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@
 #endif 
 
 #ifdef HAVE_INTTYPES_H
+#ifdef INTTYPES_H_IS_SANE
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#endif
 #else
 #ifdef HAVE_STDINT_H
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -93,6 +95,37 @@ typedef unsigned long uintmax_t;
 #endif
 #endif
 
+/* On some version of AIX, <inttypes.h> is buggy to the point of
+   unusability.  We have to use macros here, not typedefs, to override. */
+#ifdef HAVE_INTTYPES_H
+#ifndef INTTYPES_H_IS_SANE
+#undef PRIdMAX
+#undef PRIuMAX
+#undef PRIxMAX
+#undef INTMAX_C
+#undef UINTMAX_C
+#undef HAVE_STRTOUMAX
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LONG_LONG
+#define intmax_t long long
+#define uintmax_t unsigned long long
+#define PRIdMAX	"Ld"
+#define PRIuMAX "Lu"
+#define PRIxMAX "Lx"
+#define INTMAX_C(x)  (x##LL)
+#define UINTMAX_C(x) (x##ULL)
+#else
+#define intmax_t long
+#define uintmax_t unsigned long
+#define PRIdMAX	"ld"
+#define PRIuMAX "lu"
+#define PRIxMAX "lx"
+#define INTMAX_C(x)  (x##L)
+#define UINTMAX_C(x) (x##UL)
+#endif
+#endif
+#endif
+
 /* Even if intmax_t is defined, we may need this (Solaris 8 braindamage) */
 #ifndef HAVE_STRTOUMAX
 #if defined(HAVE_LONG_LONG) && defined(HAVE_STRTOULL)

configure.in

@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ PA_ADD_CFLAGS(-pipe)
 
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(inttypes.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdint.h)
+PA_CHECK_INTTYPES_H_SANE
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(libgen.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(memory.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stddef.h)
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdint.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdlib.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(string.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(strings.h)