configure: AC_C_CONST is obsolete.

configure

@@ -13108,86 +13108,6 @@ $as_echo "#define HAVE_SCHED_SETAFFINITY 1" >>confdefs.h
 fi
 
 
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for an ANSI C-conforming const" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_c_const+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-/* FIXME: Include the comments suggested by Paul. */
-#ifndef __cplusplus
-  /* Ultrix mips cc rejects this.  */
-  typedef int charset[2];
-  const charset cs;
-  /* SunOS 4.1.1 cc rejects this.  */
-  char const *const *pcpcc;
-  char **ppc;
-  /* NEC SVR4.0.2 mips cc rejects this.  */
-  struct point {int x, y;};
-  static struct point const zero = {0,0};
-  /* AIX XL C 1.02.0.0 rejects this.
-     It does not let you subtract one const X* pointer from another in
-     an arm of an if-expression whose if-part is not a constant
-     expression */
-  const char *g = "string";
-  pcpcc = &g + (g ? g-g : 0);
-  /* HPUX 7.0 cc rejects these. */
-  ++pcpcc;
-  ppc = (char**) pcpcc;
-  pcpcc = (char const *const *) ppc;
-  { /* SCO 3.2v4 cc rejects this.  */
-    char *t;
-    char const *s = 0 ? (char *) 0 : (char const *) 0;
-
-    *t++ = 0;
-    if (s) return 0;
-  }
-  { /* Someone thinks the Sun supposedly-ANSI compiler will reject this.  */
-    int x[] = {25, 17};
-    const int *foo = &x[0];
-    ++foo;
-  }
-  { /* Sun SC1.0 ANSI compiler rejects this -- but not the above. */
-    typedef const int *iptr;
-    iptr p = 0;
-    ++p;
-  }
-  { /* AIX XL C 1.02.0.0 rejects this saying
-       "k.c", line 2.27: 1506-025 (S) Operand must be a modifiable lvalue. */
-    struct s { int j; const int *ap[3]; };
-    struct s *b; b->j = 5;
-  }
-  { /* ULTRIX-32 V3.1 (Rev 9) vcc rejects this */
-    const int foo = 10;
-    if (!foo) return 0;
-  }
-  return !cs[0] && !zero.x;
-#endif
-
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_cv_c_const=yes
-else
-  ac_cv_c_const=no
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_c_const" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_c_const" >&6; }
-if test $ac_cv_c_const = no; then
-
-$as_echo "#define const /**/" >>confdefs.h
-
-fi
-
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for inline" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for inline... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_c_inline+:} false; then :

configure.ac

@@ -2055,7 +2055,6 @@ fi
 
 dnl **** Check for types ****
 
-AC_C_CONST
 AC_C_INLINE
 AC_CHECK_TYPES([mode_t, off_t, pid_t, size_t, ssize_t, long long, fsblkcnt_t, fsfilcnt_t])
 AC_CHECK_TYPES([sigset_t],,,[#include <sys/types.h>

include/config.h.in

@@ -1327,9 +1327,6 @@
    convention */
 #undef __ASM_STDCALL_FUNC
 
-/* Define to empty if `const' does not conform to ANSI C. */
-#undef const
-
 /* Define to `__inline__' or `__inline' if that's what the C compiler
    calls it, or to nothing if 'inline' is not supported under any name.  */
 #ifndef __cplusplus