[Python-checkins] bpo-45405: Prevent ``internal configure error`` when running ``configure`` with recent versions of non-Apple clang. (#28845)

[ned-deily]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9c4766772cda67648184f8ddba546a5fc0167f91
commit: 9c4766772cda67648184f8ddba546a5fc0167f91
branch: main
author: David Bohman <debohman at gmail.com>
committer: ned-deily <nad at python.org>
date: 2021-10-12T20:10:26-04:00
summary:

bpo-45405: Prevent ``internal configure error`` when running ``configure``  with recent versions of non-Apple clang. (#28845)

Change the configure logic to function properly on macOS when the compiler
outputs a platform triplet for option --print-multiarch.

Co-authored-by: Ned Deily <nad at python.org>

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-10-11-16-27-38.bpo-45405.iSfdW5.rst
M configure
M configure.ac

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-10-11-16-27-38.bpo-45405.iSfdW5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-10-11-16-27-38.bpo-45405.iSfdW5.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a2dc5bcc32217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-10-11-16-27-38.bpo-45405.iSfdW5.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Prevent ``internal configure error`` when running ``configure``
+with recent versions of non-Apple clang.  Patch by David Bohman.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 70f28b0c7064e..b2d1a64206cd4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5227,9 +5227,6 @@ $as_echo "$as_me:
 fi
 
 
-MULTIARCH=$($CC --print-multiarch 2>/dev/null)
-
-
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for the platform triplet based on compiler characteristics" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for the platform triplet based on compiler characteristics... " >&6; }
 cat >> conftest.c <<EOF
@@ -5388,6 +5385,11 @@ $as_echo "none" >&6; }
 fi
 rm -f conftest.c conftest.out
 
+if test x$PLATFORM_TRIPLET != xdarwin; then
+  MULTIARCH=$($CC --print-multiarch 2>/dev/null)
+fi
+
+
 if test x$PLATFORM_TRIPLET != x && test x$MULTIARCH != x; then
   if test x$PLATFORM_TRIPLET != x$MULTIARCH; then
     as_fn_error $? "internal configure error for the platform triplet, please file a bug report" "$LINENO" 5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index afdc68363ceaf..a6c6d1c49596a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -717,9 +717,6 @@ then
 fi
 
 
-MULTIARCH=$($CC --print-multiarch 2>/dev/null)
-AC_SUBST(MULTIARCH)
-
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the platform triplet based on compiler characteristics])
 cat >> conftest.c <<EOF
 #undef bfin
@@ -875,6 +872,11 @@ else
 fi
 rm -f conftest.c conftest.out
 
+if test x$PLATFORM_TRIPLET != xdarwin; then
+  MULTIARCH=$($CC --print-multiarch 2>/dev/null)
+fi
+AC_SUBST(MULTIARCH)
+
 if test x$PLATFORM_TRIPLET != x && test x$MULTIARCH != x; then
   if test x$PLATFORM_TRIPLET != x$MULTIARCH; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([internal configure error for the platform triplet, please file a bug report])