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diff --git a/lib/stdbool_.h b/lib/stdbool_.h
index 3177ae0..efa80ba 100644
--- a/lib/stdbool_.h
+++ b/lib/stdbool_.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Written by Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>, 2001.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -70,18 +70,40 @@
(see ISO C 99 6.7.2.2.(4)); however, '_Bool' must promote to 'int'
(see ISO C 99 6.3.1.1.(2)). So we add a negative value to the
enum; this ensures that '_Bool' promotes to 'int'. */
-#if !(defined __cplusplus || defined __BEOS__)
+#if defined __cplusplus || defined __BEOS__
+ /* A compiler known to have 'bool'. */
+ /* If the compiler already has both 'bool' and '_Bool', we can assume they
+ are the same types. */
# if !@HAVE__BOOL@
-# if defined __SUNPRO_C && (__SUNPRO_C < 0x550 || __STDC__ == 1)
- /* Avoid stupid "warning: _Bool is a keyword in ISO C99". */
-# define _Bool signed char
+typedef bool _Bool;
+# endif
+#else
+# if !defined __GNUC__
+ /* If @HAVE__BOOL@:
+ Some HP-UX cc and AIX IBM C compiler versions have compiler bugs when
+ the built-in _Bool type is used. See
+ http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-12/msg02303.html
+ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-11/msg00161.html
+ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-10/msg00086.html
+ Similar bugs are likely with other compilers as well; this file
+ wouldn't be used if <stdbool.h> was working.
+ So we override the _Bool type.
+ If !@HAVE__BOOL@:
+ Need to define _Bool ourselves. As 'signed char' or as an enum type?
+ Use of a typedef, with SunPRO C, leads to a stupid
+ "warning: _Bool is a keyword in ISO C99".
+ Use of an enum type, with IRIX cc, leads to a stupid
+ "warning(1185): enumerated type mixed with another type".
+ The only benefit of the enum type, debuggability, is not important
+ with these compilers. So use 'signed char' and no typedef. */
+# define _Bool signed char
enum { false = 0, true = 1 };
-# else
+# else
+ /* With this compiler, trust the _Bool type if the compiler has it. */
+# if !@HAVE__BOOL@
typedef enum { _Bool_must_promote_to_int = -1, false = 0, true = 1 } _Bool;
# endif
# endif
-#else
-typedef bool _Bool;
#endif
#define bool _Bool