pythongh-115765: Don't use deprecated AC_CHECK_TYPE macro in configure.ac (python#115792)

Instead use AC_CHECK_TYPES.

Author: erlend-aasland

configure

@@ -2910,12 +2910,10 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([RETSIGTYPE],[void],[assume C89 semantics that RETSIGTYPE is
 AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
 AC_TYPE_UID_T
 
-AC_CHECK_TYPE([ssize_t],
-  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SSIZE_T], [1],
-            [Define if your compiler provides ssize_t]), [], [])
-AC_CHECK_TYPE([__uint128_t],
-  AC_DEFINE([HAVE_GCC_UINT128_T], [1],
-            [Define if your compiler provides __uint128_t]), [], [])
+AC_CHECK_TYPES([ssize_t])
+AC_CHECK_TYPES([__uint128_t],
+               [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_GCC_UINT128_T], [1],
+                          [Define if your compiler provides __uint128_t])])
 
 # Sizes and alignments of various common basic types
 # ANSI C requires sizeof(char) == 1, so no need to check it
@@ -6153,11 +6151,7 @@ AS_VAR_IF([with_readline], [no], [
     ])
 
     # in readline as well as newer editline (April 2023)
-    AC_CHECK_TYPE([rl_compdisp_func_t],
-                  [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_RL_COMPDISP_FUNC_T], [1],
-                             [Define if readline supports rl_compdisp_func_t])],
-                  [],
-                  [readline_includes])
+    AC_CHECK_TYPES([rl_compdisp_func_t], [], [], [readline_includes])
 
     m4_undefine([readline_includes])
   ])dnl WITH_SAVE_ENV()
@@ -6555,12 +6549,9 @@ then
 	LIBS="$LIBS -framework CoreFoundation"
 fi
 
-AC_CHECK_TYPE(
-  [socklen_t], [],
-  [AC_DEFINE(
-    [socklen_t], [int],
-    [Define to `int' if <sys/socket.h> does not define.]
-  )], [
+AC_CHECK_TYPES([socklen_t], [],
+               [AC_DEFINE([socklen_t], [int],
+                          [Define to 'int' if <sys/socket.h> does not define.])], [
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #endif

configure.ac

@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@
 /* Define if you can turn off readline's signal handling. */
 #undef HAVE_RL_CATCH_SIGNAL
 
-/* Define if readline supports rl_compdisp_func_t */
+/* Define to 1 if the system has the type `rl_compdisp_func_t'. */
 #undef HAVE_RL_COMPDISP_FUNC_T
 
 /* Define if you have readline 2.2 */
@@ -1195,13 +1195,16 @@
 /* Define if you have the 'socketpair' function. */
 #undef HAVE_SOCKETPAIR
 
+/* Define to 1 if the system has the type `socklen_t'. */
+#undef HAVE_SOCKLEN_T
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <spawn.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_SPAWN_H
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `splice' function. */
 #undef HAVE_SPLICE
 
-/* Define if your compiler provides ssize_t */
+/* Define to 1 if the system has the type `ssize_t'. */
 #undef HAVE_SSIZE_T
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `statvfs' function. */
@@ -1568,6 +1571,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `_getpty' function. */
 #undef HAVE__GETPTY
 
+/* Define to 1 if the system has the type `__uint128_t'. */
+#undef HAVE___UINT128_T
+
 /* Define to 1 if `major', `minor', and `makedev' are declared in <mkdev.h>.
    */
 #undef MAJOR_IN_MKDEV
@@ -1956,7 +1962,7 @@
 /* Define to `unsigned int' if <sys/types.h> does not define. */
 #undef size_t
 
-/* Define to `int' if <sys/socket.h> does not define. */
+/* Define to 'int' if <sys/socket.h> does not define. */
 #undef socklen_t
 
 /* Define to `int' if <sys/types.h> doesn't define. */