Re: coreutils 6.6 fails to compile on IRIX 5.3

[Georg Schwarz]

Am 06.01.2007 um 01:28 schrieb Paul Eggert:

> Georg Schwarz <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Making check in dd
> > No suffix list.
> >         make  check-TESTS
> > No suffix list.
> > Segmentation fault - core dumped
>
> These core dumps sound like a serious but unrelated problem.  Can you

that was also my thought, but I would prefer to investigate only once  
the other things are properly solved so that any potential side  
effects can be ruled out.

> get a GDB backtrace of the first core dump you find, to see more
> details about it?

I will try, but first I will have to build gdb (which might be a  
challenge, we'll see..).
Since I would like to do so with a "clean" code, could you maybe  
provide me with the "processed" (automake etc.) current sources?


> > This is C99 syntax I think which the IDO cc does not like.
>
> You need to apply the patch in src/c99-to-c89.diff if you have an old
> compiler that doesn't grok declarations after statements.

why don't you integrate that for all compilers? It should not hold  
any penalties for newer ones, does it?
I could imagine maintenance being easier without having any diffs  
included.


> >         cc  -I.    -I/usr/local/include   -g -c mbswidth.c
> > cfe: Error: ./wcwidth.h, line 43: redefinition of 'iswprint';
> > previous definition at line 119 in file './wctype.h'
>
> That should be fixed by the following patch, which is already in
> gnulib (though evidently not in your copy of coreutils).  Since this
> resembles what you did manually, I'll check in an appropriate change
> to gnulib to lib/wctype_.h (which I'll send via separate email).

I haven't received such an email yet, but I would assume it is not  
needed any more once you provide me with the latest sources?


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