On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 11:55:35AM +0100, midan23_at_gmx.de wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:59:28PM -0800, Denis Perelyubskiy wrote:
> > > * <dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de> [12-Nov-02 17:55 -0800]:
> > > >
> > > >On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 10:02:36AM +0100, midan23_at_gmx.de wrote:
> > > >> Hi,
> > > >>
> > > >> I tried to compile fvwm (version 2.4.13) on my Mac
> > > >> (Mac OS X 10.2.1, Compiler is gcc 3.1) and I got an
> > > >> error ...
> > > >>
> > > >> Here is the output :
> > > >> menus.c:240: illegal expression, found 'void'
> > > >> fvwm.h:120: parse error in conditional expression
> > > >>
> > > >> It seems to me that the preprozessor doesn't like
> > > >> #if RETSIGTYPE != void
> > > >>
> > > >> What can I do to compile fvwm ?
> > > >> (And please, don't tell me that I should update my compile, I can't
> > do it
> > > >
> > > >Well, if upgrading is out of the question, how about downgrading?
> > > >Are you maybe running a broken cpp? Is it definitely the one that
> > > >comes with gcc?
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > I know next to nothing about the way fvwm is built (I know
> > > it works when I ./configure/make it :) ), but it seems that
> > > RETSIGTYPE is defined in config.h. Is that file dynamically
> > > generated?
> > >
> > > I could see how if that file is not present (or is for some
> > > reason wrong) and RETSIGTYPE is not defined, you'd get an
> > > error message, since preprocessor would see something like
> > > #if != void
> >
> > Then it should stop compiling when it reaches the
> >
> > #include "config.h"
> >
> > line.
>
> thanks for your help ...
>
> I made it simple, I played preprocessor ...
> I looked in config.h, found that RETSIGTYPE was defined as void and replaced
> the corresponding lines in fvwm/fvwm.h.
> Now the line looks like "#define SIGNAL_RETURN return"
>
> After that little change, I can run make ...
>
> ... but I get another error :
>
> Compiling of FvwmBacker stops with an error about undefined symbols :
>
> gcc -g -O2 -o FvwmBacker FvwmBacker.o root_bits.o -L../../libs
> -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lfvwm -lXpm -lSM -lICE -lXext -lX11 -lm
> ld: Undefined symbols:
> _Pcmap
> _Pdepth
> _Pdpy
> _Pvisual
> make[3]: *** [FvwmBacker] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
>
> What can I do here ?
>
> (My goal is to write a little howto for compiling Fvwm 2.4.13 on Mac Os X
> version 10.2.2 ...)
Really, I think all you can do is to switch to a working compiler
and report the bugs to the gcc crew.
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Tue Nov 19 2002 - 05:31:40 GMT