On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 08:39:46PM -0600, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >Just came across an issue with <sys/wait.h> in C++. STC: > >$ cat test.c >#include <stddef.h> >#include <sys/wait.h> >int main(void) { wait(NULL); return 0; } > >$ gcc -Wall test.c > >$ gcc -x c++ -Wall test.c >test.c: In function ???int main()???: >test.c:2:27: error: call of overloaded ???wait(NULL)??? is ambiguous >/usr/include/sys/wait.h:37:7: note: candidates are: pid_t wait(int*) >/usr/include/sys/wait.h:82:14: note: pid_t wait(wait*) > >This code compiles cleanly on Linux.
I guess we have to incorporate Linux's head-standing in /usr/include/sys/wait.h to allow both the use of union wait * and int as arguments to wait(). Anyone want to send a patch to cygwin-patches? cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple