On Aug 24 14:39, Mark Geisert via Cygwin wrote: > Hi Denis, > > Thanks for the report. More below... > > Denis Excoffier via Cygwin wrote: > > Hello, > > When i try to compile coreutils-9.3 under cygwin-3.4.8 i get the following > > error messages (see below). > > There seems to be a kind of loop in the hierarchy of #includes. > > Moreover, with cygwin-3.4.7, this is ok. Also, if under cygwin-3.4.8 i > > remove the 2 #includes from /usr/include/sys/cpuset.h, > > this is also ok. > > > > Regards, > > > > Denis Excoffier. > > > > [...] > > /usr/include/sys/signal.h:227:29: error: expected ')' before 'int' > > 227 | int pthread_kill (pthread_t, int); > > | ^~~~ > > | ) > > ISTM the above could be fixed by moving "#include <sys/cpuset.h>" after all > the typedefs in <sys/_pthreadtypes.h>. That would be an odd location for an > #include though. Another approach would be to have explicit external refs > for the needed two functions in <sys/cpuset.h> and remove the #includes > there. > > > In file included from /usr/include/sys/stat.h:22, > > from ./lib/sys/stat.h:47, > > from ./lib/fcntl.h:64, > > from ./lib/unistd.h:99, > > from ./lib/stdlib.h:98, > > from /usr/include/sys/cpuset.h:12, > > from /usr/include/sys/_pthreadtypes.h:12, > > from /usr/include/sys/types.h:221, > > from ./lib/sys/types.h:39, > > from ./lib/stdio.h:69, > > from src/chroot.c:21: > > /usr/include/cygwin/stat.h:27:3: error: unknown type name 'timestruc_t' > > 27 | timestruc_t st_atim; > > | ^~~~~~~~~~~ > > /usr/include/cygwin/stat.h:28:3: error: unknown type name 'timestruc_t' > > 28 | timestruc_t st_mtim; > > | ^~~~~~~~~~~ > > /usr/include/cygwin/stat.h:29:3: error: unknown type name 'timestruc_t' > > 29 | timestruc_t st_ctim; > > | ^~~~~~~~~~~ > > /usr/include/cygwin/stat.h:32:3: error: unknown type name 'timestruc_t' > > 32 | timestruc_t st_birthtim; > > | ^~~~~~~~~~~ > > I don't have an answer for these. Awaiting more input from our wizards. > I'm willing to submit the patch for any agreed solution.
Usually it's easily fixable. There's typically no loop because of the guards, e.g. #ifndef _SYS_CPUSET_H_ #define _SYS_CPUSET_H_ but some guarding can have side effects. However, somebody needs to come up *at least* with a simple reproducer. Corinna -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
