On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 11:55:35AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:59:28PM -0800, Denis Perelyubskiy wrote: > > > * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12-Nov-02 17:55 -0800]: > > > > > > > >On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 10:02:36AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 ^_^ ^_^ -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
