When compiling GDB 7.8.1, I get this warning in libiberty:
gcc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O0 -g3 -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -I. -I./../include
-W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wc++-compat -Wstrict-prototypes -pedantic
./strerror.c -o strerror.o
./strerror.c:472:12: warning: '_sys_nerr' redeclared without dllimport
attribute: previous dllimport ignored [-Wattributes]
./strerror.c:473:14: warning: '_sys_errlist' redeclared without dllimport
attribute: previous dllimport ignored [-Wattributes]
This happens because the MinGW system headers have some special magic
for these variables, which are imported from a system shared library.
The solution I propose is to refrain from declaring variables that are
actually macros, because this should be a sign that something tricky
is going on:
--- libiberty/strerror.c~0 2014-06-11 18:34:41 +0300
+++ libiberty/strerror.c 2014-12-30 08:12:00 +0200
@@ -469,8 +469,13 @@
#else
+
+#ifndef sys_nerr
extern int sys_nerr;
+#endif
+#ifndef sys_errlist
extern char *sys_errlist[];
+#endif
#endif
OK to commit this (with a suitable ChangeLog entry)?
