Re: a2ps: conflicting types for malloc

[David M. Fetter]

We had the same problem and applied a similar patch.

71a72,74
 >     %{l_shtool} subst \
 >         -e '/char \*malloc ();/d' \
 >         lib/path-concat.c

So far this seems to work across platforms.

On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 05:09, Thomas Moschny wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in order to successfully build a2ps version 4.13b-2.1.0 on an rhel3-ia64 
> system, I had to add the following patch to the specfile, otherwise compiling 
> stops with a "conflicting types for 'malloc'" error (using /openpkg/bin/cc).
> 
> Thomas
> 
> --- lib/path-concat.c~  1999-10-10 20:34:46.000000000 +0200
> +++ lib/path-concat.c   2004-08-17 16:47:10.000000000 +0200
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
>  #endif
>  #include <sys/types.h>
> 
> -char *malloc ();
> +/* char *malloc (); */
> 
>  #ifndef DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
>  # define DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR '/'
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David M. Fetter - UNIX Systems Administrator
Portland State University - www.oit.pdx.edu
"Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible."

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