Re: Installation compiling error in builtin.c, builtin.epro

[Kanny <kanny96@aol.com>]

Peter, thanks for the reply.
The file builtin.epro looks fine:

===========
/* Generated automatically */
#ifndef have_Src_builtin_globals
#define have_Src_builtin_globals

extern mod_import_variable HashTable builtintab;
extern void createbuiltintable _((void));
extern int execbuiltin _((LinkList args,Builtin bn));
extern int bin_enable _((char*name,char**argv,Options ops,int func));
extern int bin_set _((char*nam,char**args,UNUSED(Options  
ops),UNUSED(int func)));
extern int doprintdir;
extern int bin_pwd _((UNUSED(char*name@>,UNUSED(char**argv),Options  
ops,UNUSED(int func)));
extern mod_import_variable LinkList dirstack;
extern int bin_dirs _((UNUSED(char*name),char**argv,Options  
ops,UNUSED(int func)));
extern void set_pwd_env _((void));
.
.
extern int bin_umask _((char*nam,char**args,Options ops,UNUSED(int  
func)));
extern mod_import_function int bin_notavail  
_((char*nam,UNUSED(char**argv),UNUSED(Options ops),UNUSED(int func))
);

#endif /* !have_Src_builtin_globals */
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I tried to google 'unterminated argument list invoking macro "_" ' and  
many forums suggest it due to compiler outdated. So I checked gcc -- 
version and it was 4.0.1. I also happened to have 4.2.1 so I reset the  
symlinks and made it active. Then performed "make distclean";  
configure; make, and got similar but not the same error:

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gcc -c -I.  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -O2  -o  
builtin.o builtin.c
In file included from zsh.mdh:34,
                  from builtin.c:33:
builtin.epro:57:1: error: unterminated argument list invoking macro "_"
In file included from zsh.mdh:34,
                  from builtin.c:33:
builtin.epro:11: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or  
‘__attribute__’ before ‘_’
In file included from zsh.mdh:61,
                  from builtin.c:33:
utils.epro:22: error: stray ‘@’ in program
utils.epro:22: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’  
before ‘{’ token
make[2]: *** [builtin.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [modobjs] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 1
=========

All this while I had already initiated svn co svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/ 
gcc/tags/gcc_4_5_1_release gcc-4.5.1 to get the latest gcc. It just  
finished, but man that's a whole 1.1GB for gcc??? I am seriously  
deterred to compile that beast to get zsh updated while everything  
else seems to be fine! If this error is fixable by any other means I  
would like to try that first.

Thanks


On Aug 15, 2010, at 11:46 PM, Peter Stephenson wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:55:40 +0530
> Kanny <kanny96@aol.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to install Zsh 4.3.10 on Mac OS X 10.5.8 PPC and getting
>> the following error when running "make":
>>
>> ========
>> gcc -c -I.  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -O2  -o
>> builtin.o builtin.c
>> In file included from zsh.mdh:34,
>>                  from builtin.c:33:
>> builtin.epro:57:1: error: unterminated argument list invoking macro  
>> "_"
>
> The problem is occuring when using the macro:
>
> #ifdef PROTOTYPES
> # define _(Args) Args
> #else
> # define _(Args) ()
> #endif
>
> (defined in system.h) which should convert things like
>
> extern int bin_umask _((char*nam,char**args,Options ops,UNUSED(int  
> func)));
>
> into
>
> extern int bin_umask (char*nam,char**args,Options ops,UNUSED(int  
> func));
>
> However, the error doesn't give much clue as to why it's going wrong
> here.  Are there obvious errors within builtin.epro (that might be
> caused by awk or sed going haywire)?  You can mail it as an attachment
> if it's not obvious.  If it is wrong builtin.syms might be the
> interesting one.  Also check what "AWK = " is set to in the generated
> Makemod in the same (Src) directory.
>
> -- 
> Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
> Web page now at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/p.w.stephenson/