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

[Kanny <kanny96@aol.com>]

The problem was probably not with gcc version. I installed mac port  
and then gave the command "sudo port install zsh-devel" to  install  
zsh 3.4.10 without any problem. It installed a few dependencies first  
that I guess were missing.

On Aug 16, 2010, at 12:48 AM, Kanny wrote:

> 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 */
> ==========
>
> 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 and many forums suggest it due to compiler outdated.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:
>
> ========
> 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  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/
>