Compile error on Solaris 8

Compile error on Solaris 8

[alnesbit]

Hi, I'm trying to compile zsh 4.0.6 on Solaris8/Sparc.  I simply unpacked
the tarball, did ./configure and then make.  I get the following compile
errors:

[snip]

gcc -c -I. -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
-Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -O2  -o params.o params.c
params.c:97: conflicting types for `hashchar'
params.epro:45: previous declaration of `hashchar'
make[1]: *** [params.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/zsh-4.0.6/Src'
make: *** [modobjs] Error 2

gcc version is 3.2.

Any help appreciated.  Thankyou.

Andrew.

Re: Compile error on Solaris 8

[Bart Schaefer]

On Oct 24, 10:41am, alnesbit@optushome.com.au wrote:
} Subject: Compile error on Solaris 8
}
} params.epro:45: previous declaration of `hashchar'

What does that line of params.epro look like?

The .epro files are automatically generated, so the most likely problem
is with the awk script that generates those files (or the way your awk
interprets the script).

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Re: Compile error on Solaris 8

[Andrew Nesbit]

On Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 02:34 AM, Bart Schaefer wrote:

> On Oct 24, 10:41am, alnesbit@optushome.com.au wrote:
> } Subject: Compile error on Solaris 8
> }
> } params.epro:45: previous declaration of `hashchar'
>
> What does that line of params.epro look like?

params.c has this:

unsigned char hatchar, hashchar;

but params.epro has this:

extern unsigned hashchar;

> The .epro files are automatically generated, so the most likely problem
> is with the awk script that generates those files (or the way your awk
> interprets the script).

AWK is defined in the Makefile as gawk.

$ gawk -V
Gnu Awk (gawk) 2.11, patchlevel 1

[BTW, it also fails on our Solaris 7 machines, which have the same gawk 
version.]

Thanks.

Andrew.

Re: Compile error on Solaris 8

[Andrew Nesbit]

> The .epro files are automatically generated, so the most likely problem
> is with the awk script that generates those files (or the way your awk
> interprets the script).

I've now fixed the problem; just thought I'd let the list know, in case 
anyone else has similar problems. The problem was the old gawk (2.11, 
patchlevel 1). It compiles fine against gawk 3.1.1.

Andrew.