Re: [Georg Schwarz] Re: coreutils 6.6 fails to compile on IRIX 5.3

[Georg Schwarz]

Am 04.12.2006 um 10:16 schrieb Paul Eggert:

> >   From: Georg Schwarz <address@hidden>
> >   Subject: Re: coreutils 6.6 fails to compile on IRIX 5.3
>
> >   configure:20647: cc -c -g  conftest.c >&5
> >   cfe: Warning 807: conftest.c, line 185: member cannot be of  
> > function
> >   or incomple
> >   te type.
> >                struct s { int n; double d[]; };
> >            -----------------------------^
> >   configure:20653: $? = 0
> >   configure:20668: result: yes
> >
> >   looks like the SGI IDO cc reports back "no problems" despite of the
> >   failure to compile the code.
>
> In what sense did the compiler fail to compile the code?


you're right; my misinterpretation. It is only a warning, not an error.

> Does the resulting program not work correctly?  If so,
> what goes wrong?  (We need to add a test case for it.)
> If not, then I wouldn't worry about it: it's just a warning
> from the compiler that you can ignore.

right.

--
Georg Schwarz    http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/
address@hidden  +49 178 8545053