Re: guile compile error

[Marius Vollmer]

"Rigel" <address@hidden> writes:

> Running RH7 on i586.  got a compile error from standard make:
> net_db.c:85: conflicting types for `inet_aton'
> /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:69: previous declaration of `inet_aton'
> make[1]: *** [net_db.lo] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/guile-1.4/libguile'
> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> 
> I merely commented out the definition for inet_aton in net_db.c and
> it seems to compile now.

What does configure say about inet_aton?  Normally, when your system
has inet_aton (RH should have it), the prototype in net_db.c should
not be processed.