Re: compile error on oct-env.cc in building octave-3.3.52+ on MinGW32

[Ben Abbott]

On Sep 21, 2010, at 9:03 PM, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I have just tried to build the recent development source.
> 
> The changeset date and time
> Tue Sep 21 13:09:12 2010 +0200 
> changeset 11008       3622db30ff05
> 
> Beginning of this month, I have not met such errors.
> 
> Is this better to report on the bug tracker?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tatsuro
> 
> libtool: compile:  g++ -shared-libgcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. 
> -I../../../hg/octave-work/liboctave -I..
> -I/c/Programs/gpnewlib/include -I/c/Programs/OctaveLibs/include 
> -I/GnuWin32/include -I../libgnu
> -I../../../hg/octave-work/libgnu -I../../../hg/octave-work/libcruft/misc
> -I/c/Programs/gpnewlib/include -I/c/Programs/OctaveLibs/include 
> -I/GnuWin32/include -O3
> -fomit-frame-pointer -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee-fp -IC:/Programs/GnuWin32/include
> -I/c/Programs/gpnewlib/include/freetype2 -I/c/Programs/gpnewlib/include 
> -IC:/Programs/gpnewlib/include
> -Wall -W -Wshadow -Wold-style-cast -Wformat -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 
> -fomit-frame-pointer -MT
> liboctave_la-oct-env.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/liboctave_la-oct-env.Tpo -c
> ../../../hg/octave-work/liboctave/oct-env.cc  -DDLL_EXPORT -DPIC -o 
> .libs/liboctave_la-oct-env.o
> In file included from ../../../hg/octave-work/liboctave/oct-env.cc:61:0:
> ../../../hg/octave-work/liboctave/oct-syscalls.h:61:62: error: macro 
> "waitpid" passed 4 arguments, but
> takes just 3
> ../../../hg/octave-work/liboctave/oct-syscalls.h:60:16: error: expected 
> identifier before numeric
> constant
> ../../../hg/octave-work/liboctave/oct-syscalls.h:60:16: error: expected ',' 
> or '...' before numeric
> constant
> ../../../hg/octave-work/liboctave/oct-env.cc: In member function 'std::string
> octave_env::do_get_host_name() const':
> ../../../hg/octave-work/liboctave/oct-env.cc:455:20: error: 'gethostname' is 
> not a member of 'gnulib'
> make[3]: *** [liboctave_la-oct-env.lo] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/octaves/OctBuild/hg-devel/liboctave'
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/octaves/OctBuild/hg-devel/liboctave'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/octaves/OctBuild/hg-devel'
> make: *** [all] Error 2

I had some trouble building today as well. If I understand correctly, the 
problem was related to a change in the gnulib dependencies.. John's suggestion 
worked for me.

        
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Ben