compiling gnats-3.113

[Barry Reddy-2]

I'm attempting to compile gnats-3.113 on a Fedora Core 4 linux
server, in order to migrate an existing heavily used gnats db
running on an older Sparc5, onto a newer system.

On the FC4 box, 'make' fails consistently with the following
error:

strerror.c:460: error: static declaration of â follows non-static declaration
/usr/include/bits/sys_errlist.h:27: error: previous declaration of â was here
strerror.c:461: error: conflicting types for â
/usr/include/bits/sys_errlist.h:28: error: previous declaration of â was here
make[1]: *** [strerror.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/gnats-3.113/libiberty'
make: *** [all-libiberty] Error 2

I'm not sure I'm up to trying to modify and correct the files
where errors are being reported, if its possible to use more
explicit configuration options to correct these compile errors
I would appreciate some input.

We have some existing gnats-4.0 DB's in use, but I'd first like
to move this GnatsDB in its entirety to a newer system, before
upgrading the gnats version.

Some minor customizations have been made for the db config, and
gnatsweb.pl being used for these earlier Gnats-3.113 DB's which
are currently in use.

Those customizations need to be addressed before upgrading, and
the more urgent requirement at this point is to get those early
gnats-3.113 db's moved before upgrading, since they contain a few
years worth of bug tracking.

More detailed output of the configuration and make results are
included below.

Regards,

Barry Reddy
System Administrator
SWI

[root@localhost ~/gnats-3.113]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 #1 Thu Jun 2 22:55:56  
EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[root@localhost ~/gnats-3.113]#
./configure --nfp --with-full-gnats
Configuring for a i686-pc-linux-gnu host.
Created "Makefile" in /root/gnats-3.113

[root@localhost ~/gnats-3.113]# make all info
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/gnats-3.113/libiberty'
if [ -n "" ] && [ ! -d pic ]; then \
   mkdir pic; \
else true; fi
touch stamp-picdir
echo "# !Automatically generated from ./functions.def"\
   "- DO NOT EDIT!" >needed2.awk
grep '^DEFVAR(' < ./functions.def \
  | sed -e '/DEFVAR/s|DEFVAR.\([^,]*\).*|/\1/ { printf "#ifndef  
NEED_\1\\n#define NEED_\1\\n#endif\\n" }|' \
  >>needed2.awk
grep '^DEFFUNC(' < ./functions.def \
  | sed -e '/DEFFUNC/s|DEFFUNC.\([^,]*\).*|/\1/ { printf "#ifndef  
NEED_\1\\n#define NEED_\1\\n#endif\\n" }|' \
  >>needed2.awk
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  ./dummy.c 2>/dev/null
(gcc -o dummy -g   dummy.o  ) >errors 2>&1 || true
echo "/* !Automatically generated from ./functions.def"\
   "- DO NOT EDIT! */" >lconfig.h
awk -f needed2.awk <errors >>lconfig.h
cp lconfig.h config.tmp
/bin/sh ./../move-if-change config.tmp config.h
touch stamp-config
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   argv.c -o pic/argv.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  argv.c
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   basename.c -o pic/basename.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  basename.c
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   choose-temp.c -o pic/choose-temp.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  choose-temp.c
choose-temp.c: In function â:
choose-temp.c:127: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of  
built-in function â
choose-temp.c:130: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of  
built-in function â
choose-temp.c:145: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of  
built-in function â
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   concat.c -o pic/concat.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  concat.c
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   cplus-dem.c -o pic/cplus-dem.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  cplus-dem.c
cplus-dem.c: In function â:
cplus-dem.c:956: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of  
built-in function â
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   fdmatch.c -o pic/fdmatch.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  fdmatch.c
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   fnmatch.c -o pic/fnmatch.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  fnmatch.c
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   getopt.c -o pic/getopt.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  getopt.c
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   getopt1.c -o pic/getopt1.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  getopt1.c
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   getruntime.c -o pic/getruntime.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  getruntime.c
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   hex.c -o pic/hex.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  hex.c
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   floatformat.c -o pic/floatformat.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  floatformat.c
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   objalloc.c -o pic/objalloc.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  objalloc.c
objalloc.c: In function â:
objalloc.c:214: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in  
function â
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   obstack.c -o pic/obstack.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  obstack.c
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   pexecute.c -o pic/pexecute.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  pexecute.c
pexecute.c: In function â:
pexecute.c:547: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in  
function â
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   spaces.c -o pic/spaces.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  spaces.c
test -z "" || \
   gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include   strerror.c -o pic/strerror.o
gcc -c -g -I. -I./../include  strerror.c
strerror.c:460: error: static declaration of â follows non-static declaration
/usr/include/bits/sys_errlist.h:27: error: previous declaration of â was here
strerror.c:461: error: conflicting types for â
/usr/include/bits/sys_errlist.h:28: error: previous declaration of â was here
make[1]: *** [strerror.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/gnats-3.113/libiberty'
make: *** [all-libiberty] Error 2



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[Chad Walstrom]

Sorry for not responding sooner, Barry.  Regarding 3.113, I understand
your desire to move to a newer database.  I'm not sure I can help you
out with trying to compile 3.113 on FC4.  The whole libiberty
infrastructure was ripped out in favor of simply copying the functions
we need.  It made life a lot easier than trying to re-sync with gcc, who
has also moved away from maintaining that library.

The reason for libiberty was to provide functions otherwise missing in
libc libraries on different platforms.  This should not be true on FC4.
I believe it would be possible for you to exclude the libiberty build,
or simply comment out those functions, declarations, or structures
giving you problems.  In this case, strerror.

Moving 3.113 databases generally isn't very painful.  The database
format is the same, essentially.  You won't be in danger of loosing
data, since it's all flat-files.  Just tarball it up, move it over to
your new host, and create a new dbconfig to point to it.  Translate the
changes you made in the old dbconfig to the new, and make some test
runs.

Good Luck!

Chad



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