X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:58:39 -0400 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Compiling from cvs and duplicate definition error on strsignal X-Mailer: Virtual Access Open Source http://www.virtual-access.org/ Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Brian Keener Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com I was compiling a debug version of Cygwin after updating from current cvs (starting from scratch) and got a conflicting types error on definition of strsignal building libiberty/strsignal.c : at line 409 of strsignal.c in /usr/develop/src/src/src/libiberty/strsignal.c vs line 79 of string.h in /usr/develop/src/src/src/newlib/libc/include/string.h. I temporarily commented the one in string.h since it referenced it was a kludge for getting around an error compiling in gdb Just thought someone should know. bk /usr/bin/gcc -L/usr/develop/obj/cygwin/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup -L/usr/develop/obj/ cygwin/i686-pc-cygwin/winsup/cygwin -L/usr/develop/obj/cygwin/i686-pc-cygwin/win sup/w32api/lib -isystem /usr/develop/src/src/src/winsup/include -isystem /usr/de velop/src/src/src/winsup/cygwin/include -isystem /usr/develop/src/src/src/winsup /w32api/include -B/usr/develop/obj/cygwin/i686-pc-cygwin/newlib/ -isystem /usr/d evelop/obj/cygwin/i686-pc-cygwin/newlib/targ-include -isystem /usr/develop/src/s rc/src/newlib/libc/include -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -g -O2 -I. -I/usr/develop/src/sr c/src/libiberty/../include -W -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -pedant ic /usr/develop/src/src/src/libiberty/strsignal.c -o strsignal.o /usr/develop/src/src/src/libiberty/strsignal.c:409: error: conflicting types for 'strsignal' /usr/develop/src/src/src/newlib/libc/include/string.h:79: error: previous declar ation of 'strsignal' was here /usr/develop/src/src/src/libiberty/strsignal.c:409: error: conflicting types for 'strsignal' /usr/develop/src/src/src/newlib/libc/include/string.h:79: error: previous declar ation of 'strsignal' was here make[2]: *** [strsignal.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/develop/obj/cygwin/i686-pc-cygwin/libiberty' make[1]: *** [all-target-libiberty] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/develop/obj/cygwin' make: *** [all] Error 2 BrianK AT atl-lt-5783 ~ $ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/