>Number: 2658
>Category: general
>Synopsis: Compile problem during make - similar to PR# 2605
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: apache
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: apache
>Arrival-Date: Tue Jul 21 21:20:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Organization:
apache
>Release: 1.3.0
>Environment:
AIX 4.1.5 (uname -a = AIX ibmf40 1 4 000042144C00)
IBM cc compiler
*Not* using DSO options for AIX
>Description:
I have a problem with building Apache 1.3.0 on AIX 4.1.5, using the IBM 'cc'
compiler, not gcc.
It appears in the problem report 2605, although that is about the __attribute__
error immediately above the problem I am
reporting. I am reporting the "const char *" redeclaration does not match
problem.
If I compile it with gcc it all goes fine with no errors or warnings, but
unfortunately I have to compile it with 'cc'.
Note that I am not using the DSO options for AIX.
I get an error, which I have seen posted by other people with different aix
versions, on the
comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix news group, as follows:
cc -c -I../../os/unix -I../../include -O2 -DAIX=41 -DNEED_RLIM_T
-U__STR__ -qnogenpcomp
-qnousepco
mp -DSTATUS -DUSE_HSREGEX `../../apaci` os.c
"/usr/include/sys/cdefs.h", line 118.9: 1506-236 (W) Macro name
__attribute__ has been redefined.
"/usr/include/sys/cdefs.h", line 118.9: 1506-358 (I) "__attribute__" is
defined on line 829 of ../..
/include/conf.h.
"os-aix-dso.c", line 133.12: 1506-343 (S) Redeclaration of dlerror differs
from previous declaration
on line 111 of "../../os/unix/os.h".
"os-aix-dso.c", line 133.12: 1506-050 (I) Return type "unsigned char*" in
redeclaration is not compa
tible with the previous return type "const unsigned char*".
The error is "os-aix-dso.c" line 133.12, saying the redeclaration differs. The
error is WRONG,
the two lines of source are identical, as shown below:
*** FUNCTION PROTOTYPE, LINE 133 of os-aix-dso.c ***
const char *dlerror(void);
*** FUNCTION DEFINITION, LINE 387 of os-aix-dso.c ***
const char *dlerror(void)
*** FORWARD DECLARATION, LINE 111 of os.h ***
const char *dlerror(void);
If I remove the word "const" from each of the declarations, as so:
*** FUNCTION PROTOTYPE, LINE 133 of os-aix-dso.c ***
char *dlerror(void);
*** FUNCTION DEFINITION, LINE 387 of os-aix-dso.c ***
char *dlerror(void)
*** FORWARD DECLARATION, LINE 111 of os.h ***
char *dlerror(void);
Then the error will go away. For some reason ibm cc does not like 'const' in
this context ?
The problem does not occur with gcc.
>How-To-Repeat:
- make the source in src/os/unix, with IBM cc
- follow the same steps as for #2605
>Fix:
- Remove the 'const' from the declaration. Dont know what this will do though.
- Or use gcc!
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