Bug#492774: strace_4.5.17+cvs080723-1(sparc/unstable): FTBFS on sparc:error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before' pt_regs_is_syscall'

[Chris Lamb]

Martin Zobel-Helas wrote:

> >                  from ../syscall.c:72:
> > /usr/include/asm-sparc/ptrace.h:44: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm'
> >                          or '__attribute__' before 'pt_regs_is_syscall'

I coincidentally bumped into this issue a few days ago when playing with
ptrace on sparc. Defining bool locally fixed the problem for me; it's
protected by "#ifdef __KERNEL__" in <linux/types.h>.

Hacky patch attached (untested as my sparc box is now in storage, alas).


Regards,

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diff -urNad strace-4.5.17+cvs080723.orig/syscall.c 
strace-4.5.17+cvs080723/syscall.c
--- strace-4.5.17+cvs080723.orig/syscall.c      2008-07-29 01:00:51.000000000 
+0100
+++ strace-4.5.17+cvs080723/syscall.c   2008-07-29 01:03:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
 # ifdef HAVE_STRUCT_PT_ALL_USER_REGS
 #  define pt_all_user_regs XXX_pt_all_user_regs
 # endif
+#if defined (LINUX) && (defined(SPARC) || defined(SPARC64)) && !defined (bool)
+# define bool int
+#endif
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 # undef ia64_fpreg
 # undef pt_all_user_regs

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