tag 299699 - patch thanks On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Andreas Jochens wrote:
> the latest version of gcc-4.0 is even more restrictive than the previous > ones. There is a new error message 'array type has incomplete element type' > for constructs like 'extern struct st x[];' when 'struct st' has not > been defined. > > When building 'dpkg' on amd64 with gcc-4.0, > I get the following error: > > gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wpointer-arith -Wimplicit > -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes > -Wmissing-declarations -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Winline > -Wmissing-noreturn -Wsign-compare -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D_GNU_SOURCE > -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -I../../intl -I../intl -I../../include > -I../.. -I../../lib -I../include -I.. -I. -I../../optlib -DUSE_ZLIB > -DUSE_BZ2LIB -DCOPYINGFILE=\"/usr/share/doc/dpkg/copyright\" -c > ../../lib/dump.c > In file included from ../../lib/dump.c:37: > ../../include/parsedump.h:33: error: array type has incomplete element type > ../../lib/dump.c: In function 'w_charfield': > ../../lib/dump.c:95: warning: cast discards qualifiers from pointer target > type > ../../lib/dump.c: In function 'w_booleandefno': > ../../lib/dump.c:133: warning: cast discards qualifiers from pointer target > type > make[3]: *** [dump.o] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory `/dpkg-1.10.27/build/lib' > > With the attached patch 'dpkg' can be compiled > on amd64 using gcc-4.0. > > The attached patch includes the patch from BTS bug #282669. This part has > already been applied to 'experimental' (thanks!). > > Regards > Andreas Jochens I don't agree with the patch; move the struct definition. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
