On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 12:16:55PM +0100, Sven LUTHER wrote: > Hello, ... > > I tried to compile some packages and encountered the following problem : > > some symbol, comming from errno.h are not defined, (EBUSY and other such). > > in fact i looked at the source, and noticed that there is no <errno.h> include > nor other include that calls this one. > > i noticed that on various packages, gnome-core, ggi-devel, balsa, and perhaps > some others ... > > So i guess this is a problem that only we are experiencing ? is it possible > that it is a glibc2.1 problem ? that some of the standard includes included > errno.h in older glibc versions ? has anyone a i386 system around to check > that > ? > > is this a glibc2.1 bug, or should i fill bug report for all offending packages > ?
It's the packages' fault. Some include files used to automatically include errno and now do not, for whatever reason - something having to do with changing ANSI standards, I think. Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| CMU, CS class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Part-Time Systems Programmer | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/

