Hi there, This is probably a deja-vu, as I think I run into this the last time I try it some time ago...
I have wxGTK-devel 2.8.12 from my Fedora 15 distribution... I get the following output: $ sudo make -f ${ECOSTOOLSPREFIX}/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/makefile.gnu install WXDIR=/usr INSTALLDIR=$ECOSTOOLSPREFIX OSTYPE=linux-gnu c++ -O2 -c -ITCLDIR_use_system/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/src/tools/configtool/common/common -I/usr/local/src/tools/Utils/common -I/usr/local/src/tools/ecostest/common -DecUSE_EXPERIMENTAL_CODE=1 `/usr/bin/wx-config --cppflags` -o /home/wifi/builds/ecos-wxwin/aboutdlg.o /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/aboutdlg.cpp In file included from /usr/local/src/tools/Utils/common/eCosStd.h:122:0, from /usr/local/src/tools/Utils/common/Collections.h:55, from /usr/local/src/tools/ecostest/common/eCosTest.h:48, from /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/appsettings.h:49, from /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/configtool.h:57, from /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/ecpch.h:69, from /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/aboutdlg.cpp:47: /usr/local/src/tools/Utils/common/wcharunix.h:289:0: warning: "_T" redefined [enabled by default] /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/wxchar.h:271:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition In file included from /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/appsettings.h:47:0, from /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/configtool.h:57, from /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/ecpch.h:69, from /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/aboutdlg.cpp:47: /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/filename.h: In constructor ‘ecFileName::ecFileName(const unsigned char*)’: /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/filename.h:87:54: error: call of overloaded ‘wxString(const unsigned char*&)’ is ambiguous /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/filename.h:87:54: note: candidates are: /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:722:3: note: wxString::wxString(const wxWCharBuffer&) <near match> /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:722:3: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘const unsigned char*’ to ‘const wxWCharBuffer&’ /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:692:3: note: wxString::wxString(wxChar, size_t) <near match> /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:692:3: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘const unsigned char*’ to ‘wxChar {aka wchar_t}’ /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:690:3: note: wxString::wxString(const wxString&) <near match> /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:690:3: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘const unsigned char*’ to ‘const wxString&’ /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:682:3: note: wxString::wxString(int) <near match> /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:682:3: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘const unsigned char*’ to ‘int’ /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/aboutdlg.cpp: In member function ‘bool ecAboutDialog::AddControls(wxWindow*)’: /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/aboutdlg.cpp:94:53: error: cannot convert ‘wxChar* {aka wchar_t*}’ to ‘char*’ in initialization /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/aboutdlg.cpp:107:68: error: no matching function for call to ‘wxString::Replace(const wchar_t [10], const char [6])’ /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/aboutdlg.cpp:107:68: note: candidate is: /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:1173:10: note: size_t wxString::Replace(const wxChar*, const wxChar*, bool) /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:1173:10: note: no known conversion for argument 2 from ‘const char [6]’ to ‘const wxChar* {aka const wchar_t*}’ /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/aboutdlg.cpp:108:45: error: no matching function for call to ‘wxString::Replace(const wchar_t [7], const char [12])’ /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/aboutdlg.cpp:108:45: note: candidate is: /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:1173:10: note: size_t wxString::Replace(const wxChar*, const wxChar*, bool) /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:1173:10: note: no known conversion for argument 2 from ‘const char [12]’ to ‘const wxChar* {aka const wchar_t*}’ /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/aboutdlg.cpp:132:101: error: conversion from ‘const char [4]’ to ‘const wxString’ is ambiguous /usr/local/src/tools/configtool/standalone/wxwin/aboutdlg.cpp:132:101: note: candidates are: /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:692:3: note: wxString::wxString(wxChar, size_t) <near match> /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:692:3: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘const char [4]’ to ‘wxChar {aka wchar_t}’ /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:682:3: note: wxString::wxString(int) <near match> /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/string.h:682:3: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘const char [4]’ to ‘int’ /usr/include/wx-2.8/wx/gtk/button.h:21:5: error: initializing argument 3 of ‘wxButton::wxButton(wxWindow*, wxWindowID, const wxString&, const wxPoint&, const wxSize&, long int, const wxValidator&, const wxString&)’ make: *** [/home/wifi/builds/ecos-wxwin/aboutdlg.o] Error 1 Sure you know what is wrong, as I 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