Quoting Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Tuesday 04 April 2006 23:25, Wesley Parish wrote:
> > This is an error I'm getting with gnusql when I try to compile it.
> The
> > lines gcc complains about read:
> > FILE *STDERR =stderr;
> > FILE *STDOUT =stdout;
> You'll need to give us a bit more info than that.
> gcc --version please?
gcc -v 3.3.1
>
> File it's failing on, and the actual error message.
gnusql-0.7b6.1/src/other/sql_decl.c
--sql_decl
sql_decl.c:45: error: initializer element is not constant
sql_decl.c:46: error: initializer element is not constant
gmake[3]: *** [sql_decl.o] Error 1
I've done a google search on "initializer element not constant" and found it
covers a whole lot of cases, and in a fair number of those it is a program
maintenance issue, as gcc doesn't tolerate it any longer.
>
> > Hairy, I will admit. Does anyone have any idea/s how to go about
> fixing
> > this? Or alternatively, sidestepping it?
> Seeing as this software is no longer maintained I'd like to suggest you
> use
> one of the maintained sql engines such as PostgreSQL or whatever. Or is
>
> there a particular reason that you have to use GNUSQL?
I've tried to get in touch with all the programmers, but haven't had any
success - the GNU.org webmaster thanked me for going to the trouble, as it
saved them the trouble.
Since it is no longer maintained, I thought I could do pretty much whatever I
liked with it, consistent with the GPL, without worrying about forking issues,
or anybody else complaining. Besides, it is small and thus will fit in better
with my ideas of a miniature office suite. I'm using sc for the spreadsheet
component, so you might see just where I'm coming from there. I was also
tempted to take the emacs that came with 4.2BSD (prob. v15 or thereabouts) -
nobody with any sense is going to complain about me using the text management
functions from an obsolete text editor version for a word processor.
In other words, politics and size considerations.
Wesley Parish
>
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