I'm glad to hear that we've already fixed problems with v5.2.1 and Solaris 5.10, but I also think your change is good. I'll merge your changes if Eli doesn't get to it first.
At Tue, 29 May 2012 16:15:26 +0100, Tim Brown wrote: > Matthew, > > In kindness to Eli (who's been doing a sterling job running messages from > me to you), I'll report this to you directly... > > I had an issue building racket-5.2.1 from the UNIX source tar ball with > Solaris 5.10 and the gcc compiler. I configure with "./configure", no > further flags. > > I get the following error in port.c: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > gcc -I./.. -I./../include -g -O2 -Wall -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE > -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -c ./port.c -o port.o > ./port.c: In function `scheme_alloc_global_fdset': > ./port.c:792: error: invalid application of `sizeof' to incomplete type > `mz_fd_set' > ./port.c: In function `scheme_merge_fd_sets': > ./port.c:1257: warning: implicit declaration of function `FDSET_LIMIT' > ./port.c:1259: error: invalid lvalue in assignment > *** Error code 1 > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `port.o' > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > If I patch the configure script with try_poll_syscall=yes, the build > succeeds. This is the change that I have made a pull request for on > github master. However, I made that patch without checking first that > the master has the problem. > > In fact, I do not have this problem with the github master. Whether or not > the patch is active. But I haven't cancelled my pull requests. > > Because, although it works I was wondering whether try_poll_syscall=yes > should be set for Solaris 5.10, since it is a system that supports poll(). > (And I assume that even if there is a version that doesn't support poll(), > configure would switch the facility off anyway). > > Or is this detected in another way during the build process? > > Regards, > > Tim > > -- > Tim Brown <[email protected]> | City Computing Limited | > T: +44 20 8770 2110 | City House, Sutton Park Road | > F: +44 20 8770 2130 | Sutton, Surrey, SM1 2AE, GB | > -----------------------------------------------------------------------| > BEAUTY: What's in your eye when you have a bee in your hand | > -----------------------------------------------------------------------' > City Computing Limited registered in London No. 1767817. > Registered Office: City House, Sutton Park Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 2AE > VAT number 372 8290 34. > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
