Righto, the background information is as follows:. --dave uname -a SunOS hobbes 5.8 Generic_108528-18 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
Compiler: gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release) And the log entries were: configure:4693: checking net/if.h usability configure:4706: gcc -c -O -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 conftest.c >&5 In file included from configure:4763: /usr/include/net/if.h:225: field `ifa_addr' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:227: field `ifu_broadaddr' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:228: field `ifu_dstaddr' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:260: field `lnr_addr' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:329: field `lifru_addr' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:330: field `lifru_dstaddr' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:331: field `lifru_broadaddr' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:332: field `lifru_token' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:333: field `lifru_subnet' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:372: field `sa_addr' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:382: field `slr_src' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:383: field `slr_grp' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:402: field `ifru_addr' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:403: field `ifru_dstaddr' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:405: field `ifru_broadaddr' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:473: parse error before `sa_family_t' /usr/include/net/if.h:473: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union /usr/include/net/if.h:476: parse error before `}' /usr/include/net/if.h:486: parse error before `sa_family_t' /usr/include/net/if.h:486: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union /usr/include/net/if.h:495: parse error before `}' Stephan Kulow wrote/usr/include/net/if.h:626: field `ifta_saddr' has incomplete type /usr/include/net/if.h:627: field `ifta_daddr' has incomplete type configure:4709: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: | #line 4695 "configure" | /* confdefs.h. */ | | #define PACKAGE_NAME "" :#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "" | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "" | #define PACKAGE_STRING "" | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "" | #define HAVE_VOLATILE 1 | #define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE 1 | #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64 > | #define STDC_HEADERS 1 | #define HAVE_DIRENT_H 1 | #define TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME 1 | #define HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H 1 | #define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H 1 | #define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H 1 | #define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1 | #define HAVE_STRING_H 1 | #define HAVE_MEMORY_H 1 | #define HAVE_STRINGS_H 1 | #define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1 | #define HAVE_UNISTD_H 1 | #define HAVE_ARPA_INET_H 1 | #define HAVE_SYS_FCNTL_H 1 | #define HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H 1 | #define HAVE_FCNTL_H 1 #define HAVE_SYS_UNISTD_H 1 | #define HAVE_UNISTD_H 1 | #define HAVE_UTIME_H 1 | #define HAVE_GRP_H 1 | #define HAVE_LIMITS_H 1 | #define HAVE_MEMORY_H 1 | /* end confdefs.h. */ | #include <stdio.h> | #if HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H | # include <sys/types.h> | #endif | #if HAVE_SYS_STAT_H | # include <sys/stat.h> | #endif | #if STDC_HEADERS | # include <stdlib.h> | # include <stddef.h> | #else | # if HAVE_STDLIB_H | # include <stdlib.h> | # endif | #endif | #endif | #if HAVE_STRING_H | # if !STDC_HEADERS && HAVE_MEMORY_H | # include <memory.h> | # endif | # include <string.h> | #endif | #if HAVE_STRINGS_H | # include <strings.h> | #endif | #if HAVE_INTTYPES_H | # include <inttypes.h> | #else | # if HAVE_STDINT_H | # include <stdint.h> | # endif | #endif | #if HAVE_UNISTD_H | # include <unistd.h> | #endif | #include <net/if.h> configure:4725: result: no configure:4729: checking net/if.h presence configure:4740: gcc -E -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 conftest.c configure:4746: $? = 0 configure:4765: result: yes Tuesday 25 March 2003 21:46 schrieb Dave Collier-Brown: > > In today's CVS, I caught this message zip by while configuring: > > ... > > checking net/if.h presence... yes > > configure: WARNING: net/if.h: present but cannot be compiled > > configure: WARNING: net/if.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? > > configure: WARNING: net/if.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result > > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------ ## > > configure: WARNING: ## Report this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ## > > configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------ ## > > checking for net/if.h... yes > > > > Anyone want to pass it on the gnuvians, as asked? > > > Better check your config.log and find out what header it requires. > > Greetings, Stephan -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify Americas Customer Eng | some people and astonish the rest. at Sun Canada | -- Mark Twain (905) 415-2849 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]