Re: gcc4 compilation error

[Mark Burgess]

Thanks.

On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 20:41 -0800, Jeff Sheltren wrote:
> Using gcc 4.0, I am unable to compile cfengine.  Here is what is output
> during the build:
> 
> ----------
> 
> if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I/usr/include/db4 -I/usr/include
> -pthread  -g -O2 -Wreturn-type -Wmissing-prototypes -Wuninitialized -pthread
> -O2 -Wall -g -pipe -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4
> -I/usr/include/db4 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64   -pthread -O2
> -Wall -g -pipe -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4
> -I/usr/include/db4 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -MT init.o -MD
> -MP -MF ".deps/init.Tpo" -c -o init.o init.c; \
> then mv -f ".deps/init.Tpo" ".deps/init.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/init.Tpo";
> exit 1; fi
> In file included from init.c:33:
> cf.extern.h:73: error: array type has incomplete element type
> init.c: In function 'CheckWorkDirectories':
> init.c:96: warning: too many arguments for format
> init.c:116: warning: too many arguments for format
> init.c:176: warning: too many arguments for format
> init.c:89: warning: ignoring return value of 'chown', declared with
> attribute warn_unused_result
> init.c:109: warning: ignoring return value of 'chown', declared with
> attribute warn_unused_result
> init.c:130: warning: ignoring return value of 'chown', declared with
> attribute warn_unused_result
> init.c:150: warning: ignoring return value of 'chown', declared with
> attribute warn_unused_result
> init.c:182: warning: ignoring return value of 'chown', declared with
> attribute warn_unused_result
> 
> ----------
> 
> Apparently, the definition of OPTIONS[] in cf.extern.h is not allowed since
> you can't have an array of incomplete types.  See
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2005-02/msg00053.html for a bit more info.  I am
> not quite sure what to change to get this working correctly.
> 
> -Jeff
> 
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