Cannot compile octave on Mandrake 8.0

[Abe Taha]

I have tried to compile the latest stable version of octave on Mandrake 
8.0, and was faced with the following problems:
I am using gcc 2.96
-Some header files would not compile. For example some header files have 
function prototypes that were acceptable in older C++ implementations 
but not in the new one. An example would be
int foo();
which when compiled under C++ would mean
int foo(...);
There was an older flag that g++ supported
-fno-strict-prototype
that unfortunately is not supported in the new implementation.

-Some files/headers have variables/enums called "not". While not was not 
a C++ keyword, it seems to be now in the 2.96 implementation.

Anyone face similar problems? I appreciate your help.



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