compile problem

[Jens Thoms Toerring]

Hello,

sorry to ask a maybe off topic question, but I really don't know if my
problem is just a problem of gcc (i.e. my setup) or if it got something to
do with the octave sources.

I am just trying to install octave 2.0.9 but am running in the following
problem: Compiling works quite well for some time, but suddenly everything
stops with an error message:


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>> Lots of stuff deleted <<
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make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/octave-2.0.9/liboctave'
c++ -c  -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../glob -I../libcruft/misc
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -fno-implicit-templates  -g -O2 -Wall Bounds.cc
c++ -c  -I. -I.. -I../liboctave -I../src -I../glob -I../libcruft/misc
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -fno-implicit-templates  -g -O2 -Wall CollocWt.cc
In file included from /usr/lib/g++-include/std/bastring.h:35,
                 from /usr/lib/g++-include/std/string.h:6,
                 from /usr/lib/g++-include/string:5,
                 from mach-info.h:26,
                 from data-conv.h:28,
                 from dMatrix.h:35,
                 from CollocWt.h:32,
                 from CollocWt.cc:33:
/usr/lib/g++-include/std/stddef.h:15: parse error before `::'
make[2]: *** [CollocWt.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/octave-2.0.9/liboctave'
make[1]: *** [liboctave] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/packages/SOURCES/octave-2.0.9'
make: *** [all] Error 2


I am using gcc-2.7.2.1 and g77-0.5.19.1 on a pentium running linux 2.0.30.
Of course, I looked into stddef.h but couldn't find a double colon at line
15 or somewhere near to it. Anybody out there who can tell me what I am doing
wrong? 

                                               Thanks, Jens

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