gcc -o upload-pack.o -c -g -O2 -Wall -I/usr/local/include -DSHA1_HEADER='<openssl/sha.h>' -DNO_STRCASESTR upload-pack.c In file included from /usr/include/sys/poll.h:54, from upload-pack.c:9: /usr/include/ctype.h:67: error: syntax error before ']' token /usr/include/ctype.h:68: error: syntax error before ']' token /usr/include/ctype.h:70: error: syntax error before ']' token /usr/include/ctype.h:75: error: syntax error before ']' token /usr/include/ctype.h:78: error: syntax error before '(' token /usr/include/ctype.h:79: error: syntax error before '(' token /usr/include/ctype.h:93: error: syntax error before "c" In file included from /usr/include/sys/poll.h:54, from upload-pack.c:9: /usr/include/ctype.h:91:1: unterminated #if /usr/include/ctype.h:40:1: unterminated #ifndef In file included from upload-pack.c:9: /usr/include/sys/poll.h:53:1: unterminated #ifndef /usr/include/sys/poll.h:28:1: unterminated #ifndef gmake: *** [upload-pack.o] Error 1 The lines in ctype.h that are probably relevant are: #if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(_ANSI_LIBRARY) || defined(lint) int isalnum(int); int isalpha(int); int iscntrl(int); int isdigit(int); int isgraph(int); int islower(int); int isprint(int); int ispunct(int); int isspace(int); int isupper(int); int isxdigit(int); int tolower(int); int toupper(int); Line 67 is "int isalnum(int)" Are you defining a macro when you shouldn't be in upload-pack? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html