> From: Trond Hasle Amundsen <t.h.amundsen@xxxxxxxxxxx> ... > Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx writes: > > > On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:59:05 +0200, Trond Hasle Amundsen said: > > > >> Try this patch: > > > >> +#define __STDC__ 1 > > > > Ick. :) Yea. Don't mess with the __STDC__ setting directly. > > There's 3 possibilities here: > > > > 1) Sun's compiler is actually standard-compliant, but doesn't define that > > symbol itself. Not sure how/why it would do that. > > > > 2) Sun's compiler is actually standards-busticated, and defining that just > > *seems* to work, but papers over any deficiencies. Also bad news. Aside: Sun's compilation system is actually the "Gold Standard" of standards conformance. Since I work for Sun, I don't expect you to take my word for it. If you can find contacts in the standards groups, ask them. I hope these aren't fighting words. If you disagree, please keep it to yourself and just dismiss the above as one lunatic's delusion. > > 3) Sun's compiler has multiple personalities (ANSI, K&R, etc), selected by > > invoking under different names/flags. Setting $PATH and/or $CC correctly to > > select an ANSI personality should make it work without having to hack the > > source. > > > > A quick perusal of the nearest Solaris 9 box I have handy indicates that > > it's the 3rd. > > Agreed. It seems like the 3rd, but it may also be that Solaris 8 have > headers which need a certain C personaliy. When I first experienced > this problem a long while ago, I tried setting the C compiler's > personality different ways, but then the compilation failed at other > places in the code. Eventually i gave up and came up with that patch, > which works like a charm and I've used it ever since :) It is the 3rd. Goodness and truth should be found in selecting the appropriate -X[c|a|t|s] flag and probably setting -D__EXTENSIONS__ on the cc command line. Logically, I would expect "-Xa -D__EXTENSIONS__", but from the patch I suspect that "-Xc -D__EXTENSIONS__" might be the true answer. If this is true, it traces back to a long standing disagreement between Sun and Gnu about the detailed semantics of __STDC__. A lot of work went into the Solaris 10 system headers to make them compatible with gcc which also *might* help here, but that does you no good if you are using an earlier release. - Joseph Kowalski My comments are my own and don't necessarily reflect those of Sun Microsystems. _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
