Hello Bron, Bron Gondwana wrote: > I'm in the process of rebuilding all our packages to target Debian Etch > rather than Debian Sarge so we can switch our infrastructure forwards > once I'm happy it's all stable. > > Our Cyrus build is one of the most tricky ones, so I thought I should > compare config.h and the output of running configure under each system. > > Imagine my surprise when I discovered that GCC 4.1.2 on Debian Etch didn't > support either PIC or __attribute__! > > Some searcing found: > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/6/12/61 > http://lists.apple.com/archives/unix-porting/2005/Jul/msg00040.html > > and many other descriptions, basically: > > "This is because function prototype declarations in nested scopes are > no longer accepted. The fix is to remove redundant declarations, or > to move non-redundant ones to the top level." > > The affected files that I can see (in my cyrus 2.3.8) are: > > cmulocal/c-fpic.m4 > cmulocal/c-attribute.m4 I'm compiling on etch right now, but am not using --with=cmulocal, so I guess I don't have to worry? Kind regards, -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Rudy Gevaert Rudy.Gevaert@xxxxxxxx tel:+32 9 264 4734 Directie ICT, afd. Infrastructuur ICT Department, Infrastructure office Groep Systemen Systems group Universiteit Gent Ghent University Krijgslaan 281, gebouw S9, 9000 Gent, Belgie www.UGent.be -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
