Hi all, I am having the following error compiling kdesdk. Has anyone come across this error and more importantly know how to fix it. I am using gcc.3.2.2 and flex 2.5.4a. I think the problem is because it is trying to use old headers. TIA flex -+ -opofiles.cc ./pofiles.ll /bin/sh ../../../libtool --silent --mode=compile --tag=CXX i686-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../.. -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -O3 -march=pentium3 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -c -o pofiles.lo `test -f 'pofiles.cc' || echo './'`pofiles.cc In file included from /usr/include/c++/3.2.2/backward/iostream.h:31, from /usr/include/FlexLexer.h:47, from pofiles.cc:241: /usr/include/c++/3.2.2/backward/backward_warning.h:32:2: warning: #warning This file includes at least one deprecated or antiquated header. Please consider using one of the 32 headers found in section 17.4.1.2 of the C++ standard. Examples include substituting the <X> header for the <X.h> header for C++ includes, or <sstream> instead of the deprecated header <strstream.h>. To disable this warning use -Wno-deprecated. In file included from /usr/include/FlexLexer.h:47, from pofiles.cc:241: /usr/include/c++/3.2.2/backward/iostream.h:36: using declaration `istream' introduced ambiguous type `istream' pofiles.cc:401:5: warning: "YY_STACK_USED" is not defined pofiles.cc: In member function `virtual int GettextBaseFlexLexer::yylex()': pofiles.cc:683: cannot convert `std::istream*' to `istream*' in assignment pofiles.cc: In member function `void GettextBaseFlexLexer::yy_load_buffer_state()': pofiles.cc:1216: cannot convert `istream*' to `std::istream*' in assignment pofiles.cc: In member function `void GettextBaseFlexLexer::yy_init_buffer(yy_buffer_state*, std::istream*)': pofiles.cc:1267: cannot convert `std::istream*' to `istream*' in assignment pofiles.cc:1458:5: warning: "YY_MAIN" is not defined make[4]: *** [pofiles.lo] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/leLinux/BUILD/kdesdk/kbabel/common/libgettext' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/leLinux/BUILD/kdesdk/kbabel/common' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/leLinux/BUILD/kdesdk/kbabel' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/leLinux/BUILD/kdesdk' make: *** [all] Error 2 -- Shane Shields Registered LFS Compiler: 7582 To drink the WINE of success you must first seek the sayings of source Anyone sending unwanted advertising e-mail to this address will be charged $25 for network traffic and computing time. By extracting my address from this message or its header, you agree to these terms. ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.