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Re: building the gcc-3.2-3 bootstrap fails on libstdc++-v3
- From: Joerg Schilling <schilling at fokus dot gmd dot de>
- To: cygwin-developers at cygwin dot com, tpfaff at gmx dot net
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:52:32 +0100 (CET)
- Subject: Re: building the gcc-3.2-3 bootstrap fails on libstdc++-v3
>From: Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff@gmx.net>
>> >../../../../include/getopt.h:115: declaration of C function `int
>> >getopt()'
>> > conflicts with
>> >/usr/include/sys/unistd.h:125: previous declaration `int getopt(int,
>> >char* const*, const char*)' here
>>
>> In case it isn't clear, I *do not care* about this problem. I am able to
>> build gcc myself with no problem. I *don't care* if it doesn't work for
>> you since the fix is so completely trivial.
>>
>> If you want to suggest a fix that goes beyond making the obvious change
>> to ../include/getopt.h, then send it to the gcc mailing list.
>> Otherwise, these reports are just noise here.
>IMHO the easiest way to fix this is to remove the getopt prototype from
>unistd.h and include getopt.h instead. This will define HAVE_DECL_GETOPT
>and the build will not fail. I might create a patch if you agree.
This would violate POSIX :-(
POSIX requires getopt() to be in unistd.h and does not even mention getopt.h
Jörg
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