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Re: compiling cvs 1.12.13


>>> i'd like to compile cvs 1.12.13 for doing some testing, but it doesn't
>>> compile :-(
>>>
>>> Does somebody have a clue, what the following may mean and how i could
>>> work around it?
> 
> It looks like cvs is using an older version of gnulib's getaddrinfo.c
> replacement module, which until recently has had some bugs when used on
> cygwin (I know, because those same compile errors were present in CVS
> coreutils, prompting the fixes in gnulib).  As a workaround, you may be
> able to just drop in the latest copy of getaddrinfo.[hc] from
> http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnulib/lib/?root=gnulib.  Otherwise,
> ask upstream at the cvs development list for them to pull in newer files
> from gnulib and spin cvs 1.12.14.

Well, i've grabbed the latest version of getaddrinfo.* from CVS and
added  "-DHAVE_NETINET_IN_H" to the CFLAGS, but now i still get those
errors:

make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/install/cvs-1.12.13/lib'
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..   -Ino/include  -DHAVE_NETINET_IN_H
-MT getaddrinfo.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/getaddrinfo.Tpo" -c -o
getaddrinfo.o getaddrinfo.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/getaddrinfo.Tpo" ".deps/getaddrinfo.Po"; else rm -f
".deps/getaddrinfo.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
getaddrinfo.c: In function `getaddrinfo':
getaddrinfo.c:115: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer
without a cast
getaddrinfo.c:116: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
getaddrinfo.c:119: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
getaddrinfo.c:141: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
getaddrinfo.c:175: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
getaddrinfo.c:177: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
getaddrinfo.c:183: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
getaddrinfo.c:199: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
getaddrinfo.c:200: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
getaddrinfo.c:214: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
make[3]: *** [getaddrinfo.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/install/cvs-1.12.13/lib'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/install/cvs-1.12.13/lib'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/install/cvs-1.12.13'
make: *** [all] Error 2


*sigh*

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