Subj : How to overcome compilation errors?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Occam
Date : Tue Aug 24 2004 10:22 am

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:08:51 +1000, Occam <occam@internode.razoron.net> wrote:

>I have had a new experience - when compiling kdemultimedia-3.3.0 I got
>compilation errors that "should not" occur.
>I am running Skackware 10 with kernel 2.6.7, and have compiled several programs
>that are not included in Slack 10 - no problems.
>However, when compiling the new KDE 3.3 the compile process has failed for the
>module kdemultimedia - but not in the KDE code, but in files included from the
>kernel (via /usr/include..) as shown below.
>I have 
>* checked the included modules from the kernel: they look correct to the naked
>eye (and in one case identical (except for '64' being another number) to the
>proceeding function)
>* checked the KDE code (correct MD5 sum)
>* re-untarred the kdemultimedia archive and recompiled (same errors).
>
>What should and can I do next?
>* move to the 2.6.8.1 kernel?
>* find some other code (which??) that uses the same #include chain as
>kdemultimedia and see if it compiles ok?
>* give up on getting KDE3.3 with eg the gphoto software integrated, and be
>satisfied with the precompiled packages for Slack 10?
>* wait until KDE 3.3.1 and see if the compilation works there?
>* any ideas???
>
>Since I have not done any complicated programming for a long time, I hesitate to
>try to write code that uses the long include chains, parts within kdemultimedia,
>myself - but as a last resort I may have to do it.

Sorry, forgot the error list - here it is:

In file included from /usr/include/linux/cdrom.h:14,
                 from cdromAccess_Linux.cpp:17,
                 from cdromAccess.cpp:33:
/usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:38: error: syntax error before `(' token
/usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:42: error: '__u64' is used as a type, but is not 
   defined as a type.
/usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:43: error: parse error before `}' token
/usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:44: error: syntax error before `.' token
/usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:50: error: syntax error before `.' token
/usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:51: error: syntax error before `.' token
/usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:52: error: parse error before `:' token
In file included from /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h:11,
                 from /usr/include/asm/byteorder.h:65,
                 from /usr/include/linux/cdrom.h:14,
                 from cdromAccess_Linux.cpp:17,
                 from cdromAccess.cpp:33:
/usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:199: error: syntax error before `(' token
/usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:209: error: syntax error before `(' token
/usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:213: error: `__u64' was not declared in 
   this scope
/usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:213: error: `addr' was not declared in this 
   scope
/usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:214: error: variable or field `__swab64s' 
   declared void
/usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:214: error: `__swab64s' declared as an 
   `inline' variable
/usr/include/linux/byteorder/swab.h:214: error: syntax error before `{' token
make[4]: *** [cdromAccess.lo] Error 1
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

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