Cygwin 2.5.1 x86_64 g++ 5.3.0 In Cygwin, build of lftp 4.7.2 fails in two places:
(1) /home/andrex/dev/cygwin/lftp/lftp-4.7.2-1.x86_64/src/lftp-4.7.2/src/xmalloc.h:31:38: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before '=' token char *xstrdup(const char *s,int spare=0); ^ g++ seems not to like the default value 'spare=0' in the function declaration. The function definition (in xmalloc.cc) doesn't include the default value: char *xstrdup(const char *s,int spare) { if(!s) return (char*)xmalloc(spare); #ifdef MEM_DEBUG printf("xstrdup \"%s\"\n",s); #endif size_t len=strlen(s)+1; char *mem=(char*)xmalloc(len+spare); memcpy(mem,s,len); return mem; } I tried removing the default value from the declaration in xmalloc.h, or adding it into the definition in xmalloc.cc. But the build still failed either way. Finally I just removed the 'spare' parameter from the function, since a look through the source code shows that it's never used. The patch for that is below. But I don't know why Cygwin's g++ (5.3.0) chokes on this. The same construction was present in 4.6.5, which compiled fine in Cygwin. (2) /home/andrex/dev/cygwin/lftp/lftp-4.7.2-1.x86_64/src/lftp-4.7.2/src/xmalloc.h:32:21: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before '&' token char *xstrset(char *&mem,const char *s); ^ /home/andrex/dev/cygwin/lftp/lftp-4.7.2-1.x86_64/src/lftp-4.7.2/src/xmalloc.h:33:21: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before '&' token char *xstrset(char *&mem,const char *s,size_t n); ^ Here g++ doesn't like *&mem. Again I don't know why g++ chokes on this, since the same construction was present in 4.6.5, which compiled fine in Cygwin. Does anyone know the right solution for these problems? Some compiler switches I'm missing? Thanks, Andrew === diff -urN lftp-4.7.1.orig/src/xmalloc.cc lftp-4.7.1/src/xmalloc.cc --- lftp-4.7.1.orig/src/xmalloc.cc 2015-11-25 05:27:17.000000000 -0500 +++ lftp-4.7.1/src/xmalloc.cc 2016-05-03 18:09:15.709557300 -0400 @@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ free(p); } -char *xstrdup(const char *s,int spare) +char *xstrdup(const char *s) { if(!s) - return (char*)xmalloc(spare); + return 0; #ifdef MEM_DEBUG printf("xstrdup \"%s\"\n",s); #endif size_t len=strlen(s)+1; - char *mem=(char*)xmalloc(len+spare); + char *mem=(char*)xmalloc(len); memcpy(mem,s,len); return mem; } diff -urN lftp-4.7.1.orig/src/xmalloc.h lftp-4.7.1/src/xmalloc.h --- lftp-4.7.1.orig/src/xmalloc.h 2015-11-25 05:27:18.000000000 -0500 +++ lftp-4.7.1/src/xmalloc.h 2016-05-03 18:06:28.969612500 -0400 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ void *xmalloc(size_t); void *xrealloc(void *,size_t); -char *xstrdup(const char *s,int spare=0); +char *xstrdup(const char *s); char *xstrset(char *&mem,const char *s); char *xstrset(char *&mem,const char *s,size_t n); #define alloca_strdup(s) alloca_strdup2((s),0) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple