On 2018-01-15 13:56, szgyg wrote: > On 2018-01-15, Kizito Porta Balanyà wrote: >> I'm trying to compile the last version of MONIT and I get some errors that >> I can not solve. >> <command-line>:0:6: error: expected identifier or ‘(’ before numeric >> constant >> src/monit.h:581:19: note: in expansion of macro ‘unix’ >> } unix; >> ^~~~ >>From https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/System-specific-Predefined-Macros.html > "historically system-specific macros have had names with no special > prefix; for instance, it is common to find unix defined on Unix systems. > [...] When the -ansi option, or any -std option that requests strict > conformance, is given to the compiler, all the system-specific predefined > macros outside the reserved namespace are suppressed." > You can see the predefined macros with `cpp -dD /dev/null'. > $ cpp -dD /dev/null > # 1 "/dev/null" > # 1 "<built-in>" > [...] > #define __unix__ 1 > #define __unix 1 > #define __declspec(x) __attribute__((x)) > #define __DECIMAL_BID_FORMAT__ 1 > # 1 "<command-line>" > #define unix 1 <-- this is your problem > # 1 "/dev/null" > With -ansi: > $ cpp -ansi -dD /dev/null > # 1 "/dev/null" > # 1 "<built-in>" > [...] > #define __unix__ 1 > #define __unix 1 > #define __declspec(x) __attribute__((x)) > #define __DECIMAL_BID_FORMAT__ 1 > # 1 "<command-line>" > # 1 "/dev/null" > $ cpp --version > cpp (GCC) 6.4.0 > You can undefine the unix macro or rename the unix struct.
Looks like -std=c99 without -ansi does not suppress those symbols so add -ansi to CFLAGS, use equivalent configure options, or autoconf/automake changes. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- 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
