Package: manedit Version: 0.6.1-2 Your package fails to build with recent versions of the gcc-snapshot package, i.e. a pre-release of GCC 4.2. The problem is that external variables are defined both in a C and C++ context, as you can see in this simple example:
42059:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~] /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/bin/g++ -c t.cc t.cc:1: error: previous declaration of 'int i' with 'C++' linkage t.cc:4: error: conflicts with new declaration with 'C' linkage 42060:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: ~] cat t.cc extern int i; extern "C" { extern int i; } According to http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27227#c8 this is not valid, so please investgate. > Automatic build of manedit_0.6.1-2 on swarm by sbuild/mipsel 0.45 ... > c++ -c string.cpp -g -O2 -Wall -fno-strict-aliasing -DHAVE_GZIP -DHAVE_BZIP2 > `gtk-config --cflags` -DPREFIX=\"/usr\" -DLOCALBASE=\"/usr\" > -DX11BASE=\"/usr/X11R6\" -D__cplusplus -Dc_plusplus > string.cpp:6: error: previous declaration of 'char* tzname [2]' with 'C++' > linkage > /usr/include/time.h:279: error: conflicts with new declaration with 'C' > linkage > string.cpp: In function 'void strtoupper(char*)': > string.cpp:490: warning: operation on 's' may be undefined > string.cpp: In function 'void strtolower(char*)': > string.cpp:502: warning: operation on 's' may be undefined > string.cpp: In function 'char* StringGetNetArgument(const char*)': > string.cpp:1509: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > string.cpp:1523: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > string.cpp: In function 'char* StringCurrentTimeFormat(const char*)': > string.cpp:1546: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > string.cpp:1548: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > string.cpp:1554: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > make[1]: *** [string.o] Error 1 -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]