Package: gpsim Version: 0.20.14-7.3 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 gpsim_0.20.14-7.3 on test.track.rz.uni-augsburg.de by > sbuild/powerpc 0.47 ... > c++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/include/gtk-1.2 > -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include -g -O2 -Wall > -Wp,-MD,.deps/cmd_break.pp -c cmd_break.cc -fPIC -DPIC -o cmd_break.lo > ../src/pic-instructions.h: In member function 'virtual char* > invalid_instruction::name(char*)': > ../src/pic-instructions.h:136: warning: deprecated conversion from string > constant to 'char*'' > ../src/pic-processor.h: At global scope: > ../src/pic-processor.h:147: error: previous declaration of 'int verbose' with > 'C++' linkage > ../src/interface.h:69: error: conflicts with new declaration with 'C' linkage > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: missing braces around initializer for 'cmd_options' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: missing braces around initializer for 'cmd_options' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: missing braces around initializer for 'cmd_options' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: missing braces around initializer for 'cmd_options' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: missing braces around initializer for 'cmd_options' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: missing braces around initializer for 'cmd_options' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: missing braces around initializer for 'cmd_options' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: missing braces around initializer for 'cmd_options' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: missing braces around initializer for 'cmd_options' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: missing braces around initializer for 'cmd_options' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > cmd_break.cc:58: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > cmd_break.cc: In constructor 'cmd_break::cmd_break()': > cmd_break.cc:63: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > cmd_break.cc: In member function 'void cmd_break::set_break(int, int, int, > int)': > cmd_break.cc:212: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > cmd_break.cc:231: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > cmd_break.cc:239: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to > 'char*'' > make[3]: *** [cmd_break.lo] Error 1 -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]