Configure error in Bcp / OS about bcp

[svigerske]

Comment by ladanyi created at 2009-06-04 03:48:59

Hello,

Could you provide some more info? Which version of ubuntu are you using? The problem is that before sys/sysinfo.h is tested I need to test for some other header, but I don't know which header to test for. On ubuntu 8.04 (32-bit) this issue does not come up. Look at this post and its follow-ups: http://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-bugs/2007-October/000852.html.
Could I login to your setup so that I could test it?

Thanks,
--Laci

[svigerske]

Comment by ladanyi created at 2009-06-04 03:48:59

Changing assignee from somebody to ladanyi.

[svigerske]

Comment by ladanyi created at 2009-06-04 03:48:59

Changing status from new to assigned.

[svigerske]

Comment by ladanyi created at 2009-06-04 19:44:32

Cannot be fixed on Bcp's end.

sys/sysinfo.h includes kernel.h that defines 'struct sysinfo', which has a member 'char _f[20-2*sizeof(long)-sizeof(int)];', which resolves to 'char _f[0];' on a 64-bit platform.

When configure is run, -pedantic-errors is used and then compiling 'char _f[0];' fails. This triggers the warning. Fortunately, Bcp is compiled without -pedantic-errors, so Bcp still compiles just fine.

Still, it would be good to find a solution that compiles and runs even with -pedantic-errors. sysinfo is used only to find out the amount of free memory.

--Laci

[svigerske]

Comment by ladanyi created at 2009-06-04 19:44:32

Resolution: wontfix