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Article #5256Re: Problems with compiling rn
From: Rick Odeen
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 21:46
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 1990 21:46
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In article <5108@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> dt@emory.UUCP (Dave Taylor {guest}) writes:
>I recently ftp'ed a copy of the latest and greatest copy of r.44.tar.Z
>After getting onto my system and tweeking the config.h file slightly
>I have continued to try and get it compile fully.
>
...
>Here are the errors from the compiler...
>
> cc -c -O term.c
>term.c
>term.c(600) : warning 3: not enough actual parameters for macro 'howmany'
>term.c(600) : error 59: syntax error : ')'
>term.c(602) : warning 1: macro 'howmany' requires parameters
>term.c(602) : error 59: syntax error : ')'
>term.c(602) : error 59: syntax error : ')'
>term.c(602) : error 59: syntax error : '{'
>term.c(603) : warning 1: macro 'howmany' requires parameters
>...
>... (eventual croak)
>
The problem is that the name howmany is used in sys/types.h as follows:
#define howmany(x, y) (((x)+((y)-1))/(y))
I think I just renamed howmany in rn to something else.
--
Rick Odeen ...!rutgers!umn-cs!buddha!rodeen
Nutrition Coordinating Center rodeen@buddha.ncc.umn.edu
University of Minnesota AT&T: +1 612 627 4884
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!umn-d-ub!cs.umn.edu!buddha!rodeen From: rodeen@buddha.ncc.umn.edu (Rick Odeen) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Problems with compiling rn Message-ID: <932@buddha.ncc.umn.edu> Date: 6 Mar 90 21:46:03 GMT References: <5108@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> Reply-To: rodeen@buddha.ncc.umn.edu (Rick Odeen) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Minnesota, Nutrition Coordinating Center Lines: 34