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Re: Re: More HP/UX 7.05 gs2.4 problems

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From: Michael Williams
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 14:02
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> > Here is a summary of the problems I encountered when compiling the
> > GhostScript distribution on an HP 9000/720:
> 
> Which version?

This refers to the officially released version of GhostScript 2.4, taken
directly from prep.ai.mit.edu.

> > 1 - gdevx.c:
> >    Problem: "attempt to redefine" error
> >    Solution: stat() macro expansions must be expanded by hand
> 
> These macros do not appear in the 2.4 distribution.  You must have
> somehow wound up with a pre-release version of 2.4.

You are correct; the above message actually occurred during compilation of
a pre-release version, since discarded -- my mistake.

> > 4 - gdevmem1.c: 457
> >    Problem: operands have incompatible types
> >    Solution: cast both to int
> 
> As I noted in a previous message, I believe both K&R and the ANSI
> standard allow what is in the code.

I believe you are correct; the cast was my best guess to get the code
to compile under HP-UX.

> L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306
> ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; 415-322-0103 8-9 AM M-F/msg
> 	    "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."
> 

Michael B. Williams
Hewlett-Packard Company
Medical Products Group
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Subject: Re: Re: More HP/UX 7.05 gs2.4 problems
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