GD.c: 533: error: syntax error before "void"

Trying to build the GD module. Any clues appreciated.
I've rebuilt prerequisite libs.
I've added local -I -R params to Makefile.PL and to gcc command line.
I've removed random params from gcc command line. :-)
The error messages remain exactly the same.

I have not tried Sun C, I'd have to recompile a lot of stuff.
I have not tried a more recent version of Perl, the owner of the box
would nix installing that, though maybe I can pirate cycles on someone
else's box.


Build step and output:

gcc \
-c \
-I/usr/ucc/src/working/gd-2.0.33/Dist/include \
-I/usr/local/include \
-I/usr/ucc/src/working/GD-2.32 \
-fno-strict-aliasing \
-I/usr/local/include \
-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE \
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 \
-O \
-DVERSION=\"2.32\" \
-DXS_VERSION=\"2.32\" \
-fPIC \
-I/usr/ucc/lib/perl5/5.6.1/sun4-solaris/CORE \
-DHAVE_JPEG \
-DHAVE_FT \
-DHAVE_XPM \
-DHAVE_GIF \
-DHAVE_PNG \
-DHAVE_ANIMGIF \
-DVERSION_33 \
-DHAVE_UNCLOSEDPOLY \
-DHAVE_FTCIRCLE \
GD.c

GD.c:533: error: syntax error before "void"
GD.xs: In function `XS_GD__Image_trueColor':
GD.xs:545: error: `dMY_CXT' undeclared (first use in this function)
GD.xs:545: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
GD.xs:545: error: for each function it appears in.)
GD.xs:549: error: `MY_CXT' undeclared (first use in this function)
GD.xs: In function `XS_GD__Image__new':
GD.xs:564: error: `dMY_CXT' undeclared (first use in this function)
GD.xs:565: error: `MY_CXT' undeclared (first use in this function)
....and a bunch more like that...


Set-up:

Sun V880
solaris 8
perl v5.6.1
GD-2.32
GD-2.31 tried too.

No Sun compiler, but I am considering installing one and
going back and compiling perl and libs and EVERYthing using Sun C.


Web ref:

Found:
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=18098
But the reply to the message doesn't make sense to me.

---ubotboyva

Re: 533: error: syntax error before "void"

Hmmm ... I replied to this and it went to c.l.p.misc - because that's where
the followups were set to go. Not sure that's what the OP intended so I'll
post another copy here.

"Ken Rich" wrote in message
..
..
> GD.c
>
> GD.c:533: error: syntax error before "void"
> GD.xs: In function `XS_GD__Image_trueColor':
> GD.xs:545: error: `dMY_CXT' undeclared (first use in this function)
> GD.xs:545: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> GD.xs:545: error: for each function it appears in.)
> GD.xs:549: error: `MY_CXT' undeclared (first use in this function)
> GD.xs: In function `XS_GD__Image__new':
> GD.xs:564: error: `dMY_CXT' undeclared (first use in this function)
> GD.xs:565: error: `MY_CXT' undeclared (first use in this function)
> ...and a bunch more like that...
>
>
> Set-up:
>
> Sun V880
> solaris 8
> perl v5.6.1
> GD-2.32
> GD-2.31 tried too.
>
> No Sun compiler, but I am considering installing one and
> going back and compiling perl and libs and EVERYthing using Sun C.
>

Try GD-2.30. It doesn't use those (perl) macros - which are defined in
perl.h on perl 5.8, but apparently missing in perl 5.6.

I'm not sure when they first appeared - probably with 5.8.0. Imho if the
author wants to write code that works only on perl 5.8, he should make that
fact clear - eg by placing code in the Makefile.PL that dies with an
appropriate error message if 5.6 or earlier is used.

Or update to perl 5.8 :-)

Cheers,
Rob

Re: 533: error: syntax error before "void"

I wrote:
: > GD.c
: >
: > GD.c:533: error: syntax error before "void"
: > GD.xs: In function `XS_GD__Image_trueColor':
: > GD.xs:545: error: `dMY_CXT' undeclared (first use in this function)

Rob Sysiphus wrote:
: Try GD-2.30. It doesn't use those (perl) macros - which are defined in
: perl.h on perl 5.8, but apparently missing in perl 5.6.
:
: I'm not sure when they first appeared - probably with 5.8.0. Imho if the
: author wants to write code that works only on perl 5.8, he should make that
: fact clear - eg by placing code in the Makefile.PL that dies with an
: appropriate error message if 5.6 or earlier is used.
:
: Or update to perl 5.8 :-)
:
: Cheers,
: Rob

Thanks. It worked.

--
-ken rich "art may imitate life but life
imitates t.v." --ani difranco kenneth.rich(at)rochester.edu