Re: 'void value not ignored as it ought to be' error when compile readline.c file

["Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin at exposure dot org dot uk>]

> Hi all.
> I'm trying to install cross compiler at the cygwin1.3.22.
> But i encounted when build gdb-4.17.
>
> The error message is the following :
> ( ../gdb-4.17/configure --target=ae32000-elf --prefix=/usr/local -v )
>
> ...
>
cc -c -g    -D_POSIX_VERSION -I. -I../../gdb-4.17/readline/../  -DVOID_SIGHA
NDLER -DVI_MODE ../../gdb-4.17/readline/readline.c
> ../../gdb-4.17/readline/readline.c: In function `_rl_set_screen_size':
> ../../gdb-4.17/readline/readline.c:1174: void value not ignored as it
ought to be
> ../../gdb-4.17/readline/readline.c:1187: void value not ignored as it
ought to be
> ...
>
> I guess that this is the reason of 'rldefs.h' header file.
> If __CYGWIN32__ macro is valid, readline.c file will compile.
> But, this __CYGWIN32__ macro looks like not valid.
>
> How does it solve?
> please give me some hits...

Your behind on your sources...more than three years infact. gdb is currently
at version 5.3 . You can either edit the offending header and change
__CYGWIN32__ to __CYGWIN__ or get the latest sources which I don't think
will have this obsolete'ness.

Elfyn


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