Re: Error compiling newlib-1.13.0

[Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn at redhat dot com>]

Derick Swanepoel wrote:

> OK, I have checked out the CVS tree on 27 Sep and I'm now a bit closer
> to understanding my problems. It seems that my particular version of
> /usr/include/linux/types.h includes time.h when __KERNEL_STRICT_NAMES
> is not defined, and this causes newlib's time.h to be included
> prematurely. I'll take up this issue with the Gentoo developers...
>
> After fixing this I ran into a problem with stdint.h. The version of
> stdint.h that is included from
> newlib/libc/sys/linux/iconv/gconv_simple.c (line 26) is
> newlib/libc/sys/linux/include/stdint.h, which is slightly different
> from newlib/libc/include/stdint.h. The one in sys/linux/ doesn't have
> typedefs for several types like int16_t and uint16_t, so including it
> fails. Here is the compile output:
>
> <snip>
> gcc -I/tmp/newlib-i686/i686-pc-linux-gnu/newlib/targ-include
> -I/tmp/newlib-cvs/src/newlib/libc/include -DPACKAGE=\"newlib\"
> -DVERSION=\"1.13.0\" -I.
> -I../../../../../../../newlib-cvs/src/newlib/libc/sys/linux/iconv
> -DGCONV_DIR=\"/usr/local/lib/newlib\"
> -DGCONV_PATH=\"/usr/local/lib/newlib\"
> -I../../../../../../../newlib-cvs/src/newlib/libc/sys/linux/iconv
> -I../../../../../../../newlib-cvs/src/newlib/libc/sys/linux/iconv/..
> -O2 -Wall -D_I386MACH_ALLOW_HW_INTERRUPTS -DHAVE_FCNTL -fPIC
> -D_I386MACH_NEED_SOTYPE_FUNCTION -DMISSING_SYSCALL_NAMES -fno-builtin
> -O2 -g -O2 -c ../../../../../../../newlib-cvs/src/newlib/libc/sys/linux/iconv/gconv_simple.c
> -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/gconv_simple.o
> In file included from
> ../../../../../../../newlib-cvs/src/newlib/libc/sys/linux/iconv/gconv_simple.c:26:
> /tmp/newlib-i686/i686-pc-linux-gnu/newlib/targ-include/stdint.h:48:
> error: parse error before "int_least16_t"
> /tmp/newlib-i686/i686-pc-linux-gnu/newlib/targ-include/stdint.h:48:
> warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `int_least16_t'
> /tmp/newlib-i686/i686-pc-linux-gnu/newlib/targ-include/stdint.h:48:
> warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> /tmp/newlib-i686/i686-pc-linux-gnu/newlib/targ-include/stdint.h:49:
> error: parse error before "uint_least16_t"
> ...
> </snip>
>
> Is there a reason for these differences between
> newlib/libc/sys/linux/include/stdint.h and
> newlib/libc/include/stdint.h?
>
> I see that sys/types.h has the missing typedefs, so including it
> before stdint.h allows gconv_simple.c to be compiled, but I don't know
> if that is in any way the right thing to do.
>
>  
I have fixed this.  Newlib linux has a number of these types already 
defined in <sys/types.h> so I was getting multiple definitions in the 
build.  I removed them from the Linux stdint.h but neglected to add the 
#include <sys/types.h> which is there now.

-- Jeff J.

> Thanks,
> Derick
>
> On 27/09/05, Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@redhat.com> wrote:
>  
>
> > Derick,
> >
> >   Newlib plays a bit of a balancing act when building natively under
> > Linux.  It uses some of newlib's header files and some of the native
> > header files.  I have run into a number of problems as glibc has been
> > updated and also some problems as gcc has updated to gcc4.
> >
> >   Anyway, I recently made a set of patches to the tree to support
> > building on FC4.  Could you try checking out the CVS tree to see if that
> > fixes your problems.  I don't have Gentoo and have never tried it so
> > you're partly in unchartered territory.
> >
> > -- Jeff J.
> >
> > Derick Swanepoel wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Sorry, forgot about that. I configured newlib with the default host
> > > and target, so in my case they are both "i686-pc-linux-gnu".
> > >
> > > Derick
> > >
> > > On 27/09/05, Jonathan S. Shapiro <shap@eros-os.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Derek:
> > > >
> > > > I probably can't decipher your problem, but I *can* tell you that
> > > > *nobody* can help you without knowing:
> > > >
> > > >       What environment (configuration) are you compiling *for*
> > > >       What environment are you compiling *on*.
> > > >
> > > > shap
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 15:55 +0200, Derick Swanepoel wrote:
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I am compiling newlib for the first time, but I'm not getting very
> > > > > far. I get the following error:
> > > > >
> > > > > gcc -I/home/derick/newlib-1.13.0/newlib/targ-include
> > > > > -I/home/derick/newlib-1.13.0/newlib/libc/include -DPACKAGE=\"newlib\"
> > > > > -DVERSION=\"1.13.0\" -I. -I. -O2 -Wall -D_I386MACH_ALLOW_HW_INTERRUPTS
> > > > > -DHAVE_FCNTL -fPIC -D_I386MACH_NEED_SOTYPE_FUNCTION
> > > > > -DMISSING_SYSCALL_NAMES -fno-builtin -g -O2 -c argz_add.c  -fPIC -DPIC
> > > > > -o .libs/argz_add.o
> > > > > In file included from /home/derick/newlib-1.13.0/newlib/targ-include/time.h:11,
> > > > >                from /usr/include/linux/types.h:153,
> > > > >                from
> > > > > /home/derick/newlib-1.13.0/newlib/targ-include/sys/types.h:130,
> > > > >                from argz_add.c:9:
> > > > > /home/derick/newlib-1.13.0/newlib/targ-include/sys/linux_time.h:53:
> > > > > error: parse error before "suseconds_t"
> > > > > ...
> > > > >
> > > > > I have determined that it happens because my
> > > > > /usr/include/linux/types.h includes time.h before suseconds_t is
> > > > > defined in newlib/targ-include/sys/types.h.
> > > > >
> > > > > Here are some details about my system:
> > > > > Gentoo Linux 2005.1
> > > > > gcc 3.4.4
> > > > > kernel headers: 2.6.11
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Derick
> > > > >          
> > > >        
> >