termcap-1.3 on gnuwin32 b. 18

[kunglao@prairienet.org]

> 
> I tried to build termcap-1.3
> I did `configure' successfully and then  `make' gave me the following:
> 
> gcc -c  -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 
>  -DTERMCAP_FILE=\"/
> etc/termcap\" -I. -I. -g termcap.c
> gcc -c  -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 
>  -DTERMCAP_FILE=\"/
> etc/termcap\" -I. -I. -g tparam.c
> In file included from tparam.c:29:
> e:\gnuwin32\b18\H-i386-cygwin32\lib\gcc-lib\i386-cygwin32\cygnus-2.7.2-97040  
> 4\..
> /../../../i386-cygwin32/include/string.h:55: syntax error before `('
> e:\gnuwin32\b18\H-i386-cygwin32\lib\gcc-lib\i386-cygwin32\cygnus-2.7.2-97040  
> 4\..
> /../../../i386-cygwin32/include/string.h:55: warning: conflicting types for 
> buil
> t-in function `memcpy'
> e:\gnuwin32\b18\H-i386-cygwin32\lib\gcc-lib\i386-cygwin32\cygnus-2.7.2-97040  
> 4\..
> /../../../i386-cygwin32/include/string.h:55: syntax error before `const'
> gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 33
> make: *** [tparam.o] Error 1
> 
> Does someone have an applicable patch?

comment out that line in string.h (search for bcopy).  b17 had the 
same problem, and that seemed to fix it.  how smart it is is up to 
debate, but I had no problems ever compiling anything that used 
string.h. 

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