[gcc-3.2]: mbstate_t defined by gcc conflicts with cygwin header _types.h

[Christopher Faylor]

On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 01:29:06PM -0700, Nicholas Wourms wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I was joining in the fun of compiling xerces with the new gcc-3.2 and
>the latest cygwin build from cvs.  Midway through I happened upon
>this:
>
>
>/usr/include/c++/3.2/cwchar:65: conflicting types for `typedef struct
>mbstate_t 
>   mbstate_t'
>/usr/include/sys/_types.h:41: previous declaration as `typedef struct
>
>   _mbstate_t mbstate_t'
>
>A quick look at the package search shows that this file is unique to
>gcc-3.2 and not earlier versions.   I also assume, based on the fact
>that Abe and Gerrit have sucessfully built it, that this is a gcc-3.2
>related issue.  The questions that come to mind are:
>
>1)Should the Cygwin header be changed?
>2)Should the g++ header be changed?

This one.  It's a configury bug in libstdc++.  I think I fixed it.

cgf

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