Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/05/12/21:29:32
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 03:03:47PM -0700, Nicholas Wourms wrote:
>I'm getting a bunch of sytax errors when I compile the latest cvs tree.
>Although I am aware that the tree is sometimes broken, I thought I'd call
>attention to it. I'm investigating the issue right now, but I don't know
>how long I can spend on it. Anyhow, I am using the latest cygwin install
>to build the tools on. This is where the compiler starts spitting out
>garbage:
>
>../../../../src/winsup/cygwin/shm.cc:81: syntax error before `*'
>../../../../src/winsup/cygwin/shm.cc:83: syntax error before `*'
>../../../../src/winsup/cygwin/shm.cc:88: `filemap' was not declared in
>this scope
>../../../../src/winsup/cygwin/shm.cc:90: parse error before `if'
><-snip->
>
>Either something ain't right on my end or there is a typo in the source
>file. As I stated before I don't have time to look into it right now, so
>I thought I'd report it in case someone else has time. BTW, I was able to
>compile the tree from a few days ago...so I'm pretty sure it isn't me.
>I've donned my abestos suit, so if you feel the need, flame away :p.
Jason Tishler has already suggested a possible cause for this problem:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-05/msg00639.html
Assuming that there is a typo in the sources is illogical since
snapshots are built from the sources on a regular basis.
cgf
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