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On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Basavaraj Hiremath wrote:

> Hi,
> I am compiling a file(strerror.c) with following
> option
> -bash-2.05b$ arm-wince-pe-gcc -mcpu=xscale -c -ansi
                                                ^^^^^
> -D__stdcall= -D_OFF_T_ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> -I/usr/local/wince/cross-tools/include -I. -I./../include -W -Wall
> -Wtraditional -pedantic ./strerror.c -o pic/strerror.o
>
> It's giving following compilation error
> /strerror.c:626: error: expected identifier or '('
> before string constant
> /strerror.c:628: error: expected identifier or '('
> before '{' token
>
> file strerror.c has following function
>
> char *
> strerror (errnoval)  -> line 626
>   int errnoval;
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> {                    --> line 628
>   const char *msg;
>   static char buf[32];
> -----------
> -----
> }
>
> Could somebody tell me, what is the compiler option to go pass thru this
> kind of implementation?

You are compiling a K&R-style C function header in ANSI mode -- of course
you're getting an error.  Either remove the -ansi flag, or fix the file to
use ANSI-style declaration.

Google for "k&r ansi" for innumerable resources on this.  Oh, and this has
nothing to do with Cygwin.
	Igor
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