[Devil-Linux-discuss] Problems with make prepare - gcc failed <solved>

[Udo L. <udo...@al...>]

Hi,
i just try to build a new build-system from scratch and get an error 
during "make prepare / gcc":

In file included from ../../gcc-4.1.2/libiberty/floatformat.c:40:
../../gcc-4.1.2/libiberty/../include/libiberty.h:526: error: expected 
declaration specifiers or '...' before numeric constant
../../gcc-4.1.2/libiberty/../include/libiberty.h:526: error: conflicting 
types for '__asprintf_chk'
/usr/include/bits/stdio2.h:135: error: previous declaration of 
'__asprintf_chk' was here
make[2]: *** [floatformat.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/build/tmp/gcc4-prepare/libiberty'
make[1]: *** [all-libiberty] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/tmp/gcc4-prepare'
make: *** [all] Error 2

This patch of /build/tmp/gcc-4.1.2/include/libiberty.h solved the issue 
(found at https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=161379&action=diff )
diff -U 3 libiberty.h.org libiberty.h
--- libiberty.h.org     2005-09-26 22:55:10.000000000 +0200
+++ libiberty.h 2011-08-26 08:57:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -523,8 +523,12 @@
  /* Like sprintf but provides a pointer to malloc'd storage, which must
     be freed by the caller.  */

+/* asprintf may be declared as a macro by glibc with 
__USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL.  */
+
+#ifndef asprintf
  extern int asprintf (char **, const char *, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_2;
  #endif
+#endif

  #if !HAVE_DECL_VASPRINTF
  /* Like vsprintf but provides a pointer to malloc'd storage, which


Perhaps it's help someone else.

Udo