Re: [Plib-devel] net/ doesn't build on irix

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Bram Stolk wrote:
>>
>>
>> The configure scripts tries to compile the following:
>>
>>   #include <sys/types.h>
>>   #include <sys/socket.h>
>>   int accept (int, struct sockaddr *, socklen_t *);
>>
>> If it works, then socklen_t is supposed to be defined and nothing needs
>> to be done (no -Dsocklen_t=int or similar).
>>
>> Maybe some other #include is needed for the code to work on IRIX? What
>> does "man 2 accept" say?
>>
> 
> 
> $ man 2 accept
> 
> NAME
>      accept - accept a connection on a socket
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>      #include <sys/types.h>
>      #include <sys/socket.h>
> 
>      int accept (int s, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen);
> 
>      #if _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
>        int accept (int s, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen);
>      #elif _XOPEN_SOURCE < 500
>        int accept (int s, struct sockaddr *addr, size_t *addrlen);
>      #endif
> 
> but in the logs:
> 
> configure:6718: checking for socklen_t
> configure:6740: cc -c -g -fullwarn  conftest.c >&5
> cc-1143 cc: ERROR File = conftest.c, Line = 31
>   Declaration is incompatible with "int accept(int, void *, socklen_t *)"
>           (declared at line 692 of "/usr/include/sys/socket.h").
> 
>   int accept (int, struct sockaddr *, socklen_t *);
>       ^
> 
> 1 error detected in the compilation of "conftest.c".
> 
> hmm.... why does irix use void ptr as arg?


Strange. How about the following test instead:

  #include <sys/types.h>
  #include <sys/socket.h>
  socklen_t apa;

??

-marten