Compilation problems 0.5.4

[J.B. L. <let...@un...>]

Hallo all:

Another release is always exciting.

But I am trying to compile the new 0.5.4, and having no luck.
The system is as follows (errors listed below):

kernel 2.2.16
gcc 2.95.2
libc6 2.0
libg++ 2.7.2.8
ldd 2.1.2
make 3.77
gdb 5.3 (is this relevant?)
tvision 2.0.3 (no problems compiling that)

These are a bit old of course I suddenly realise, though I normally have
no compilation problems SET 5.2, emacs, dosemu, kernel -- all work fine.

I have looked for a way to disable the libmigdb in the configure stage,
with no luck. (I should probably never use it, since I am not a
programmer, but use SET, not for love letters, but writing papers and
books. I love the interface, and want some of the new features. Used Set
happily and gratefully for years now. (Even so, that would be a terrible
hack, no?)

Anyway, perhaps this is some sort of bug report which might be helpful to
others trying to build it. I hope so.

I get the following breakdown:

make -C libmigdb
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/compile/sourceforge/setedit/libmigdb'
make -C src
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/compile/sourceforge/setedit/libmigdb/src'

colorgcc -O2 -Wall -gstabs+3 -I.   -c connect.c -o connect.o
connect.c: In function `mi_get_response_blk':
connect.c:278: storage size of `timeout' isn't known
connect.c:278: warning: unused variable `timeout'

make[2]: *** [connect.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/compile/sourceforge/setedit/libmigdb/src'
make[1]: *** [libmigdb] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/compile/sourceforge/setedit/libmigdb'
make: *** [libmigdb] Error 2

If anyone has the time to comment, I should be no end grateful.

Many thanks,

Julian

J.B. Lethbridge, PhD
English Seminar
University of Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 50
72074 Tuebingen
Germany