Problem compiling 6.2 on dec alpha

Problem compiling 6.2 on dec alpha

[Mark Helzer]

Hi,
On a dec alpha running digital unix v4.0, compiler Digital UNIX Compiler
Driver 3.11 (also tried the cxx v6.5 compiler, same error) I'm getting
the following error:

                                    struct bfd_link_info *link_info,
----------------------------------------------------------^
cc: Error: bfd.c, line 1159: In this declaration, parameter 2 has a
different ty pe than specified in an earlier declaration of this
function. (mismatparam) bfd_get_relocated_section_contents (bfd *abfd, ^
cc: Error: bfd.c, line 1159: In this declaration, the type of
"bfd_get_relocated _section_contents" is not compatible with the type of
a previous declaration of "bfd_get_relocated_section_contents" at line
number 4090 in file bfd.h. (notcomp
at)
bfd_get_relocated_section_contents (bfd *abfd, ^
make[3]: *** [bfd.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/adp/local/src/gdb-6.2/bfd'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/adp/local/src/gdb-6.2/bfd'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/adp/local/src/gdb-6.2/bfd'
make: *** [all-bfd] Error 2


Any suggestions?

Mark Helzer
ADP Dealer Services 
2525 S.W 1st Portland, OR.
(503) 402-3481

Re: Problem compiling 6.2 on dec alpha

[Michael Chastain]

Hmmm, try editing bfd-in.h and bfd-in2.h and adding
this line near the top:

  #include "bfdlink.h"

I suspect that the Digital Unix compiler is bitching about a parameter
mismatch because it has an incomplete definition of struct bfd_link_info
when it parses the prototype for bfd_get_relocated_section_contents, and
then later on it has a complete definition of struct bfd_link_info when
it parses definition for bfd_get_relocated_section_contents.

Or, you could try using gcc to build gdb.  I recently built gdb 6.0 on
native alphaev56-dec-osf4.0g with gcc 3.3.4.  I can't build any later
gdb's because they run into PR gdb/1626.  I haven't tried actually
*running* gdb on osf 4.0 after I built it, though.

Hope this helps,

Michael Chastain