Re: [bug-gsrc] Bug in compiling dico

[carl hansen]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Jean Louis <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello,

Dico is great dictionary tool, and it is GNU software. I have tried
contacting the author but it was problem with email.

Dico is part of GSRC. So here is the bug below. I need help to compile
it, even with patches as dictionary use will be employed in Tanzania,
where people do not have Internet connection.

Jean Louis

  ---
make[4]: Entering directory '/sources/gnu/dico-2.2/gnu'
  CC     localcharset.o
In file included from localcharset.c:30:0:
./stdio.h:479:1: error: ‘gets’ undeclared here (not in a function)
 _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
 ^
Makefile:1207: recipe for target 'localcharset.o' failed
make[4]: *** [localcharset.o] Error 1
 

Works for me. My ./stdio.h is a little different. Maybe you have setting set to change WARNINGs

into ERRORs, which stops the compilation.

I'm using gcc 5.3.  Which version of gcc are you using?

You could mess with the source to get around this. "gets()" is now deprecated , and it seems

your problem arises from something having to do with that...