[Discuss-gnuradio] Error building gnuradio 3.4.2 on ubuntu 12.04 (usrp_prims.cc file error)

[Sundus Tahir]

Hello all,

I am trying to build gnuradio 3.4.2 on ubuntu 12.04 and I am getting an error 
running the make -j 8 command. It is a swig problem, according to  this 
discussion in the archives:

"From:  Tom Rondeau
Subject:        Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Build error GNU Radio release 
v3.3.1git-971-ga02bb131
Date:   Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:38:48 -0500
On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Arya Santini <address@hidden> wrote:

    Hi Jared, thanks for that suggestion.

    Anyway, I realized that I was using GNU compiler gcc-4.6
    (experimental) which apparently imposes stricter rules and allows
    package builds to fail where previous versions used to succeed. So the
    suggested fix for one typical "ptrdiff_t does not name a type" is
    #include <cstddef.h>, which I did in the
    /usrp/host/swig/python/usrp_prims.cc file, and the build completed to
    success.

    Arya


Thanks for bringing this up (and for the solution). The usrp_prims.cc file is 
actually generated by SWIG, so I've explicitly included stddef.h into the .i 
file, which is done for most of the other SWIG files already for other reasons. 
This really seems like a SWIG problem, so hopefully this will be fixed in 
future releases before the new GCC takes over. Hopefully, this fixes our last 
hole, anyways.

I'll be pushing changes to next and master soon.

Tom"

I have tried the solution suggested (including the cstddef.h file in 
usrp_prisms.cc) but this does not work. 
Can someone help me out with this? The error I get is as follows:

"make[5]: Leaving directory 
`/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp/host/apps'
Making all in swig
make[5]: Entering directory 
`/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp/host/swig'
make  all-am
make[6]: Entering directory 
`/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp/host/swig'
/bin/bash ../../../libtool  --tag=CXX   --mode=compile g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. 
-I../../..  -I/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp/host/include          
 -I/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp/host/include              
-I/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp/firmware/include -I. 
-I/usr/include/python2.7 -I/usr/local/include  -I/home/dfe/Archive/boost_1_44_0 
-g -O1 -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wno-parentheses -I../../..  -pthread -MT 
_usrp_prims_la-usrp_prims.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/_usrp_prims_la-usrp_prims.Tpo -c 
-o _usrp_prims_la-usrp_prims.lo `test -f 'python/usrp_prims.cc' || echo 
'./'`python/usrp_prims.cc
libtool: compile:  g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../.. 
-I/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp/host/include 
-I/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp/host/include 
-I/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp/firmware/include -I. 
-I/usr/include/python2.7 -I/usr/local/include -I/home/dfe/Archive/boost_1_44_0 
-g -O1 -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wno-parentheses -I../../.. -pthread -MT 
_usrp_prims_la-usrp_prims.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/_usrp_prims_la-usrp_prims.Tpo -c 
python/usrp_prims.cc  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/_usrp_prims_la-usrp_prims.o
python/usrp_prims.cc: In function ‘void SWIG_Python_AddErrorMsg(const char*)’:
python/usrp_prims.cc:871:42: warning: format not a string literal and no format 
arguments [-Wformat-security]
python/usrp_prims.cc: At global scope:
python/usrp_prims.cc:2636:13: error: ‘ptrdiff_t’ does not name a type
python/usrp_prims.cc:2662:21: error: expected ‘;’ at end of member declaration
python/usrp_prims.cc:2662:39: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘n’
python/usrp_prims.cc:2677:34: error: declaration of ‘operator+=’ as non-function
python/usrp_prims.cc:2677:30: error: expected ‘;’ at end of member declaration
python/usrp_prims.cc:2677:44: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘n’
python/usrp_prims.cc:2682:34: error: declaration of ‘operator-=’ as non-function
python/usrp_prims.cc:2682:30: error: expected ‘;’ at end of member declaration
python/usrp_prims.cc:2682:44: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘n’
python/usrp_prims.cc:2687:33: error: declaration of ‘operator+’ as non-function
python/usrp_prims.cc:2687:30: error: expected ‘;’ at end of member declaration
python/usrp_prims.cc:2687:43: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘n’
python/usrp_prims.cc:2692:33: error: declaration of ‘operator-’ as non-function
python/usrp_prims.cc:2692:30: error: expected ‘;’ at end of member declaration
python/usrp_prims.cc:2692:43: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘n’
python/usrp_prims.cc:2697:5: error: ‘ptrdiff_t’ does not name a type
python/usrp_prims.cc:2853:23: error: ‘SWIG_From_ptrdiff_t’ declared as an 
‘inline’ variable
python/usrp_prims.cc:2853:23: error: ‘ptrdiff_t’ was not declared in this scope
python/usrp_prims.cc:2853:23: note: suggested alternatives:
/usr/include/c++/4.6/i686-linux-gnu/./bits/c++config.h:156:28: note:   
‘std::ptrdiff_t’
/usr/include/c++/4.6/i686-linux-gnu/./bits/c++config.h:156:28: note:   
‘std::ptrdiff_t’
python/usrp_prims.cc:2854:1: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘;’ before ‘{’ token
python/usrp_prims.cc:2906:39: error: ‘ptrdiff_t’ has not been declared
python/usrp_prims.cc: In function ‘int SWIG_AsVal_ptrdiff_t(PyObject*, int*)’:
python/usrp_prims.cc:2910:50: error: expected type-specifier before ‘ptrdiff_t’
python/usrp_prims.cc:2910:50: error: expected ‘>’ before ‘ptrdiff_t’
python/usrp_prims.cc:2910:50: error: expected ‘(’ before ‘ptrdiff_t’
python/usrp_prims.cc:2910:50: error: ‘ptrdiff_t’ was not declared in this scope
python/usrp_prims.cc:2910:50: note: suggested alternatives:
/usr/include/c++/4.6/i686-linux-gnu/./bits/c++config.h:156:28: note:   
‘std::ptrdiff_t’
/usr/include/c++/4.6/i686-linux-gnu/./bits/c++config.h:156:28: note:   
‘std::ptrdiff_t’
python/usrp_prims.cc:2910:64: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘;’ token
python/usrp_prims.cc: In function ‘PyObject* 
_wrap_PySwigIterator_distance(PyObject*, PyObject*, PyObject*)’:
python/usrp_prims.cc:3365:52: error: ‘const struct swig::PySwigIterator’ has no 
member named ‘distance’
python/usrp_prims.cc:3371:67: error: ‘SWIG_From_ptrdiff_t’ cannot be used as a 
function
python/usrp_prims.cc: In function ‘PyObject* 
_wrap_PySwigIterator_advance(PyObject*, PyObject*, PyObject*)’:
python/usrp_prims.cc:3534:58: error: ‘arg1->swig::PySwigIterator::advance’ 
cannot be used as a function
python/usrp_prims.cc: In function ‘PyObject* 
_wrap_PySwigIterator___iadd__(PyObject*, PyObject*, PyObject*)’:
python/usrp_prims.cc:3653:60: error: ‘struct swig::PySwigIterator’ has no 
member named ‘operator+=’
python/usrp_prims.cc: In function ‘PyObject* 
_wrap_PySwigIterator___isub__(PyObject*, PyObject*, PyObject*)’:
python/usrp_prims.cc:3700:60: error: ‘struct swig::PySwigIterator’ has no 
member named ‘operator-=’
python/usrp_prims.cc: In function ‘PyObject* 
_wrap_PySwigIterator___add__(PyObject*, PyObject*, PyObject*)’:
python/usrp_prims.cc:3746:85: error: ‘const struct swig::PySwigIterator’ has no 
member named ‘operator+’
python/usrp_prims.cc: In function ‘PyObject* 
_wrap_PySwigIterator___sub____SWIG_0(PyObject*, PyObject*)’:
python/usrp_prims.cc:3787:85: error: ‘const struct swig::PySwigIterator’ has no 
member named ‘operator-’
python/usrp_prims.cc: In function ‘PyObject* 
_wrap_PySwigIterator___sub____SWIG_1(PyObject*, PyObject*)’:
python/usrp_prims.cc:3830:59: error: ‘const struct swig::PySwigIterator’ has no 
member named ‘operator-’
python/usrp_prims.cc:3831:67: error: ‘SWIG_From_ptrdiff_t’ cannot be used as a 
function
make[6]: *** [_usrp_prims_la-usrp_prims.lo] Error 1
make[6]: Leaving directory 
`/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp/host/swig'
make[5]: *** [all] Error 2
make[5]: Leaving directory 
`/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp/host/swig'
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp/host'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ayiesha/Downloads/gnuradio-3.4.2'
make: *** [all] Error 2
"