[debbugs-tracker] bug#13903: closed (Compile error)

[Gianpaolo Gobbo]

Hi,

I get the same error during installation of guile 2.0.11

  CC       libguile_2.0_la-foreign.lo
  CC       libguile_2.0_la-fports.lo
fports.c: In function 'fport_input_waiting':
fports.c:612:10: error: variable 'pollfd' has initializer but incomplete 
type
fports.c:612:10: warning: excess elements in struct initializer [enabled 
by default]
fports.c:612:10: warning: (near initialization for 'pollfd') [enabled by 
default]
fports.c:612:34: error: 'POLLIN' undeclared (first use in this function)
fports.c:612:34: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once 
for each function it appears in
fports.c:612:10: warning: excess elements in struct initializer [enabled 
by default]
fports.c:612:10: warning: (near initialization for 'pollfd') [enabled by 
default]
fports.c:612:10: warning: excess elements in struct initializer [enabled 
by default]
fports.c:612:10: warning: (near initialization for 'pollfd') [enabled by 
default]
fports.c:612:17: error: storage size of 'pollfd' isn't known
fports.c:614:3: warning: implicit declaration of function 'poll' 
[-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
fports.c:612:17: warning: unused variable 'pollfd' [-Wunused-variable]
fports.c:618:1: warning: control reaches end of non-void function 
[-Wreturn-type]
make[3]: *** [libguile_2.0_la-fports.lo] Error 1

Configure was complaining about readline being too old but I installed a 
newer version and then configuring went along fine.

Thanks for your help.
Gianpaolo