Re: cvs snapshoot error in lex.cc

[Joao Cardoso]

"John W. Eaton" wrote:

> On 20-Oct-1999, Joao Cardoso <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> | After configuring the latest cvs snapshot with the following command on
> | a sco-3.2v.5.0.4 with egcs-1.1.2,
> |
> | CFLAGS=-O2 CXXFLAGS=-O2 FFLAGS=-O2 ./autogen.sh
> | -host=i686-pc-sco3.2v5.0.4 --enable-shared --enable-dl --disable-static
> |
> | I receive the following error:
> |
> | lex.l: In function `int is_keyword(const class string &)':
> | lex.l:952: warning: ANSI C++ forbids declaration `octave_kw' with no
> | type
> | lex.l:952: uninitialized const `int const octave_kw'
> | lex.l:952: parse error before `*'
> | lex.l:954: `kw' undeclared (first use this function)
> |
> | Is this related with the file "FLEX.patch"? After regenerating lex.cc
> | with flex-2.5.4, I still receive the same error.
>
> This is not a problem with flex.  It is a problem with gperf.  Your

I had not gperf installed in my system; a zero byte oct-gperf.h was however
in the src directory.

>
> oct-gperf.h file needs to be created with the -L ANSI-C option for
> gperf.  The rules in src/Makefile should do this correctly.  Also, a
> correct version of oct-gperf.h should be included in the distribution.
>
> Can you please report problems with the bleeding-edge releases to the
> octave-maintainers list?

Done.

Thanks,
Joao

>
>
> Thanks,
>
> jwe
>
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