parted-1.8.0rc1 will not compile on Slackware-10.2 or 11.0(current)

[Patrick Verner]

I downloaded parted-1.8.0rc1 with the intention of
testing for the new release. I compiled 1.7.1 to make
sure the problem wasn't on my end.

Build error:

...
make[4]: Leaving directory
`/sources/parted-1.8.0rc1/libparted/fs'
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/sources/parted-1.8.0rc1/libparted/fs'
make[3]: Entering directory
`/sources/parted-1.8.0rc1/libparted'
Makefile:379: warning: overriding commands for target
`linux.lo'
Makefile:372: warning: ignoring old commands for
target `linux.lo'
if /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../include    
-D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-DLOCALEDIR="\"/usr/share/locale\""
-DLOCALEDIR="\"/usr/share/locale\"" -W -Wall
-Wno-unused -Wno-switch -Wno-format -Werror -MT
linux.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/linux.Tpo" -c -o linux.lo
`test -f 'arch/linux.c' || echo './'`arch/linux.c; \
        then mv -f ".deps/linux.Tpo"
".deps/linux.Plo"; else rm -f ".deps/linux.Tpo"; exit
1; fi
 gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../include
-D_REENTRANT -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\"
-DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -W -Wall -Wno-unused
-Wno-switch -Wno-format -Werror -MT linux.lo -MD -MP
-MF .deps/linux.Tpo -c arch/linux.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o
.libs/linux.o
arch/linux.c: In function `linux_read':
arch/linux.c:1343: warning: implicit declaration of
function `posix_memalign'
make[3]: *** [linux.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/sources/parted-1.8.0rc1/libparted'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/sources/parted-1.8.0rc1/libparted'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/sources/parted-1.8.0rc1'
make: *** [all] Error 2
bash-3.1#

Patrick Verner


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