openssh unix dev - Dec 1999 - quad_t: incompatible types in config.log:

configure:2050: checking for quad_t
configure:2059: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -I/usr/slocal/include  conftest.c
1>&5
configure: In function `main':
configure:2055: incompatible types in assignment
configure: failed program was:
#line 2052 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
#include <sys/types.h>
int main() {
quad_t a; a = 1235;
; return 0; }



Marc G. Fournier                                 marc.fournier at acadiau.ca
Senior Systems Administrator                            Acadia University

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On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 11:24:10AM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> configure:2050: checking for quad_t
> configure:2059: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -I/usr/slocal/include  conftest.c
1>&5
> configure: In function `main':
> configure:2055: incompatible types in assignment
> configure: failed program was:
> #line 2052 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
> #include <sys/types.h>
> int main() {
> quad_t a; a = 1235;
> ; return 0; }
Does this help anything? (I'd recommend using autoconf if at all possible,
but if you can't, try the configure patch.)

David


--- configure.in.orig	Thu Dec 30 10:29:52 1999
+++ configure.in	Thu Dec 30 10:30:29 1999
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for quad_t])
 AC_TRY_COMPILE(
 	[#include <sys/types.h>], 
-	[quad_t a; a = 1235;], 
+	[quad_t a; a = (quad_t) 1235;], 
 	[
 		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_QUAD_T)
 		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
--- configure.orig	Thu Dec 30 10:32:55 1999
+++ configure	Thu Dec 30 09:20:47 1999
@@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
 int main() {
-quad_t a; a = 1235;
+quad_t a; a = (quad_t) 1235;
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
 if { (eval echo configure:2059: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval
$ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then

"Marc G. Fournier" wrote:
> 
> configure:2050: checking for quad_t
> configure:2059: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -I/usr/slocal/include  conftest.c
1>&5
> configure: In function `main':
> configure:2055: incompatible types in assignment
> configure: failed program was:
> #line 2052 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
> #include <sys/types.h>
> int main() {
> quad_t a; a = 1235;
> ; return 0; }
How is quad_t defined in sys/types.h?

Regards,
Damien