Re: Emacs compile problem (mbsinit unresolved)

[Doug Chinnery <doug.chinnery@zadall.com>]

Benjamin Riefenstahl <Benjamin.Riefenstahl@epost.de> writes:

> Doug Chinnery <doug.chinnery@zadall.com> writes:
> > Undefined			first referenced
> >  symbol  			    in file
> > mbsinit                             strftime.o
> > temacs: fatal error: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to temacs
> 
> The Emacs 21.3 version of src/strftime.c believes that if you have
> mbrlen(), you must also have mbsinit() without explicitly checking for
> the latter function.  That seems not to be true on your system.  Emacs
> in CVS allows for that possibility, but 21.3 doesn't.
> 
> Add this line in src/strftime.c to patch it up, and let us know how it
> goes:
> 
>   #define mbsinit(ps) (*(ps) == 0)

That fixed my problem nicely.  Any suggestions on what I should
be entering in a bug report?

Thanks much!!
-- 
Doug Chinnery          doug@zadall.com
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