Re: emacs 21.2 compile problems on Solaris 8

["Johan Bockgård" <bojohan@dd.chalmers.se>]

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Carl B. Constantine wrote:

> I'm trying to compile Emacs 21.1 for Solaris 8, both Intel versions and
> Sparc versions.
>
> On the Sparc, I'm using gcc 2.95.3. On the x86, I'm using gcc 3.1.1.
>
> In both cases I get this same error:
>
> gcc -c   -I/public/include -I/usr/dt/include   -g -O2 -DEMACS_BITMAP_FILES -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Demacs -I. -I../src -I/sw/pgmstore/admpubsw/emacs/emacs-21.2/lwlib -I/sw/pgmstore/admpubsw/emacs/emacs-21.2/lwlib/../src xlwmenu.c
> In file included from /package/gcc-3.1.1/lib/gcc-lib/i386-pc-solaris2.8/3.1.1/include/X11/Xos.h:90,
>                  from xlwmenu.c:32:
> /usr/include/strings.h:25: conflicting types for `memmove'
> /usr/include/iso/string_iso.h:62: previous declaration of `memmove'
> /usr/include/strings.h:26: parse error before numeric constant
> make[2]: *** [xlwmenu.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/sw/pgmstore/admpubsw/emacs/emacs-21.2/lwlib'
> make[1]: *** [really-lwlib] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/sw/pgmstore/admpubsw/emacs/emacs-21.2/src'
> make: *** [src] Error 2
>

This question was asked and answered here just a few days ago, "emacs on
solaris 9", Oct 26.

http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&frame=right&th=edc68f3c08bcbbcc

I had the same problem and the proposed fix worked for me.


Hope this helps
/Johan