bug#32429: link error: "undefined reference to `scm_to_off_t'"

bug#32429: link error: "undefined reference to `scm_to_off_t'"

[Stefan Husmann]

Hello,

compiling guile's master under Arch Linux results in a link error:

posix.c: In function 'scm_nice':
posix.c:1892:3: warning: ignoring return value of 'nice', declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
   nice (scm_to_int (incr));
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  CC       libguile_3.0_la-net_db.lo
  CC       libguile_3.0_la-socket.lo
  CC       libguile_3.0_la-regex-posix.lo
  CCLD     libguile-3.0.la
/usr/bin/ld: .libs/libguile_3.0_la-posix.o: in function `scm_tmpnam':
posix.c:(.text+0x1f2d): warning: the use of `tmpnam' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'
  CC       guile-guile.o
  CCLD     guile
/usr/bin/ld: ./.libs/libguile-3.0.so: undefined reference to `scm_to_off_t'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [Makefile:2439: guile] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/haawda/paketierung/meine_Pakete/guile-git/src/guile/libguile'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:2298: all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/haawda/paketierung/meine_Pakete/guile-git/src/guile/libguile'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1844: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/haawda/paketierung/meine_Pakete/guile-git/src/guile'
make: *** [Makefile:1730: all] Error 2

Best Regards

Stefan Husmann

bug#32429: scm_to_off_t

[Matt Wette]

can you post your config.log file?

That error is bizarre because scm_to_off_t should be #defined from 
libguile/syscalls.h