FreeBSD make on other platforms [was: Re: Building FreeBSD onLinux]

[Philip M. Gollucci]

Saravanan Shanmugham (sarvi) wrote:
> Hi Giorgos,
>      The build failed for me 'with a syntax error before "__dead2" '.
>      Are there any special include files I am supposed to have?
> I had trouble with the autoconf version I had installed and had to
> upgrade to the latest.
> Then I was able to move past, autoconf, automake, configure.
> 
> Whhen I went to make I got that error. It looks like __dead2 is a
> #define in cdefs.h found in some BSD installs. I am building on RedHat
> Enterprise Linux 4 and the sys/cdefs.h file does not see to define
> __dead2.
__dead2 is a custom gcc modification.  It just means the function
doesn't return IIRC.

-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Philip M. Gollucci (philip at ridecharge.com)
o:703.549.2050x206
Senior System Admin - Riderway, Inc.
http://riderway.com / http://ridecharge.com
1024D/EC88A0BF 0DE5 C55C 6BF3 B235 2DAB  B89E 1324 9B4F EC88 A0BF

Work like you don't need the money,
love like you'll never get hurt,
and dance like nobody's watching.