Jean-Louis,

The patch seems to have done the trick and Amanda has now compiled :)

P.S. Gcc version was 2.96

Thanks a lot
Rich.


> From: Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau AT zmanda DOT com>
> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:54:17 -0500
> To: Richard Burridge <rburridge AT picdar DOT com>
> Cc: amanda-users <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
> Subject: Re: Problem compiling 2.5.0
> 
> Richard,
> 
> Which gcc are you using?
> Could  you try the attached patch?
> We use a construct thjat is not valid for all compiler.
> 
> Jean-Louis
> 
> Richard Burridge wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm trying to upgrade from 2.4.2 (which is running perfectly), but
>> having trouble compiling the new 2.5.0 release and got an error during
>> the make:
>> 
>> --------
>> if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../config -I../common-src
>> -I../common-src  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64       -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
>> -g -O2     -MT calcsize.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/calcsize.Tpo" -c -o
>> calcsize.o calcsize.c; \
>> then mv -f ".deps/calcsize.Tpo" ".deps/calcsize.Po"; else rm -f
>> ".deps/calcsize.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
>> calcsize.c: In function `traverse_dirs':
>> calcsize.c:335: parse error before `char'
>> calcsize.c:342: `aparent' undeclared (first use in this function)
>> calcsize.c:342: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
>> calcsize.c:342: for each function it appears in.)
>> make[1]: *** [calcsize.o] Error 1
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/amanda/amanda-2.5.0/client-src'
>> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>> ---------
>> 
>> Platform is RedHat 2.1AS, kernel 2.4.9-e.65. Anyone got any ideas?
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Rich. 
> 
> 
> 
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> --- amanda-2.5.0b2.orig1/client-src/calcsize.c 2006-03-09 11:51:41.000000000
> -0500
> +++ amanda-2.5.0b2.new/client-src/calcsize.c 2006-03-29 06:49:41.000000000
> -0500
> @@ -329,10 +329,11 @@ char *include;
>      int l;
>      int parent_len;
>      int has_exclude = !is_empty_sl(exclude_sl) && use_gtar_excl;
> +    char *aparent;
>  
>      if(parent_dir == NULL || include == NULL) return;
>  
> -    char *aparent = vstralloc(parent_dir, "/", include, NULL);
> +    aparent = vstralloc(parent_dir, "/", include, NULL);
>  
>      if(stat(parent_dir, &finfo) != -1)
> parent_dev = finfo.st_dev;