When compiling xv, conflicting types of sys_errlist

ok, posted this same thing a couple months ago, but no reply... here it is again http://forums.justlinux.com/images/i.../2000/10/1.gif

i'm trying to compile xv-3.10a, but during the process, this error pops up:

In file included from xv.c:11:
xv.h:119: conflicting types for 'sys_errlist'
/usr/include/stdio.h:553: previous declaration of 'sys_errlist'
make: ***[xv.o] Error 1

i don't know what's going on there... but i want to get xv running... what can i do?

Hi antiaramark


Did you ever get this problem resolved? I'm having the same problem

Hey LeoSimon,

That's a post from 11-02-2000, I get the feeling your not going to get any help from antiaramark. Are you trying to compile the same package? A quick google and I found this:

Code:

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http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2006-04/msg00085.html

  Installed from sources, modifying
  in makefile :
    CC = gcc -ansi -I/usr/X11R6/include/ -L/usr/X11R6/lib/
    MANDIR = /usr/man/man1
  in Xos.h :
    extern __IMPORT _CONST char * _CONST _sys_errlist[];

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Can you try that? Is there any reason your compiling xv and not installing it from a distro package?

Hi LeoSimon,

i assume you have resolved this issue by now so most likely this is irrelevant.
here goes anyway: i solved this problem by editing the file xv.h and removing
the lines below

# ifndef __NetBSD__
extern char *sys_errlist[]; /* this too...
# endif

after this, everything compiles just fine - still some warning messages but the
end executable works perfectly.