Compiling error message I can't figure out.

[blackbelt_jones]

Usually when a compile doesn't work, the error message indicates a missing dependancy, and it's pretty straightforward. This came up while trying to install arts-1.5.10 for KDE 3.5. Can anybody help me?

mcoputils.cc:74: error: 'PATH_MAX' was not declared in this scope
mcoputils.cc:91: error: 'kde_tmp_dir' was not declared in this scope
mcoputils.cc:100: error: 'user_tmp_dir' was not declared in this scope
mcoputils.cc: In function 'int build_link(const char*, const char*)':
mcoputils.cc:227: error: 'PATH_MAX' was not declared in this scope
mcoputils.cc:236: error: 'kde_tmp_dir' was not declared in this scope
mcoputils.cc:245: error: 'user_tmp_dir' was not declared in this scope
mcoputils.cc:321: error: 'tmp_buf' was not declared in this scope
mcoputils.cc: In static member function 'static std::string Arts::MCOPUtils::createFilePath(std::string)':
mcoputils.cc:367: error: 'PATH_MAX' was not declared in this scope
mcoputils.cc:368: error: 'tmp_prefix' was not declared in this scope
make[3]: *** [mcoputils.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/dushku/Desktop/arts-1.5.10/mcop'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/dushku/Desktop/arts-1.5.10/mcop'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/dushku/Desktop/arts-1.5.10'
make: *** [all] Error 2
dushku@dushku-desktop:~/Desktop/arts-1.5.10$

[je_fro]

That reminds me of the stuff you see when using a newer gcc that is more strict. Older code sometimes fails to compile because of this new strictness.

[stumbles]

arts depends on qt3, so a wag says your qt3 install is incomplete/incorrect?

[bwkaz]

Are there more errors before that? Scroll back in the terminal if you haven't already checked. With compile errors, you need to start at the first error, not the last few.

(If the first error is a missing include file, this will very likely be the only thing you need to fix, for instance.)

Assuming there are no more errors before that, I'd assume the problem is the missing PATH_MAX. (The other missing symbols are probably defined using PATH_MAX, and when the compiler got the error that PATH_MAX was not defined, it skipped the definition of these other symbols as well.)

On my system, PATH_MAX is in <linux/limits.h>, though that file generally should not be included directly. You might be able to find it with <limits.h> but it would depend on your compiler and glibc version. If this file (mcoputils.cc) includes <limits.h>, then this is not the problem (unless the compiler complains higher up about not being able to find the file).