[Dovecot] libsieve compilation error on AIX 5.3

[Jonathan Siegle]

On Jul 6, 2009, at 9:13 AM, Stephan Bosch wrote:

> Jonathan Siegle wrote:
>> Dovecot revision: 9186:f70192e7ff3c
>> libsieve revision: 958:e86a81f4bf28
>> Using IBM c compiler version 8.
>> Trying to compile libsieve(64 bit mode if it matters):
>> "sieve-ast.c", line 302.9: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier last.
>> "sieve-ast.c", line 302.9: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier result.
>> "sieve-ast.c", line 320.9: 1506-275 (S) Unexpected text node  
>> encountered.
>> "sieve-ast.c", line 320.9: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier node.
>> "sieve-ast.c", line 324.9: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier last.
>> "sieve-ast.c", line 324.9: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier result.
>
> Apparently, the typeof() operator is not supported by your C  
> compiler. Having relatively little experience with cross-platform  
> programming, I did not notice that the typeof operator is not part  
> of the main ANSI C standard. I've removed it from the sources  
> entirely (making things somewhat more ugly), so your problem should  
> be resolved with the following changes:
>

Ok. I added -qkeyword=typeof to my CFLAGS and the errors go away and  
no further issues on compilation.

> http://hg.rename-it.nl/dovecot-libsieve/rev/bd106aa05040
>

I didn't have to update to this to make it compile. I don't know if  
you need to keep that patch set around.

Thanks!
Jonathan


> I browsed the web a little and found that IBM C should at least  
> support __typeof__(e), and, with the appropriate command line  
> options, typeof as well. Timo, do you know how this works and other  
> systems that may be affected? Or is it a better idea to avoid  
> typeof() in general?
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephan.
>
>
>

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