Re: gdb/2045: gdb 6.4 compilation fails on HPUX 10

["Mark Kettenis" <mark dot kettenis at xs4all dot nl>]

The following reply was made to PR gdb/2045; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Mark Kettenis" <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
To: "Ralf Fassel" <ralfixx@gmx.de>
Cc: gdb-gnats@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: gdb/2045: gdb 6.4 compilation fails on HPUX 10
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:24:13 +0100 (CET)

 > * Mark Kettenis
 > | I've been looking into the problem today.  I remember stumbling
 > | across the -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE issue, and could indeed reproduce
 > | it.  I'm working on a proper fix, but it seems the HP-UX 10.20
 > | header files are seriously borked, so the "right" fix doesn't quite
 > | work :(.
 >
 > I think this one is the bigger 'problem' of the two I reported, so it
 > would be good if this could be resolved.
 
 Should be fixable, it's just a question of finding the right fix.
 Hopefully we can release gdb 6.4.1 with this fixed.
 
 > | I can't reproduce the curses problem though.  That's with gcc-2.95.3
 > | though.  Maybe this is a bug in GCC 4.0.2.
 >
 > I don't think so.  The /usr/include/curses.h header seems broken (see
 > below), and gcc just runs 'fixincludes' on it.
 >
 > | Or maybe you need to patch the machine.
 >
 > LOL, patch a HP-UX 10 machine...  I guess HP by now refuses to know
 > what HP-10 *is* :-/  But in fact I think this is the only option...
 
 > I don't think this is a proper solution either, but at least the
 > curses.h header on my machine contain for the getyx() macro:
 >
 >     #if !defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED) || defined(__HP_CURSES)
 >    ...
 >     #define	getyx(win,y,x)	 y = win->_cury, x = win->_curx
 >    ...
 >     #else
 >    ...
 >     #define getyx(__win,__y,__x)	{ WINDOW *__wi; \
 > 				     __wi = __win; ((__y) = __getcury(__wi), \
 > 				     (__x) = __getcurx(__wi)) }
 
 Well, /usr/include/curses.h defenitely has that fixed on my machine.
 
 Looks like PHCO_21018 has a curses.h with this thing fixed.  That patch is
 still available from HP.
 
 ftp://europe-ffs.external.hp.com/hp-ux_patches/s700_800/10.X/PHCO_21018
 
 Cheers,
 
 Mark