Re: FVWM: building fvwm-2.0.42 under Sunos 4.1

From: Stefano Brozzi <brozzis_at_mag00.cedi.unipr.it>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 15:39:20 +0200

(Charles Hines) wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Jens" == Jens-U H Petersen <petersen_at_kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp> writes:
>
> Jens> I am trying to build version 2.0.42 Sunos 4.1.3 and X11R5 (I had
> Jens> the same trouble under SunOs 4.1.4 and X11R6). (I already have a
> Jens> working fvwm-2.0.41, which I built here without trouble.)
>
> Jens> After
>
> Jens> xmkmf ; make Makefiles
>
> Jens> which don't give any problems apparently, I do "make" and get the
> Jens> output below.
>
> Jens> I don't know to do now. Can someone please tell what I need to
> Jens> do to build this latest version on my sunos? (I really want to
> Jens> try the latest stuff!)
> Ok, for anyone having problems w/ strerror being undefined (SunOS
> 4.1.X users), here is a definition which should do it for you (just
> put it in builtins.c). I'll put this on the official web site as
> well, and a variant will appear in the next beta release.
>
> Chuck
>
> ======================================================================
> char *strerror(int num)
> {
> extern int sys_nerr;
> extern char *sys_errlist[];
>
> if (num >= 0 && num < sys_nerr)
> return(sys_errlist[errnum]);
> else
> return "Unknown error number";
> }
>
  
   well,
  quite obvious error in this def:

char *strerror(int num)
 {
   extern int sys_nerr;
   extern char *sys_errlist[];
 
   if (num >= 0 && num < sys_nerr)
     return(sys_errlist[num]); /* num instead of errnum */
   else
     return "Unknown error number";
 }

  Stefano
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Received on Fri Apr 19 1996 - 08:44:12 BST

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