Re: dvd+rw-tools 7.1: Compiling problems on new eisfair2

[Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se>]

> while never having problems to compile on the eisfair1-serverproject I'm 
> unable to compile dvd+rw-tools on the upcoming eisfair2.
>
> I got:
>
> eisfair2 # make
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/dvd+rw-tools-7.1'
> g++  -O2 -fno-exceptions -D_REENTRANT   -c -o growisofs_mmc.o 
> growisofs_mmc.cpp
> In file included from growisofs_mmc.cpp:17:
> transport.hxx: In member function ‘int 
> Scsi_Command::is_reload_needed(int)’:
> transport.hxx:366: error: ‘INT_MAX’ was not declared in this scope
> make[1]: *** [growisofs_mmc.o] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dvd+rw-tools-7.1'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> Eisfair2 depends on Ubuntu 8 having:
>
> g++ (GCC) 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)
>
> gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)
>
> GNU Make 3.81
>
> glibc 2.7
>
> Is there something missing on my new eisfair2?

Note that INT_MAX is not referred in dvd+rw-tools source, CDSL_CURRENT 
from linux/cdrom.h is. The latter is the problem. Generally header files 
are expected to be self-contained, in other words it should suffice to 
include linux/cdrom.h alone to use interfaces described in it. 
linux/cdrom.h used to be self-contained and one found in 
glibc-kernheaders package still is, it's pristine kernel header that is 
not self-contained anymore. It probably should be classified as kernel 
header bug (as I have no formal way of knowing that a documented macro 
would require any other particular header). But one way or another, if 
you ought to compile this very moment, you should be able to 'make 
WARN=-DINT_MAX=0x7fffffff'. Cheers. A.