Re: build failures: syntax error before '{' token

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> There is a number of packages which fail to build from source on mips
> like this:
> 
> llseek.c:60: warning: return type defaults to `int'
> llseek.c: In function `_syscall5':
> llseek.c:62: error: storage class specified for parameter `my_llseek'
> llseek.c:62: error: syntax error before '{' token
> llseek.c:66: error: syntax error before "retval"
> llseek.c:80: error: storage class specified for parameter `do_compat'
> llseek.c:80: error: parameter `do_compat' is initialized
> llseek.c:82: error: syntax error before "if"
> llseek.c:40: warning: `_llseek' declared `static' but never defined
> llseek.c:60: warning: `_syscall5' defined but not used
> 
> See for example
> http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=sg3-utils&ver=1.05-2&arch=mips&stamp=1073903670&file=log&as=raw
> but at least the following packages are affected: tct, raidtools,
> atari-fdisk, sleuthkit
> 
> Can anyone check if this is causes by a broken libc or kernel header,
> or if those packages include headers they shouldn't.

See #234236, patch available. But basically, those programs should
use normal userland includes instead.


Thiemo