buildin.c <-- working ?

[Sigbjorn Finne]

Kenny infinite_pizza2000@yahoo.com.au writes:
> I have a source tal ball file "Hugs98-1999.ta.gz" or something like that
..
> i try to ionstall it in my linux machine (redhat7.0) when i type make
> install it shows up this error message.
> %make install
  ...
> gcc -c -g buildin.c
> in file include from buildin.c:1432:
> iomonad.c:In function rpimHGetPosn
> iomonad.c:715:aggreate value used where an integer was expected
> iomonad.c:In function rpimHGetPosn:
> iomonad.c:730 initializer
> iomonad.c:736 incomputible types in assignment
>
> seems like the Hug's source code have some error in it ? <-- is that
possible?

hi,

the error you're seeing is due to a breaking change made to GNU libc's
fpos_t type sometime ago. The most recent Hugs98 release (Feb2001)
sidesteps the problem & I would suggest you try to give that a go instead.
(available from

   http://www.cse.ogi.edu/PacSoft/projects/Hugs/pages/downloading.htm

)

hth
--sigbjorn