Can't build gconf-2.6.1 with gcc-2.9.5. I've attached a patch. mkdir .libs gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -DORBIT2=1 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/ lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/orbit-2.0 -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2. 0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/ include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libxml2 -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"GConf\" -DGCONF_LOCALE_DIR=\ "/usr/share/locale\" -DGCONF_SRCDIR=\"/var/tmp/portage/gconf-2.6.1/work/GConf-2.6.1\" -DGCONF_CONFDIR=\"/etc/gconf/2\" -DGCONF_ETCDIR=\"/etc/gconf\" -DGCONF_BINDIR=\"/usr/b in\" -DGCONF_SERVERDIR=\"/usr/libexec\" -DGCONF_BUILDDIR=\"..\" -DGCONF_BACKEND_DIR=\" /usr/lib/GConf/2\" -DVERSION=\"2.6.1\" -DGCONF_ENABLE_INTERNALS=1 -DGCONFD=\"gconfd-2\ " -mcpu=i686 -O3 -pipe -Wall -c gconf-internals.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/gconf-internal s.o gconf-internals.c: In function `gconf_activate_server': gconf-internals.c:2843: parse error before `char' gconf-internals.c:2854: `failure_log' undeclared (first use in this function) gconf-internals.c:2854: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once gconf-internals.c:2854: for each function it appears in.) gconf-internals.c:2856: `gconfd_dir' undeclared (first use in this function) gconf-internals.c:2858: `dir_accessible' undeclared (first use in this function) gconf-internals.c:2858: `statbuf' undeclared (first use in this function) gconf-internals.c:2869: `lock_dir' undeclared (first use in this function) gconf-internals.c:2874: `ev' undeclared (first use in this function) gconf-internals.c:2904: `p' undeclared (first use in this function) gconf-internals.c:2914: `argv' undeclared (first use in this function) gconf-internals.c:2918: `tmp_err' undeclared (first use in this function) gconf-internals.c:2943: `buf' undeclared (first use in this function) make[2]: *** [gconf-internals.lo] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gconf-2.6.1/work/GConf-2.6.1/gconf' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/gconf-2.6.1/work/GConf-2.6.1' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2 !!! ERROR: gnome-base/gconf-2.6.1 failed. !!! Function gnome2_src_compile, Line 39, Exitcode 2 !!! compile failure Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.50-r6 (default-1.0, gcc-2.95.3, glibc-2.2.5-r9, 2.4.25) ============================================================== === System uname: 2.4.25 i686 Transmeta(tm) Crusoe(tm) Processor TM5800 Gentoo Base System version 1.4.9 distcc 2.13 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=i686 -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=i686 -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache digest sandbox strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://128.213.5.34/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://mirror. clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/gentoo/ http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/ http: //gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://open-systems.ufl. edu/mirrors/gentoo http://mirror.tucdemonic.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo/ http: //mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/gentoo.org" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X X509 aalib alsa apache2 apm avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups curses dga dvd emacs encode esd ethereal evo fbcon foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome-libs gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imap imlib java jpeg lcms ldap libg++ libwww mmx motif mpeg mysql nas ncurses odbc oggvorbis oss pam pcmcia pda pdflib perl pic plotutils png pnp python quicktime readline samba sdl skey slang smooth snmp spell ssl stroke svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype trusted usb vim-with-x x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Created attachment 29807 [details, diff] patch to fix compilation with gcc 2.95
A fix is now in the tree. Thank you for your help.