Re: [PORTS] Port Bug Report: Include file mismatch: stdio.h, std

Can someone suggest why const is failing in the configure test?

> Hi,
>
> had the same problem when compiling the current 6.5 snapshot with xlc
> on AIX 4.1.3.0. The configure script defines const as empty on line
> 325. If you comment out this line, postgreSQL should compile fine at
> least.
>
> Regards
> Olaf
>
> > Summary: Include file mismatch: stdio.h, stdlib.h, unistd.h
> >
> > System Configuration
> > --------------------
> >   Operating System   : AIX 4.2
> >
> >   PostgreSQL version : 6.5
> >
> >   Compiler used      :
> >
> > Hardware:
> > ---------
> > AIX projects 2 4 009450E14C00
> > (43p -- a PowerPC version of IBM's AIX box)
> >
> > Versions of other tools:
> > ------------------------
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Problem Description:
> > --------------------
> > gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/pgsql/src/utils'
> > xlc -I../include -I../backend   -qchars=signed -qmaxmem=8192 -qhalt=w -qsrcmsg -
> > qcheck=divzero -qlonglong   -c version.c -o version.o
> > "/usr/include/stdlib.h", line 471.33: 1506-343 (S) Redeclaration of getopt diffe
> > rs from previous declaration on line 378 of "/usr/include/stdio.h".
> > "/usr/include/stdlib.h", line 471.33: 1506-377 (I) The type "char**" of paramete
> > r 2 differs from the previous type "char* const*".
> > "/usr/include/stdlib.h", line 472.33: 1506-343 (S) Redeclaration of getpass diff
> > ers from previous declaration on line 367 of "/usr/include/unistd.h".
> > "/usr/include/stdlib.h", line 472.33: 1506-377 (I) The type "char*" of parameter
> >  1 differs from the previous type "const char*".
> > gmake[1]: *** [version.o] Error 1
> > gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/pgsql/src/utils'
> > gmake: *** [all] Error 2
> --
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