> From: Marco Atzeri > To: cygwin> Cc: > Date: 2016/4/10, Sun 16:12 > Subject: Re: Query of type of memcpy (and sys_errlist) on Cygwin > > Hi Tatsuro, > May be was better to not reply to a different thread ? >
I am pending the other thread and I want to discuss here. > On 10/04/2016 05:14, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote: >> Hello >> The topic was discussed on gnuplot mailing list. >> > http://gnuplot.10905.n7.nabble.com/stdfn-h-error-conflicting-types-for-memcopy-and-sys-errlist-on-Cygwin-build-td20061.html >> Frorm discussion there (the topic is now pending.) , >> I decided ask here. >> In compling gnuplot I have met errors: >> ../../gnuplot/src/stdfn.h:67:8: error: conflicting types for > 'memcpy' >> char * memcpy __PROTO((char *, char *, size_t)); >> >> ../../gnuplot/src/stdfn.h:171:14: error: conflicting types for > 'sys_errlist' >> extern char *sys_errlist[]; >> >> Ethan A Merritt suggested in the gnuplot mailing list that: >> Anyhow, the correct typing for memcpy is: >> void *memcpy(void *, const void *, size_t); > > correct, when in doubt this is a good place to look for: > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/memcpy.html > >> I have complied many times this source but I have not met such kinds of > errors. >> (Today I have cleanly installed Cygwin because I have cleanly install > windows 10) > >> Any suggestions? >> Tatsuro >> > > cygwin/newlib headers are under re-shuffle to simplify the guarding > clauses in the main headers. > It is possible that gnuplot is misleaded and don't correctly detect > memcopy as it should. > > Have you tried to use latest test release ? > https://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2016-04/msg00012.html > OK I will try and report results here. Tatsuro -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
