this issue got fixed. It doesn't exist in qemu-kvm.git fda19064e889d4419dd3dc69ca8e6e7a1535fdf5
** Changed in: qemu Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/802588 Title: Latest GIT version fails to compile on Linux - setjmp.h problem Status in QEMU: Fix Released Bug description: Git version: f26e428da505709ec03b2ed2c9eb3db82b30bd7b Gcc: 4.6.1 Host: Debinan/x86_64 Fails to compile at In file included from /usr/include/png.h:518:0, from ui/vnc-enc-tight.c:37: /usr/include/pngconf.h: At top level: /usr/include/pngconf.h:371:21: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘.’ token /usr/include/pngconf.h:372:12: error: unknown type name ‘__dont__’ /usr/include/pngconf.h:372:29: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘it’ /usr/include/pngconf.h:372:29: error: unknown type name ‘it’ Looking at pngconf.h around line 370 gives the reason for the compilation failure: # ifdef _SETJMP_H /* If you encounter a compiler error here, see the explanation * near the end of INSTALL. */ __pngconf.h__ in libpng already includes setjmp.h; __dont__ include it again.; # endif To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/802588/+subscriptions