freadseek.c:69:3: error: #error "Please port gnulib freadseek.c to your platform! Look at the definition of getc, getc_unlocked on your system, then report this to bug-gnulib."
I am trying to compile m4 2.0, and execute the following sequence: ./bootstrap ./configure make After a while, the processing stops with the error message freadseek.c:69:3: error: #error "Please port gnulib freadseek.c to your platform! Look at the definition of getc, getc_unlocked on your system, then report this to bug-gnulib." I've experienced this in Debian 11 and assume (but don't know) that this is such a standard environment that I don't need to port this source file (and if, I would have absolutely no clue what this file is supposed to do), but that something else is not set up correctly. Unfortunately, I have no idea where I have to start investigatin and appreciate any pointer into the right direction. Rene
Re: freadseek.c:69:3: error: #error "Please port gnulib freadseek.c to your platform! Look at the definition of getc, getc_unlocked on your system, then report this to bug-gnulib."
Hi René, René Nyffenegger wrote: > I am trying to compile m4 2.0, and execute the following sequence: Are you trying to build branch-2.0 from the m4 git repository? If so, that branch hasn't been updated in 7 years. Perhaps one of the changes made since then is required for your system [1] [2]. If that is the case branch-1.4 should build. Collin [1] https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gnulib/2018-03/msg2.html [2] https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2018-03/msg00300.html
Re: freadseek.c:69:3: error: #error "Please port gnulib freadseek.c to your platform! Look at the definition of getc, getc_unlocked on your system, then report this to bug-gnulib."
Are you trying to build branch-2.0 from the m4 git repository? Yes, that's what I tried. I tried to compile it because I hoped to benefit from the improved regular expression support which I believed was promised for 2.0 - and I wanted to verify if this is already in the code.
