Support Requests item #4297, was opened at 2009-10-31 11:50 Status: Open Priority: 3 Submitted By: Bob Tennent (rdtennent) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: conflicting types for 'getline' Category: Install Problem (example) Group: None Resolution: None Initial Comment: Building pdftex on a Fedora 11 system using build.sh fails: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../../src/texk/web2c -I.. -I../../../src/texk/web2c/.. -I../../libs/obsdcompat -I../../libs/obsdcompat/.. -I../../../src/texk/web2c/../../libs/obsdcompat -I../../../src/texk/web2c/../../libs/obsdcompat/.. -I../../../src/texk/web2c/../../libs/zlib -g -O2 -c tangleboot.c -o tangleboot.o In file included from tangleboot.c:94: tangleboot.h:34: error: conflicting types for 'getline' /usr/include/stdio.h:653: note: previous declaration of 'getline' was here tangleboot.c:2175: error: conflicting types for 'getline' /usr/include/stdio.h:653: note: previous declaration of 'getline' was here I've built pdftex often on other systems without running into this. What's wrong? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Bob Tennent (rdtennent) Date: 2009-10-31 12:50 Message: According to some reports on the web, the problem is in glibc-2.10.1. Apparently the non-standard definition of getline there should be "protected". Indeed, if I comment out that definition in /usr/include/stdio.h, pdftex builds normally. I'm willing to file a bug report in the Fedora bugzilla but I need some help: what exactly is the "protection" needed? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=494&aid=4297&group_id=106