Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.bugs.dist > #1178927

Bug#1057573: linpac: FTBFS: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘WINDOW’ {aka ‘struct _win_st’}

Cross-posted to 2 groups.

Show all headers | View raw

[Multipart message — attachments visible in raw view] - view raw

Control: tags -1 + patch

On 2023-12-05 23:07 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote:

> Package: src:linpac
> Version: 0.28-2
> Severity: serious
> Tags: ftbfs
>
> Dear maintainer:
>
> During a rebuild of all packages in unstable, your package failed to build:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [...]
> g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../..   -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2  -g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>=. -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-clash-protection -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fcf-protection -c -o mail_screen.o mail_screen.cc
> mail_screen.cc: In function ‘void init_main_screen()’:
> mail_screen.cc:39:16: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘WINDOW’ {aka ‘struct _win_st’}
>    39 |   maxx = stdscr->_maxx;
>       |                ^~
> In file included from mail_screen.cc:13:
> /usr/include/curses.h:442:16: note: forward declaration of ‘WINDOW’ {aka ‘struct _win_st’}
>   442 | typedef struct _win_st WINDOW;
>       |                ^~~~~~~
> mail_screen.cc:40:16: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘WINDOW’ {aka ‘struct _win_st’}
>    40 |   maxy = stdscr->_maxy;
>       |                ^~
> /usr/include/curses.h:442:16: note: forward declaration of ‘WINDOW’ {aka ‘struct _win_st’}
>   442 | typedef struct _win_st WINDOW;
>       |                ^~~~~~~
> mail_screen.cc: In function ‘void redraw()’:
> mail_screen.cc:70:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘WINDOW’ {aka ‘struct _win_st’}
>    70 |    main_window->_clear = TRUE;
>       |               ^~
> /usr/include/curses.h:442:16: note: forward declaration of ‘WINDOW’ {aka ‘struct _win_st’}
>   442 | typedef struct _win_st WINDOW;

The attached patch, which can be added to the series file fixes, these
errors and two additional ones in src/linpac.cc, but I have only tested
that the package builds, not if it works.  Note that getmaxx(win)
returns win->_maxx + 1, and similar for getmaxy.

Cheers,
       Sven

Back to linux.debian.bugs.dist | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Bug#1057573: linpac: FTBFS: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘WINDOW’ {aka ‘struct _win_st’} Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> - 2023-12-05 23:10 +0100
  Bug#1057573: linpac: FTBFS: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘WINDOW’ {aka ‘struct _win_st’} Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2023-12-16 19:10 +0100
    Bug#1057573: linpac: FTBFS: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘WINDOW’ {aka ‘struct _win_st’} David Ranch <dranch@trinnet.net> - 2023-12-16 20:30 +0100

csiph-web