Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] Can't build libiconv-1.11 on Win32 using VC++ 6.0

[Bruno Haible]

Hello,

Steve Hay wrote:
> When I run the command:
> 
> nmake -f Makefile.msvc NO_NLS=1 MFLAGS=-MD
> 
> the build fails on progreloc.c with the errors:
> 
> progreloc.c(306) : error C2065: 'EXEEXT' : undeclared identifier
> progreloc.c(316) : error C2099: initializer is not a constant

It is safe to replace EXEEXT with the literal string ".exe" in this file.

> I also had a couple of warnings along the way:
> 
> error.c(52) : warning C4273: 'error_print_progname' : inconsistent dll 
> linkage. dllexport assumed.
> error.c(55) : warning C4273: 'error_message_count' : inconsistent dll 
> linkage.dllexport assumed.
> error.c(230) : warning C4273: 'error_one_per_line' : inconsistent dll 
> linkage.dllexport assumed.
>
> I'm using Visual C++ 6.0 on Windows XP SP2.

These warnings are ok and can be ignored. The compiler is only warning
about slightly suboptimal code generation.

Bruno