lynx-dev Assistance sought compiling lynx 2-8-4, patch level 10

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> I've been building lynx off and on for a number of years.  Today I attempted
> to build lynx 2-8-4, patch level 10, on a SPARC Solaris 2.6 system.
>
> Here's the errors I get, after doing a make clean and a new configure.
>
> cc -c -DLOCALEDIR=\"/projects/intranet/share/locale\" 
> -DGNULOCALEDIR=\"/projects
> /intranet/share/locale\" 
> -DLOCALE_ALIAS_PATH=\"/projects/intranet/share/locale:.
> \" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.. -I. -I/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/intl 
> -I/ho
> me/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/lib -I/ldatae/include 
> -I/projects/gnu/sparc
> -sun-solaris2.6/include -I../intl -Icurses.h -g -Xc   localealias.c
> "localealias.c", line 258: warning: argument #1 is incompatible with 
> prototype:
>         prototype: pointer to char : "/usr/include/stdio.h", line 269
>         argument : pointer to uchar
> "localealias.c", line 264: warning: argument #1 is incompatible with 
> prototype:
>         prototype: pointer to const char : "/usr/include/string.h", line 51
>         argument : pointer to uchar
> "localealias.c", line 317: warning: argument #1 is incompatible with 
> prototype:
>         prototype: pointer to const char : "/usr/include/string.h", line 64
>         argument : pointer to uchar
> "localealias.c", line 318: warning: argument #1 is incompatible with 
> prototype:
>         prototype: pointer to const char : "/usr/include/string.h", line 64
>         argument : pointer to uchar
>
> cc -c -DLOCALEDIR=\"/projects/intranet/share/locale\" 
> -DGNULOCALEDIR=\"/projects
> /intranet/share/locale\" 
> -DLOCALE_ALIAS_PATH=\"/projects/intranet/share/locale:.
> \" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.. -I. -I/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/intl 
> -I/ho
> me/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/lib -I/ldatae/include 
> -I/projects/gnu/sparc
> -sun-solaris2.6/include -I../intl -Icurses.h -g -Xc   explodename.c
> "explodename.c", line 112: warning: argument #1 is incompatible with 
> prototype:
>         prototype: pointer to const uchar : "./loadinfo.h", line 53
>         argument : pointer to const char
>
>
> cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/ldatae/include 
> -I/projects/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.6/includ
> e -I../intl -Icurses.h -I../.. 
> -I/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/src -I/
> home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/src/chrtrans 
> -I/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lyn
> x/t/lynx2-8-4/WWW/Library/Implementation 
> -I/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8
> -4/ -I/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/intl  -g -Xc   -o makeuctb 
> makeuct
> b.o ../../intl/libintl.a -L/ldatae/lib -R/ldatae/lib -lz 
> -L/projects/gnu/sparc-s
> un-solaris2.6/lib -R/projects/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.6/lib -lncurses -lnsl 
> -lsoc
> ket
> ild: (argument error) can't find library argument :: -lz
> make[2]: *** [makeuctb] Error 8
> make[2]: Leaving directory 
> `/projects/intranet/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/src/chr
> trans'
> make[1]: [do_chartrans_stuff] Error 2 (ignored)
>
> cc  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/ldatae/include 
> -I/projects/gnu/sparc-sun-solaris2.6/inclu
> de -I../intl -Icurses.h -DLOCALEDIR=\"/projects/intranet/share/locale\" 
> -I. -I..
>  -Ichrtrans -I/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/src/chrtrans 
> -I/home/lwv26
> /i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4 -I/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/src 
> -I/ho
> me/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/WWW/Library/Implementation 
> -I/home/lwv26/i/
> src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/intl  -g -Xc  -c 
> /home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8
> -4/src/LYReadCFG.c
> "../cfg_defs.h", line 8: syntax error before or at: }
> "../cfg_defs.h", line 13: warning: old-style declaration or incorrect type 
> for:
> config_defines
>
> followed by a long line of errors.
>
> followed by:
>
> "/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/src/LYReadCFG.c", line 2339: 
> syntax err
> or before or at: if
> "/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/src/LYReadCFG.c", line 2339: 
> undefined
> or not a type: reloading
> "/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/src/LYReadCFG.c", line 2339: 
> identifier
>  redeclared: reloading
>         current : function() returning int
>         previous: char : 
> "/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/WWW/Library/Im
> plementation/HTTP.h", line 22
> "/home/lwv26/i/src/Unix/lynx/t/lynx2-8-4/src/LYReadCFG.c", line 2339: 
> cannot rec
> over from previous errors
>
> Here's what the cfg_defs.h looks like:
>
> static CONST struct {
>         CONST char *name;
>         CONST char *value;
> } config_cache[] = {
> };
>
> I am doing a make distclean, configure and make to see if things work any
> better...
> --
> Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem.
> Larry W. Virden <mailto:address@hidden> <URL: 
> http://www.purl.org/NET/lvirden/>
> Even if explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this posting should
> be construed as representing my employer's opinions.
> -><-


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