Re: Bug in groff 1.17 with Sun C++ compiler

[Werner LEMBERG]

> FYI, attached below is our current patch to get groff 1.17 compiled
> with Sun C++ 5.2, HP-UX C++ A.03.30, and IRIX C++ 7.3.1.2m.

Thanks.

> It does the following:
>
>   1. Provide an autoconf test to determine if mkstemp has
>      a prototype. FYI, Solaris 2.5.1 has a function prototype
>      for mktemp.

I really don't know :-) Someone has sent a fix which I've applied.

>   2. Remove cast of string literals to char * (allowed by C++ but
>      not pretty). Use const char * instead.

Agreed.

>   3. Use void return type for functions not returning a value.

I've fixed these meanwhile.

> Next up is #ifdef'ing out the functions in
> src/preproc/html/pre-html.cc for abs, min, etc. which are already
> provided by the system. I'll send in another patch when I'm done.

I've already started that...

> Should I be trying to build the latest snapshot instead?

Please do so.

> Plans for a 1.17.1 or 1.18 any time soon?

`Soon' is 1.17.1 in a few weeks, I think...


    Werner