quad_t: incompatible types in config.log:

[Marc G. Fournier]

dragon:/var/patches/OpenWindows_3.6.1_x86> grep quad_t
/usr/include/sys/types.h  
typedef struct _quad { int val[2]; } quad_t;    /* used by UFS */
typedef quad_t          quad;                   /* used by UFS */


On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, David Rankin wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 01:20:28PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> 
> > Nope, produces the following instead:
> 
> > configure:2050: checking for quad_t
> > configure:2059: gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -I/usr/slocal/include  conftest.c 1>&5
> > configure: In function `main':
> > configure:2055: conversion to non-scalar type requested
> > configure: failed program was:
> > #line 2052 "configure"
> > #include "confdefs.h"
> > #include <sys/types.h>
> > int main() {
> > quad_t a; a = (quad_t) 1235;
> > ; return 0; }
> > 
> 
> Why don't you send out the line in /usr/include/sys/types that defines
> quad_t? I'm beginning to suspect that Solaris 7 (I can only access 2.6)
> is using quad_t as something != int64_t or long long int.
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
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Marc G. Fournier                                 marc.fournier at acadiau.ca
Senior Systems Administrator                            Acadia University

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