I'm trying to compile an existing file on Solaris 5.10, using gcc. This is the command I'm typing, very simple:
gcc -c round.c -I/include/general -o round.o
Now the round.c file contains a method "round" that takes 2 arguments. I don't have the option of changing the file or function name. When I try to compile this I get the following errors:
round.c:9: error: conflicting types for 'round'
round.c:9: error: conflicting types for 'round'
An include file that is referenced by round.c does include <math.h> .Seems there already is a system round function that wants only 1 argument. How do I have gcc ignore the round method from <math.h> and thus get rid of this conflicting types error?
Note that on another Solaris machine, Solaris 5.6, I can compile round.c in the same manner without any problem whatsoever.
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks,
Karen
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What we are trying to do is to migrate code over without any changes. Our round function is used in several files, so that's the last resort I want to take is to modify files.
You asked if I was sure it was a compliant C compiler - I used gcc on both machines. On the Solaris 5.6 machine, gcc is version 2.8.1. On the Solaris 5.10 machine, gcc is version 3.4.3
Copy of round.c is included too - thank you for any and all help.
Karen
>> On the Solaris 5.6 machine, gcc is version 2.8.1
That one is a bit old, and since 'round' was added in C99, it didn't support it yet, so that's why it compiled.
C99 added this 'round' function to <math.h> :
double round(double x);
>> On the Solaris 5.10 machine, gcc is version 3.4.3
I'm not sure whether this version of gcc already included support for the new 'round' function, but it seems it does (you can easily check that by doing a grep for 'round' in the math.h header file).
What you could try, is compile it in old standard mode using the -ansi compiler flag.
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by: Infinity08Posted on 2009-04-21 at 07:41:13ID: 24194938
Can you leave out the #include <math.h> ?
Can you give your function a different name than 'round' ? I know you said you can't, but why not ?
Can you post the round.c file ?
>> Note that on another Solaris machine, Solaris 5.6, I can compile round.c in the same manner without any problem whatsoever.
Are you sure that was with a (compliant) C compiler ? (not a C++ compiler for example)