Problem building Grass5.0b3

GRASS GRASS user
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Good afternoon all,
I have been trying to build a working version of the beta3 release of
Grass5.0 on an SGI Onyx running Irix 6.5.2.
I have been using the notes provided by Justin Hickey, which he prepared
from his experiences when building the beta2 release under Irix 6.5.
These notes have been very helpful, but I have come across an error
which Justin didn't get.
Compiling ~/src/sites/s.surf.rst/s.surf.rst i get the following error...

    "main.c", line 823: error(1515): a value of type "int" cannot be
assigned to
          an entity of type "struct line_pnts *"
      Points = Vect_new_line_struct ()
                 ^
I am guessing that Vect_new_line_struct () is considered an int because
it hasn't been defined, and when I go looking I find that
Vect__new_line_struct () (note the double underscore) is defined in
Vlib/line_struct.c, and Vlib should be in VECT_INCLUDE.
Now I have tried editing main.c to use Vect__new_line_struct (), but
that doesn't make any difference.
I am not sufficiently familiar with makefiles to know whether the
VECT_INCLUDE is actually being used in this case.
Can anyone throw any light on this problem?

Much obliged.

--
Terry Duell, Senior Mobility Engineer
Army Engineering Agency
Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia
ph:61-3-93195837 fax:61-3-93195830

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Hi Terry

On Sep 16, 3:06pm, Terry Duell wrote:

Compiling ~/src/sites/s.surf.rst/s.surf.rst i get the following error...

    "main.c", line 823: error(1515): a value of type "int" cannot be
assigned to
          an entity of type "struct line_pnts *"
      Points = Vect_new_line_struct ()
                 ^

Without actually seeing the code (I didn't download beta 3) I would guess that
you may be able to fix it by putting a cast in front of the function call like
this:

Points = (struct line_pnts *) Vect_new_line_struct ()

This may be dangerous and you should check to see what the function is supposed
to return. The ideal solution is to change the function so it returns the
proper type. This is assuming that a function called Vect_new_line_struct
actually returns some type of line struct. Again you need to check.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

--
Sincerely,

Jazzman (a.k.a. Justin Hickey) e-mail: jhickey@hpcc.nectec.or.th
High Performance Computing Center
National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)
Bangkok, Thailand

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