On 04/12/2012 02:56 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote:
> Looks like gcc 4.7 will require some major code cleanup. However, today I ran across this response in a forum discussion:
> 
> https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/zoneminder-1-25-0-wont-build-in-slackware64-current-939357/#post4650610
> Perhaps some of the 4.7 problems will be resolved by manually adding unistd.h in the preprocessor includes.
> 
> This document explains the changes in gcc 4.7:
> 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.7/changes.html
> 
> Somebody more experienced with compilers could help by translating that information into a wiki how-to of what types of failures to expect, what types of cures will help, and when those cures need to be explicitly defined in the build process.
> 
> Darrell

Good stuff - that's what several of my patches did. I'm no wizard at adjusting
what happens after pushing the g++ 'x' button, but hopefully there is a good
rabbit trail in the links...

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.