On 04/12/2012 04:00 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> 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...
> 

This also shows a lot of promise for help:

http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.7/porting_to.html

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