[quake2] Bugs in Quake 2 Mandriva 2006

[Nick Warne]

On Monday 07 August 2006 20:26, O.Sezer wrote:
> Nick Warne wrote:
> > On Monday 07 August 2006 20:07, O.Sezer wrote:
> >>Evan Vittitow wrote:
> >>>I have a build error that effects the rouge and xatrix addons.
> >>>
> >>>xatrixsrc320/g_items.c:29: error: static declaration of
> >>>'jacket_armor_index' follows non-static declaration
> >>>xatrixsrc320/g_local.h:449: error: previous declaration of
> >>>'jacket_armor_index' was here
> >>>xatrixsrc320/g_items.c:30: error: static declaration of
> >>>'combat_armor_index' follows non-static declaration
> >>>xatrixsrc320/g_local.h:450: error: previous declaration of
> >>>'combat_armor_index' was here
> >>>xatrixsrc320/g_items.c:31: error: static declaration of
> >>>'body_armor_index' follows non-static declaration
> >>>xatrixsrc320/g_local.h:451: error: previous declaration of
> >>>'body_armor_index' was here
> >>>make[1]: *** [releasei386/xatrix/g_items.o] Error 1
> >>
> >>I use the attached patches when building
> >>the mission pack game libraries. I hope
> >>they'll be useful for you.
> >
> > Those patches do not address this - this is a compiler build issue.
>
> See xatrix-1-other1.diff :  It removes those externs
> from g_local.h which should cure that particular
> issue. (Am I missing something ?)

I see - sorry I missed that one (really good intuitive patch names ;-) ).  The 
reason I ask is I run a Xatrix server using my own cut down code, and have 
never had problems with that type of build error at all over last 5 years - 
ever!

So I suspect a GCC change version that has turned a warning into an error.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/quake2plus/

Nick

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