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From: dana@dino.bellcore.com (Dana A. Chee)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Epoch 3.2 and DS 3100
Message-ID: <1990Jul26.124631.22607@bellcore-2.bellcore.com>
Date: 26 Jul 90 12:46:31 GMT
References: <1990Jul25.210438.20327@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
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In article <1990Jul25.210438.20327@Neon.Stanford.EDU>,
rit@killdeer.Stanford.EDU (Jean-Francois Rit) writes:
|> I have some problems installing Epoch 3.2b on a DECstation 3100 (with R4).
|> 
|> Any help would be welcome, including an address where to send
|> installation problem reports. 
|> 
|> Here is the problem:
|> 
|> In the compilation of xutil.c, I get the following error message:
|> 
|> cc -O -Demacs    -DBUTTON -DCB -c xutil.c
|> ccom: Error: xutil.c, line 168: slot undefined
|>                               *( (int *) (ap->slot) ) =  (cvalue);
|>       -------------------------------------------^
|> ccom: Error: xutil.c, line 168: member of structure or union required
|>                               *( (int *) (ap->slot) ) =  (cvalue);
|>       -------------------------------------------^
|> ccom: Error: xutil.c, line 173: member of structure or union required
|>                               *( (unsigned char **) (ap->slot) )
|> [etc.]
|> 
|> I must add that my compiler didn't like "VOID" declarations and I
|> replaced them with "void". I doubt this caused the problem, but one
|> never knows.
|> 
|> JF

In xutil.c, just before the definition of Alist_Entry, add the lines:

#ifdef mips
#undef VOID
#define VOID int
#endif

The 3100's doesn't like things the way they are.

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