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From: dpl@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David P. Lithgow)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Porting code gives "unknown size" C compiler error
Keywords: MIPS Ultrix V3.1D C pcc cc VAX VAX/Ultrix
Message-ID: <62195@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 19 Nov 90 22:04:48 GMT
Reply-To: dpl@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David P. Lithgow)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
Lines: 33


	To any who've ported C code from Ultrix/VAX to Ultrix/MIPS,
I'm getting a compiler error, and a friend of mine says that
it is a known error, but I can't find the soultion anywhere in the
Ultrix V3.0, V3.1C, V3.1D, or V4.0 documentation, or the
"Release Notes for RISC Processors".

	Here's the error:

# make prog
cc -O -c prog.c
ccom: Error: prog.c line 583: unknown size
	struct exec execb;
      -------------------^
...
...
... more errors due to above error
...
*** error code 1

Stop.
#
	This make works without problem under Vax/Ultrix V3.0, but
fails with the above error under MIPS/Ultrix V3.1D.

	I've rtfm-ed to no avail - can anyone help?  Is this a
known problem with a known workaround?

--
David P. Lithgow    Sr. Systems Analy./Pgmr. (unix,VMS), Univ. of Pittsburgh
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