Subject: Re: error in getopt1.c library file of the coreutils project (from the http download)
From: Eric Blake <[email-masked]>
To: Robert Dell <[email-masked]>
Cc: bug-coreutils <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:03:51 -0700
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

On 02/04/2011 07:45 AM, Robert Dell wrote:
> This is being emailed to you because you are the maintainers of the
> coreutils project.  I don't know who is responsible
> but one of you four should be able to get this done.  The information
> about who maintains this project may even be obsolete and if so, I
> apologize for that.

The better place to mail would be the coreutils mailing list itself, not
random developers.  [email-masked] (cc'd).

> 
> 
> from this download:
> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.9.tar.gz
> 
> line 40 you have
> getopt_long (int argc, char *__getopt_argv_const *argv, const char
> *options,
> 
> it should be
> getopt_long (int argc, char *__getopt_argv_const, char *argv, const char
> *options,

No, it should not be.  __getopt_argv_const is a macro that expands
either to the empty string or to const, depending on your system.

> 
> it errors out if otherwise.

What platform and what error?  Unless you can give us more details, we
have to assume the bug is in your setup and not in coreutils.

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