Subj : Re: SyncTERM issues in OB
To   : Atroxi
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Dec 20 2020 05:20 pm

  Re: Re: SyncTERM issues in OB
  By: Atroxi to Sprite on Sun Dec 20 2020 10:13 pm

 > -=> Sprite wrote to Atroxi <=-
 >
 >  Sp>   Re: Re: SyncTERM issues in OB
 >  Sp>   By: Sprite to Atroxi on Fri Dec 18 2020 05:33:43
 >
 >  Sp>     Looks like I'm having some issues compiling syncterm on my OBSD system, too.  I'm running the latest version, not sure
 >  Sp> if
 >  Sp> you are or
 >  Sp> not, but this is the error blurb that I got in compilation...
 >  Sp>     Does anybody know if Deuce is still around?
 >
 >  Sp> ---error blurb from synctermcompilation follows---
 >  Sp> Compiling curs_cio.c
 >  Sp> curs_cio.c:111:2: error: unknown type name 'cchar_t'; did you mean 'wchar_t'?
 >  Sp>         cchar_t cha;
 >  Sp>         ^~~~~~~
 >  Sp>         wchar_t
 >  Sp> /usr/include/stdlib.h:53:19: note: 'wchar_t' declared here
 >  Sp> typedef __wchar_t       wchar_t;
 >  Sp>                         ^
 >  Sp> curs_cio.c:335:2: warning: implicit declaration of function 'setcchar'
 >  Sp> is
 >  Sp>       invalid in C99 [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
 >  Sp>         setcchar(&cha, wch, attr, cpair, NULL);
 >  Sp>         ^
 >  Sp> curs_cio.c:336:8: warning: implicit declaration of function 'add_wch'
 >  Sp> is invalid
 >  Sp>       in C99 [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
 >  Sp>         ret = add_wch(&cha);
 >  Sp>               ^
 >  Sp> curs_cio.c:447:2: error: unknown type name 'cchar_t'; did you mean 'wchar_t'?
 >  Sp>         cchar_t cchar;
 >  Sp>         ^~~~~~~
 >  Sp>         wchar_t
 >  Sp> /usr/include/stdlib.h:53:19: note: 'wchar_t' declared here
 >  Sp> typedef __wchar_t       wchar_t;
 >  Sp>                         ^
 >  Sp> curs_cio.c:473:4: warning: implicit declaration of function 'mvin_wch'
 >  Sp> is
 >  Sp>       invalid in C99 [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
 >  Sp>                         mvin_wch(y, x, &cchar);
 >  Sp>                         ^
 >  Sp> curs_cio.c:474:16: error: member reference base type 'wchar_t' (aka
 >  Sp> 'int') is
 >  Sp>       not a structure or union
 >  Sp>                         attr = cchar.attr;
 >  Sp>                                ~~~~~^~~~~
 >  Sp> curs_cio.c:475:31: error: member reference base type 'wchar_t' (aka
 >  Sp> 'int') is
 >  Sp>       not a structure or union
 >  Sp>                         thischar = ext_char = cchar.chars[0];
 >  Sp>                                               ~~~~~^~~~~~ curs_cio.c:953:9: warning: implicit declaration of function
 >  Sp> 'get_wch'
 >  Sp> is invalid
 >  Sp>       in C99 [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
 >  Sp>                 while(get_wch(&ch)==ERR) {
 >  Sp>                       ^
 >  Sp> 4 warnings and 4 errors generated.
 >  Sp> gmake[1]: *** [../build/Common.gmake:456: clang.openbsd.obj.debug-mt/curs_cio.o] Error 1
 >  Sp> gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/src/syncterm-1.1/src/conio'
 >  Sp> gmake: *** [../build/Common.gmake:503: ciolib-mt] Error 2
 >  Sp> found$
 >  Sp> ---end of copypasta---
 >
 >  Sp>     Anyway let me know if this is the same error message you're getting
 >  Sp> or not, we can get some information together for Deuce wherever he's at these days. :)
 >
 > Hey Sprite,
 >
 > Yes, this is exactly the error message that I was getting when I was trying to install syncterm too.

Did you try Deuce's latest commit?
<git_Deuce> https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/c3427ac62b50fdf717df81bd
<git_Deuce>     Modified src/conio/curs_fix.h
<git_Deuce> Attempt to work around OpenBSD shipping with a 12-year-old version
<git_Deuce> of ncurses.
<@Deuce> sprite, I just committed a possible fix for the ncurses issue.
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