On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Phil Chambers wrote:
> After much searching I find that <sys/sema.h> (which is included by <net/if.h>,
> which is in turn included by exim.h) contains:
>
> " typedef struct sv {
> " #ifdef SEMAINFOP
> " void *sv_info;
> " #endif
> " __psunsigned_t sv_queue;
> " } sv_t;
>
> which clashes whith /usr/share/lib/perl5/irix-n32/5.00404/CORE/sv.h:35:
>
> " struct sv {
> " void* sv_any;
> " U32 sv_refcnt;
> " U32 sv_flags;
> " };
That looks like it's an IRIX problem rather than Exim's problem.
Other systems (e.g. Solaris 8) don't have sys/sema.h, and don't define a
structure called 'sv' any where in /usr/include/sys/*.
> I can't believe that exim with perl has not been built by lots of people with
> IRIX6.5,
I'm afraid I can. Building Exim with Perl is a minority sport; so is
running IRIX. You are probably the entire minority of the minority. :-(
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