Re: error while compiling :

[jlim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jonathan Lim)]

You're using an old set of source files. The use of -DPOSIX_SOURCE and
-D_XOPEN_SOURCE have been discontinued.


              Jonathan Lim  _  Silicon Graphics  _  Mountain View
              GPS Graphics     Computer Systems        CA, USA


On Thu Nov 23 11:38:14 2000, bhargava_ankur@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Hi ,
> when i do make in the libimage directory of the untarred src i get error:
> _XOPEN_SOURCE not supported . if i remove this flag -D_XOPEN_SOURCE from the
> ivcommondefs file.line no: 33 : LINUXDEFS = -DPOSIX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE
> the source compiles without any warnings..i have no idea what this flag
> does. is it ok to compile without this flag ? why is this flag included. ?
> 
> am using gcc compiler version 2.95.2.
> 
> thanks,
> ankur