failed to build with gcc10

Pavel Zhukov <[email protected]> Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:47:50 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.global.bugs
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Hello,

global-6.6.4 is failed to build with newest gcc because -fno-common is
enabled by default.

/usr/bin/ld: ../libutil/libgloutil.a(args.o):/builddir/build/BUILD/global-6.6.3/libutil/args.c:42: multiple definition of `type'; global.o:/builddir/build/BUILD/global-6.6.3/global/global.c:134: first defined here
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [Makefile:459: global] Error 1

Successfully built with:

diff --git a/global/global.c b/global/global.c
index e406e89..0f0a430 100644
--- a/global/global.c
+++ b/global/global.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int debug;
 int literal;				/**< 1: literal search	*/
 int print0;				/**< --print0 option	*/
 int format;
-int type;				/**< path conversion type */
+extern int type;				/**< path conversion type */
 int match_part;				/**< match part only	*/
 int abslib;				/**< absolute path only in library project */
 int use_color;				/**< coloring */

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PAVEL ZHUKOV
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