Re: RE: [PIC] Mini Howto: Microchip tools under Linux with Wine

On Saturday 10 September 2005 04:27 am, Rob Hamerling wrote:
>
> Today I have released XWisp2 version 1.7.00.
> Major enhancement: runs now also under Linux besides OS/2 eComStation
> and Windows.
>

It may run under Linux, but it won't compile in Linux.

Your makefile seems to be for OS2 (?). I made a Makefile for Linux, and gcc 
goes berserk when attempting to compile the code.

Some C files include "xwisp2.h", others include "XWisp2.h". Includes in Linux 
are case sensitive. After fixing that, I get a multitude of error messages 
regarding object types. Gcc is quite picky about proper typing (which is a 
Good Thing), and treats such things as passing a char pointer when it expects 
a const char pointer as an error, not a warning.

There may be gcc flags that will force gcc to compile such lines anyway, but 
IMHO, using such features is not a good idea. It makes debugging more 
difficult, and some logical errors in the code can remain undetected for a 
long time.

Jeff