Cone doesn't like fileno() macro (was: GCC flaw in FreeBSD5? Cone 0.58 does not compile)

Sam Varshavchik <[email protected]> writes:

>> The code looks fine and compiles fine on SuSE Linux 8.2 with an updated
>> vanilla GCC 3.3.3. Given that mail::file has an operator FILE *() that
>> returns the FILE* pointer, I don't see what the compiler wants to tell
>> me. Cc:'ing FreeBSD-current.
>
> Perhaps fileno() is a macro?

Yes, see Jaques' reply.

> Try inserting an explicit cast to FILE *.

This patch will be used for the FreeBSD port:

--- libmail/mbox.C~	Tue Apr  6 04:06:36 2004
+++ libmail/mbox.C	Sat Apr 17 22:05:27 2004
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@
 				// Remember how big the saveFile was,
 				// originally.
 
-				if (fstat(fileno(*saveFile), &stat_buf) < 0)
+				if (fstat(fileno(static_cast<FILE *>(*saveFile)), &stat_buf) < 0)
 				{
 					return false;
 				}
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@
 			{
 				// Potential short cut.
 
-				if (fstat(fileno(scanFile), &stat_buf) < 0)
+				if (fstat(fileno(static_cast<FILE *>(scanFile)), &stat_buf) < 0)
 				{
 					return false;
 				}
--- libmail/mboxadd.C~	Wed Aug 27 04:37:22 2003
+++ libmail/mboxadd.C	Sat Apr 17 22:06:10 2004
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@
 {
 	struct stat st;
 
-	mail::mbox::sighandler updating(fileno(file));
+	mail::mbox::sighandler updating(fileno(static_cast<FILE *>(file)));
 
 	try {
 
 		// Make sure the mboxAccount file ends with a trailing newline
 
-		if (fstat(fileno(file), &st) < 0)
+		if (fstat(fileno(static_cast<FILE *>(file)), &st) < 0)
 		{
 			fail(strerror(errno));
 			return;
--- libmail/mboxgetmessage.C~	Wed Aug 27 04:37:22 2003
+++ libmail/mboxgetmessage.C	Sat Apr 17 22:06:42 2004
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 	{
 		struct stat stat_buf;
 
-		if (fstat(fileno(file), &stat_buf) < 0)
+		if (fstat(fileno(static_cast<FILE *>(file)), &stat_buf) < 0)
 			endingPos=stat_buf.st_size;
 	}
 	else


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Matthias Andree

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