7.55.1 fails to build on Mac OS X PowerPC, expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘curl_off_t’

[ryandesign]

I did this

./configure and make

I expected the following

successful build

curl/libcurl version

7.55.1

operating system

Mac OS X 10.5.8 PowerPC

Here is a log of the failure:

https://build.macports.org/builders/ports-10.5_ppc_legacy-builder/builds/37963/steps/install-port/logs/stdio

The errors begin with:

../include/curl/curl.h:174: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘curl_off_t’

I suspect #1774 caused this. 7.55.0 built successfully on the same system.

I'm not in front of a PowerPC system right now, but sources on the Internet show that a PowerPC Mac running Mac OS X 10.4 defines __ppc__ and __POWERPC__ but not __powerpc__.

[bagder]

Is that using gcc?

How about fixing it like this:

--- a/include/curl/system.h
+++ b/include/curl/system.h
@@ -424,11 +424,11 @@
 /*    KEEP GENERIC GCC THE LAST ENTRY    */
 /* ===================================== */
 
 #elif defined(__GNUC__)
 #  if !defined(__LP64__) && (defined(__ILP32__) || \
-      defined(__i386__) || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__arm__) || \
+      defined(__i386__) || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(__arm__) || \
       defined(__sparc__) || defined(__mips__) || defined(__sh__) || \
       defined(__XTENSA__) || (defined(__SIZEOF_LONG__) && __SIZEOF_LONG__ == 4))
 #    define CURL_SIZEOF_LONG           4
 #    define CURL_TYPEOF_CURL_OFF_T     long long
 #    define CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T     "lld"

[ryandesign]

Is that using gcc?

Yes, the Apple-modified version of gcc 4.2.1 that comes with Xcode 3.1.4. Apple-modified GCC is the default compiler on Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier.

How about fixing it like this:

That was going to be my suggestion. I've seen other code on the Internet that also checks for __PPC__, but I don't know what systems that's for.