Hello all,

I need to compile the gnu binutils-2.7 (I need to use that version
because it's the one for which there's a patch for the free PalmOS
development tools for Unix -- see http://elf.org/pilot/develop.html).

Every time I try to compile them on my NetBSD 1.4.1 box, compilation
stops with this error:

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test -z "" ||  gcc -O2 -c -g -I. -I./../include   strerror.c -o pic/strerror.o
gcc -O2 -c -g -I. -I./../include  strerror.c
strerror.c:459: conflicting types for `sys_errlist'
/usr/include/errno.h:61: previous declaration of `sys_errlist'
strerror.c: In function `init_error_tables':
strerror.c:544: warning: assignment of read-only variable `sys_nerr'
*** Error code 1

Stop.
*** Error code 1

Stop.
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I'm a bit surprised that anything as important as the gnu binutils
would fail to compile cleanly on NetBSD without modification. I could
probably edit a line or two in strerror.c and get past this particular
error, but I'm worried that there are probably many more errors to
follow. 

I'm hoping that somebody, anybody, on this mailing list has gotten
this version of the gnu binutils to compile on their NetBSD box, and
can share the secret or some patches. If anyone out there has managed
to compile the entire gnu PalmOS development toolkit or is interested
in compiling it for NetBSD, please get in touch with me.  I'd love to
see this available as a NetBSD package.

-Zach Fine
czyz@serv.net