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Re: editors/nvi build errors on macOS



* On 2026-10-16 at 14:26 BST, Edgar Fuß wrote:

When trying to build editors/nvi from 2026Q3 on macOS (15) I get checksum
errors on patches/patch-a[d-g] when using a UTF-8 locale.
I can patch with LC_CTYPE=C, but I get build errors later on:

../dist/../ex/ex_script.c:781:10: error: unknown type name 'amaster'
 781 | sscr_pty(amaster, aslave, name, termp, winp)
     |          ^

Does nvi build for anybody?

You'll need this:

  https://github.com/NetBSD/pkgsrc/commit/c31730507a1cf1fdb339e73449c5f15c9684fede

The updated defaults for newer clang on macOS is causing breakage for any software still using K&R prototypes.

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