"/usr/include/curses.h", line 86: invalid type combination
Quick question: does this compiler have a stdbool.h header file? If it
does, does autoconf find it? (This answer should be in the configure output).
I suspect that it does NOT, and you are running afoul of the following
defintions in h/nmh.h:
#ifdef HAVE_STDBOOL_H
# include <stdbool.h>
#else
# define bool int
# define true 1
# define false 0
#endif
So that would make that line in curses.h:
typedef char int
Which would probably explain the exact error you are getting.
So, solutions? Weeelll .... we use bool a lot, actually. It looks like
bool was added in C99, so maybe adding -std=c99 to the compiler options
would work? (be sure you do that and re-run configure). It might be the
compiler doesn't "see" stdbool.h unless you do -std=c99. I suspect
using gcc would also work. That may not be right answer, as I think
the default is -std=c11. You could also try adding -D_BOOL=1 to CPPFLAGS.
I don't know why older versions don't compile; support for bool was only
added in nmh 1.7. It would probably be best to focus on the newest versions
though.
--Ken
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