Re: Error compiling nmap-4.76 during make of libnbase on MacOSX 10.3.9

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 01:32:01PM -0400, Myshkin LeVine wrote:
> Hello,
>         I had the same compiling errors as Sergej Arko who posted recently.  
> The thread seems to have stopped without resolution so I decided to  
> post. The build fails when libnbase starts to be compiled. Here are the  
> error messages:
>
> ......................
> Compiling libnbase
> cd nbase && make
> gcc -g -O2 -Wall    -DHAVE_CONFIG_H    -c -o snprintf.o snprintf.c
> In file included from snprintf.c:66:
> nbase.h:192: error: parse error before "u8"
> nbase.h:192: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `u8'
> nbase.h:192: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> nbase.h:194: error: parse error before "u16"
> nbase.h:194: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `u16'
> nbase.h:194: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> nbase.h:196: error: parse error before "u32"
> nbase.h:196: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `u32'
> nbase.h:196: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> nbase.h:198: error: parse error before "u64"
> nbase.h:198: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of `u64'
> nbase.h:198: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> In file included from snprintf.c:66:
> nbase.h:392: error: parse error before "get_random_u32"
> nbase.h:392: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of  
> `get_random_u32'
> nbase.h:392: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> nbase.h:393: error: parse error before "get_random_u16"
> nbase.h:393: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of  
> `get_random_u16'
> nbase.h:393: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> nbase.h:394: error: parse error before "get_random_u8"
> nbase.h:394: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of  
> `get_random_u8'
> nbase.h:394: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> snprintf.c:51: warning: `rcsid' defined but not used
> make[1]: *** [snprintf.o] Error 1
> make: *** [nbase_build] Error 2
> .....................

Can you try the attached patch? It appears OS X 10.3.9 needs inttypes.h
for the integer types. You'll have to re-configure and re-make after
appying the patch.

David Fifield

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