RE: Compile errors in 7.0.9

[Graeme Elliner via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

Hi Michael

Thanks for getting back to me and 632 has confirmed the iocLogServer issue

 

But it’s the other one I’m having issues with

 

../dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c: In function ‘dbDumpDevice’:

../dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c:3459:36: error: initialization of ‘long int (**)(void)’ from incompatible pointer type ‘long int (**)(int)’ [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]

3459 |                 DEVSUPFUN *pfunc = &pdevSup->pdset->report;

 

 

Best Regards,

Graeme Elliner
XDS Oxford Limited

 

From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@gmail.com>
Sent: 21 October 2025 19:01
To: Graeme Elliner <Graeme.Elliner@xds-oxford.com>
Cc: tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
Subject: Re: Compile errors in 7.0.9

 

[EXTERNAL]

see https ://github.com/epics-base/epics-base/issues/632

 

On 10/21/25 7:41 AM, Graeme Elliner via Tech-talk wrote:

Hi

I’ve just run into two compile errors while trying to install Epics 7.0.9 on Ubuntu 25

 

../log/iocLogServer.c: In function ‘acceptNewClient’:

../log/iocLogServer.c:483:14: error: expected identifier or ‘(’ before ‘true’

  483 |         long true;

      |              ^~~~

../log/iocLogServer.c:484:14: error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment

  484 |         true = 1;

      |              ^

../log/iocLogServer.c:490:25: error: lvalue required as unary ‘&’ operand

  490 |                 (char *)&true,

      |                         ^

 

This one was relatively straight forward, in iocLogServer.c I just renames true within the acceptNewClient function to tr, this fixed this issue – I assume the compiler was seeing true as True.

 

 

I have not been able to fix the next one and could do with some assistance

../dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c: In function ‘dbDumpDevice’:

../dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c:3459:36: error: initialization of ‘long int (**)(void)’ from incompatible pointer type ‘long int (**)(int)’ [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]

3459 |                 DEVSUPFUN *pfunc = &pdevSup->pdset->report;

 

 

 

 

Best Regards,

Graeme Elliner
Senior Control & Electrical Engineer
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