Re: avifile will not compile on -current

> From: Wolfram Fenske <Wolfram.Fenske_at_Student.Uni-Magdeburg.DE>
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:38:54 +0200
> Sender: owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
> 
> Hello!
> 
> "Kevin Oberman" <oberman_at_es.net> writes:
> 
> > Not sure if this was best to current or ports, but I suspect current is
> > the best starting point. It is beyond my VERY limited C++ skills to
> > decipher. 
> >
> > When I try building avifile on either of my current systems, I get the
> > error:
> >  c++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I./../common -I./../../ffmp> eg/libavformat -I./../../ffmpeg/libavcodec -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/loca> l/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -D_GETOPT_H -Wall -Wno-unused -I../../includ> e -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=> 64 -pipe -c ReadFile.cpp  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/ReadFile.o
> > ReadFile.cpp:129: error: explicit qualification in declaration of `avm::I> ReadFile* avm::CreateReadFile(const char*, unsigned int)'
> > gmake[2]: *** [ReadFile.lo] Error 1
> > gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/multimedia/avifile/work/avifile-0> .7-0.7.43/lib/aviread'
> >
> > This compiles fine on a 6.2-PRERELEASE system.
> >
> > Any idea what might be causing this? I don't see any other reports of
> > problem, so it may be a problem on my system, but I don't see what it
> 
> I don't know what the problem really is, but I found some bug reports
> with the message »error: explicit qualification in declaration«. [1]
> Apparently, they can be fixed by removing the namespace qualifier.  So
> replacing line 129 with one of
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> avm::IReadFile* CreateReadFile(const char*, unsigned int)
> IReadFile* avm::CreateReadFile(const char*, unsigned int)
> IReadFile* CreateReadFile(const char*, unsigned int)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> might work.

Does work! Thanks.

Now I just need to decide whether to submit a patch for the current
version or try to complete a port of the latest version to FreeBSD.
-- 
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