[solved] Re: groff build failure (me too, but i386)

On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:08:48 +0300 Boris Samorodov wrote:

> Since nobody seems to get the error it may be my fault. Please, help
> if you can. Thanks!

> Here are some details:
> -----
> [~]bsam_at_bb% uname -a
> FreeBSD bb.ipt.ru 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0 r214737: Wed Nov  3 18:48:54 MSK 2010     root_at_bb.ipt.ru:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
> [~]bsam_at_bb% svn info /usr/src
> Path: /usr/src
> URL: svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/head
> Repository Root: svn://svn.freebsd.org/base
> Repository UUID: ccf9f872-aa2e-dd11-9fc8-001c23d0bc1f
> Revision: 215798
> Node Kind: directory
> Schedule: normal
> Last Changed Author: kib
> Last Changed Rev: 215798
> Last Changed Date: 2010-11-24 15:34:25 +0300 (ср, 24 ноя 2010)

> [~]bsam_at_bb% svn status /usr/src
> [~]bsam_at_bb% make -C /usr/src buildworld
> ...
> c++ -O2 -pipe -I/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/src/preproc/eqn/../../../../../../contrib/groff/src/preproc/eqn -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/src/preproc/eqn/../../../../../../contrib/groff/src/include -I/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/src/preproc/eqn/../../../src/include -fstack-protector -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -c eqn.cpp
> y.tab.c: In function 'int yygrowstack()':
> y.tab.c:703: error: invalid conversion from 'void*' to 'short int*'
> y.tab.c:709: error: invalid conversion from 'void*' to 'YYSTYPE*'
> *** Error code 1

> Stop in /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/src/preproc/eqn.
> ...
> -----

Jos Backus helped offline to find the cure:
# cd /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff; make cleandir; make cleandir; make clean

-- 
WBR, bsam