Compilation error after installing Sun patches

Question

hello,
One of our customer installed teh following Sun patches:
119254-73
124867-14
124863-23
124870-03
124872-07
126495-04
126995-04
127000-13
127001-04
127143-03
118683-05
119963-20
120753-08Now when they compile the application they get the following error:
cd /usr/opt/temip/mmtoolkit/examples/
make -f temip_ef_user_library.make
/opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC -c -m64 -xcode=pic32 -g -xO0 -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -mt -pto -I/usr/opt/temip/tfc/include -I//usr/opt/temip/mmtoolkit/include -I//usr/opt/temip/acloc/include -I//usr/opt/temip/ocs/include -D_RWCONFIG_m -o temip_ef_user_library.o temip_ef_user_library.cxx
**"/opt/SUNWspro/prod/include/CC/Cstd/rw/traits", line 535: Error: The function "wcsstr" must have a prototype.*
*1 Error(s) detected.
*** Error code 1
The following command caused the error:
`echo "/opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC -c -m64 -xcode=pic32 -g -xO0 -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -mt -pto -I/usr/opt/temip/tfc/include -I//usr/opt/temip/mmtoolkit/include -I//usr/opt/temip/acloc/include -I//usr/opt/temip/ocs/include -D_RWCONFIG_m " | sed 's/[    ][      ]*/ /g'` -o temip_ef_user_library.o temip_ef_user_library.cxx
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `temip_ef_user_library.o'
does anyone has an idea ?
thank you for your help.
regards,
Christine

Answer 1

Notes for future posting:
1. When you have a question about patches, please also provide the one-line patch description. Otherwise, anyone who might be inclined to help first has to look them up. Making volunteers do extra work to help you for free is not the best strategy. 119254-73 Install and Patch Utilities Patch (unlikely to affect compiling programs)
124867-14 Patch for C 5.9 compiler (unlikely to affect C++ compiling)
124863-23 Patch for Sun C++ 5.9 Compiler (Aha!)   <-----------
124870-03 Patch for Sun Performance Library (unlikely to affect compiling programs)
124872-07 Patch for dbx 7.6 Debugger (unlikely to affect compiling programs)
126495-04 Patch for debuginfo handling  (unlikely to affect compiling programs)
126995-04 Patch for Performance Analyzer Tools (unlikely to affect compiling programs)
127000-13 Patch for Fortran 95 8.3 Compiler (unlikely to affect C++ compiling)
127001-04 Patch for Fortran 95 8.3 Dynamic Libraries (unlikely to affect compiling programs)
127143-03 Patch for Fortran 95 8.3 Support Library (unlikely to affect compiling programs)
118683-05 Patch for profiling libraries and assembler (could possibly affect compiling C++)  <----------
119963-20 Shared library patch for C++ (unlikely to affect C++ compiling)
120753-08 Microtasking libraries (libmtsk) patch (unlikely to affect compiling programs)If you had gone through this exercise, you could have eliminated many of these patches from consideration. For example, a Fortran runtime library patch or a dbx patch cannot cause the C++ compiler to generate a compile-time error that it did not generate before.
2. Put all source code and error messages in "code" tags, as you did with the list of patches. The non-alphanumeric characters in source code and messages can be interpreted as formatting directives instead of being displayed. The result is often nonsense or is hard to read.
Notes on the command line:
1. The -xO0 option is not supported, and has unpredictable results. If you do not want optimization because you want to debug the code, use either no -xOn option, or use -xO1. Using no option is generally preferred: compilation is faster, and the generated code is usually better than with -xO1.
2. The -pto (-instances=static) option is generally a really bad idea. Unless you have a specific reason why you need this template compilation mode, you should remove the -pto option from all command lines (to use the default -instances=global mode), delete all your binaries, and rebuild the application.
Neither of these problems causes the error message, however.
What could be wrong
Also on the command line is a macro definition that appears to be -D_RWCONFIG_m
Is that the correct rendering of the option? If not, please show the command line again inside "code" tags.
I'm concerned that you are trying to override a configuration macro for libCstd, the C++ runtime library. Doing so is not supported and has unpredictable results. If -D_RWCONFIG_m is what is really on the command line, it will not cause a problem with the library.
Except for the possible macro definition issue, finding the problem will require looking at the source code. Since the error message refers to one of the compiler's own headers, the most likely possibilities are
1. A bug in the headers that might be fixed in a later patch -- 124863-23 is not the most recent patch.
2. An error in your code that worked only by accident before. I'm thinking of an inappropriate macro definition.
If you strip everything out of the temip_ef_user_library.cxx file after all the #include directives, you should be able to compile the resulting file and see the same error message. If so, please post that small file here (inside "code" tags).