Compile error during make: ansidecl.h: No such file or directory

Question

Hi - I was trying to make a ruby app and I ran into the following error which seems to have originated in gcc. I can't seem to find much about it on Google, would very much appreciate some help with how to get to the bottom of this, thanks!:
checking for main() in -liberty... no
creating Makefile
In file included from dirfibheap.h:5,
from dirfibheap.c:2:
*fibheap.h:44:22: error: ansidecl.h: No such file or directory*
make: * \[dirfibheap.o] Error 1
gcc -fno-common -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -pipe -fno-common -pipe -fno-common -I. -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/universal-darwin8.0 -I/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/universal-darwin8.0 -I. -c dirfibheap.c

Answer 1

Apple's gcc doesn't come with this file. It is unlikely that simply getting a version of the file will work. My guess is that you would have to either install an alternative version of gcc which includes it or edit the source code of the app you're compiling to avoid it. Whether either of these would work, I can't say. Obviously this application is not ported to or supported on Mac OS X (if it is meant to be, report the bug). That means there are likely other issues which will crop up if you sort this one. I don't say this to put you off but only as a warning. (This may be superfluous and you may know all this very well. If so, my apologies.)
What are you trying to compile? Have you tried the forums for the application? Has anybody else compiled it for OS X? Have you seen if Fink or Mac Ports have it?
- cfr