id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc difficulty 1862 Chicken 5.4.0 doesn't build on Windows MickeyKnox "I've been following this guide to get up and running with Chicken on Windows: https://wiki.call-cc.org/msys2#installing-chicken-50-on-msys2 When trying to compile Chicken I get compiler errors: {{{ gcc -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DHAVE_CHICKEN_CONFIG_H -DC_ENABLE_PTABLES -c -Os -DC_BUILDING_LIBCHICKEN posixwin.c -o posixwin-static.o -I. -I./ In file included from posixwin.c:9: posixwin.c: In function 'f_4799': posixwin.c:185:57: error: passing argument 2 of 'execve' from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 185 | #define C_u_i_execve(f,a,e) C_fix(execve(C_c_string(f), (const char *const *)C_c_pointer_ve, (const char *const *)C_c_pointer_vector_or_null(e))) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | const char * const* chicken.h:1046:56: note: in definition of macro 'C_fix' 1046 | #define C_fix(n) ((C_word)((C_uword)(n) << C_FIXNUM_SHIFT) | C_FIXNUM_BIT) | ^ posixwin.c:9646:17: note: in expansion of macro 'C_u_i_execve' 9646 | t6=(C_truep(t4)?C_u_i_execve(t2,t3,t4):C_u_i_execvp(t2,t3)); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from C:/msys64/ucrt64/include/unistd.h:11, from chicken.h:134: C:/msys64/ucrt64/include/process.h:187:64: note: expected 'char * const*' but argument is of type 'const char * const*' 187 | _CRTIMP int __cdecl execve(const char *_Filename,char *const _ArgList[],char *const _Env[]) __MINGW_ATTRIB_DEPRECATED_MSVC2005; | ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~ posixwin.c:185:109: error: passing argument 3 of 'execve' from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 185 | #define C_u_i_execve(f,a,e) C_fix(execve(C_c_string(f), (const char *const *)C_c_pointer_vector_or_null(a), (const char *const *)C_c_pointer_vector_or_null(e))) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | const char * const* chicken.h:1046:56: note: in definition of macro 'C_fix' 1046 | #define C_fix(n) ((C_word)((C_uword)(n) << C_FIXNUM_SHIFT) | C_FIXNUM_BIT) | ^ posixwin.c:9646:17: note: in expansion of macro 'C_u_i_execve' 9646 | t6=(C_truep(t4)?C_u_i_execve(t2,t3,t4):C_u_i_execvp(t2,t3)); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~ C:/msys64/ucrt64/include/process.h:187:87: note: expected 'char * const*' but argument is of type 'const char * const*' 187 | _CRTIMP int __cdecl execve(const char *_Filename,char *const _ArgList[],char *const _Env[) __MINGW_ATTRIB_DEPRECATED_MSVC2005; | ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~ posixwin.c:184:57: error: passing argument 2 of 'execvp' from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 184 | #define C_u_i_execvp(f,a) C_fix(execvp(C_c_string(f), (const char *const *)C_c_pointer_ve)) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | const char * const* chicken.h:1046:56: note: in definition of macro 'C_fix' 1046 | #define C_fix(n) ((C_word)((C_uword)(n) << C_FIXNUM_SHIFT) | C_FIXNUM_BIT) | ^ posixwin.c:9646:40: note: in expansion of macro 'C_u_i_execvp' 9646 | t6=(C_truep(t4)?C_u_i_execve(t2,t3,t4):C_u_i_execvp(t2,t3)); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~ C:/msys64/ucrt64/include/process.h:188:64: note: expected 'char * const*' but argument is of type 'const char * const*' 188 | _CRTIMP int __cdecl execvp(const char *_Filename,char *const _ArgList[]) __MINGW_ATTRIB_DEPRECATED_MSVC2005; | ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~ posixwin.c: In function 'f_4882': posixwin.c:189:75: error: passing argument 3 of 'spawnvpe' from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 189 | #define C_u_i_spawnvpe(m,f,a,e) C_fix(spawnvpe(C_unfix(m), C_c_string(f), (const char *cons, (const char *const *)C_c_pointer_vector_or_null(e))) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | const char * const* chicken.h:1046:56: note: in definition of macro 'C_fix' 1046 | #define C_fix(n) ((C_word)((C_uword)(n) << C_FIXNUM_SHIFT) | C_FIXNUM_BIT) | ^ posixwin.c:9768:17: note: in expansion of macro 'C_u_i_spawnvpe' 9768 | t6=(C_truep(t4)?C_u_i_spawnvpe(((C_word*)t0)[2],t2,t3,t4):C_u_i_spawnvp(((C_word*)t0)[2],t2,t3)); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C:/msys64/ucrt64/include/process.h:199:75: note: expected 'char * const*' but argument is of type 'const char * const*' 199 | _CRTIMP intptr_t __cdecl spawnvpe(int,const char *_Filename,char *const _ArgList[],char *const _Env[]) __MINGW_ATTRIB_DEPRECATED_MSVC2005; | ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~ posixwin.c:189:127: error: passing argument 4 of 'spawnvpe' from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 189 | #define C_u_i_spawnvpe(m,f,a,e) C_fix(spawnvpe(C_unfix(m), C_c_string(f), (const char *const *)C_c_pointer_vector_or_null(a), (const char *const *)C_c_pointer_vector_or_null(e))) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | const char * const* chicken.h:1046:56: note: in definition of macro 'C_fix' 1046 | #define C_fix(n) ((C_word)((C_uword)(n) << C_FIXNUM_SHIFT) | C_FIXNUM_BIT) | ^ posixwin.c:9768:17: note: in expansion of macro 'C_u_i_spawnvpe' 9768 | t6=(C_truep(t4)?C_u_i_spawnvpe(((C_word*)t0)[2],t2,t3,t4):C_u_i_spawnvp(((C_word*)t0)[2],t2,t3)); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ C:/msys64/ucrt64/include/process.h:199:98: note: expected 'char * const*' but argument is of type 'const char * const*' 199 | _CRTIMP intptr_t __cdecl spawnvpe(int,const char *_Filename,char *const _ArgList[],char *) __MINGW_ATTRIB_DEPRECATED_MSVC2005; | ~~~~~~ posixwin.c:188:74: error: passing argument 3 of 'spawnvp' from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 188 | #define C_u_i_spawnvp(m,f,a) C_fix(spawnvp(C_unfix(m), C_c_string(f), (const char *const)) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | const char * const chicken.h:1046:56: note: in definition of macro 'C_fix' 1046 | #define C_fix(n) ((C_word)((C_uword)(n) << C_FIXNUM_SHIFT) | C_FIXNUM_BIT) | ^ posixwin.c:9768:59: note: in expansion of macro 'C_u_i_spawnvp' 9768 | t6=(C_truep(t4)?C_u_i_spawnvpe(((C_word*)t0)[2],t2,t3,t4):C_u_i_spawnvp(((C_word*)t0)[2],t2,t3)); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ C:/msys64/ucrt64/include/process.h:198:74: note: expected 'char * const*' but argument is of type 'const char * const*' 198 | _CRTIMP intptr_t __cdecl spawnvp(int,const char *_Filename,char *const _ArgList[]) __MINGW_ATTRIB_DEPRECATED_MSVC2005; | ~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~ make: *** [rules.make:121: posixwin-static.o] Error 1 }}}" defect new major someday unknown 5.4.0 MickeyKnox