[vtkusers] Re: Installation on SunOS 5.7 Ultra 2 Creator 3D System

[Alexandre Guimond]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:02:08 -0800
"Keator, David" <dbkeator at msx.hsis.uci.edu> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm having problems getting the graphics libraries to compile upon
> installation on this particular SUN box. 
> When g++ tries to compile vtkXRenderWindowInteractor.cxx for instance it
> gives a whole series of X11 errors such as:
> 
> /usr/openwin/share/include/X11/Xutil.h:701: ANSI C++ forbids declaration
> 'XSetWMHints' with no type
> /usr/openwin/share/include/X11/Xutil.h:770: ANSI C++ forbids declaration
> 'XSetRegion' with no type
> etc...
> 
> Anyone have an experience with this same prob?

The usual fix is to use the -fpermissive flag with g++.  As
mentionned, the problem is with sun's broken header files.

> 
> 
> Thanks alot,
> 
> David Keator
> Programmer Analyst
> Brain Imaging Center
> University of California, Irvine
> (949) 824-7870

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