[vtkusers] vtk 4.2 compilation error, linux, vtkBMPRead.cxx

[Kent Eschenberg]

This a bug reported and resolved by the gcc developers. I last checked when 
I had the same problem a few weeks ago - maybe an upgrade is now available.

Kent

--On Wednesday, March 16, 2005 11:06:56 PM -0500 Dongbai Guo 
<guodongbai at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anybody knows a workaround?
>
> thx
> Db.
>
> /data/dev/public/vtk/vtk-4.2_linux/IO/vtkBMPReader.cxx: In function `void
> vtkBMPReaderUpdate2(vtkBMPReader*, vtkImageData*, OT*) [with OT =
> double]':
> /data/dev/public/vtk/vtk-4.2_linux/IO/vtkBMPReader.cxx:545:
> instantiated from here
> /data/dev/public/vtk/vtk-4.2_linux/IO/vtkBMPReader.cxx:507: error: ISO
> C++ says that these are ambiguous, even though the worst conversion for
> the first is better than the worst conversion for the second:
> /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/../../../../include/c++/3.4.2/bits/p
> ostypes.h:176: note: candidate 1: std::fpos<_StateT>
> std::fpos<_StateT>::operator+(std::streamoff) const [with _StateT =
> mbstate_t]
> /data/dev/public/vtk/vtk-4.2_linux/IO/vtkBMPReader.cxx:507: note:
> candidate 2: operator+(std::streamoff, long int) <built-in>
> /data/dev/public/vtk/vtk-4.2_linux/IO/vtkBMPReader.cxx:545:
> instantiated from here
> /data/dev/public/vtk/vtk-4.2_linux/IO/vtkBMPReader.cxx:511: error: ISO
> C++ says that these are ambiguous, even though the worst conversion for
> the first is better than the worst conversion for the second: