248506 - Can't build any mozilla product: `va_copy' undeclared

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, defect)

Description

[Oscar Manuel Gómez Senovilla]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; es-ES; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; es-ES; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616

When trying to build _any_ mozilla product, I _always_ get this error:

nsTextFormatter.cpp:910: `va_copy' undeclared (first use this function)
nsTextFormatter.cpp:910: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
nsTextFormatter.cpp:910: for each function it appears in.)
make[4]: *** [nsTextFormatter.o] Error 1

I use debian woody, and have a "twin" computer, that with (theorically) the same
software, builds the soft successfully. I've been trying to search myself what's
the difference, but I think all compiler versions (AFAIK) match. This bug is for
helping me to be able to build mozilla software successfully in my main machine
(the "bogus" one). I use this machine for other purpose and build other
software, and haven't had any problem with other software, only when building
mozilla.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Benjamin Smedberg]

We have configure checks for old *nixes that don't implement va_copy. See
http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/configure.in#2451

I don't know offhand why your build might be failing, but please take the
following steps:

1) make sure you are configuring with the same compiler that you're building with
2) look at the ouput of "configure" for anything obviously suspicious
3) attach the output of "configure" to this bug as an attachment

Comment 2

[Oscar Manuel Gómez Senovilla]

I use "make -f client.mk build", but I'll try "configure" and attach the result

Comment 3

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

*** Bug 248514 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[timeless]

*** Bug 251535 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[David G King]

FWIW, I don't see this on Fedora Core 2 w/2.6.7 kernel. Adding Debian to Whiteboard.

Comment 6

[Oscar Manuel Gómez Senovilla]

This needs nothing to do at this time, so I close it