345134 - gcc-4.1.2 gets mimeeobj.h:57: error: previous declaration of 'MimeExternalObjectClass mimeExternalObjectClass' with 'C++' linkage

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 344694

(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, defect)

Description

[Makoto Fujiwara]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; NetBSD macppc; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20051129
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; NetBSD macppc; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20051129

compiling mozila 1.7.13 with gcc-4.1.2, getting following problems, this is also filed as debian-bugs-dist Bug#377176.
c++ -o mimemult.o -c -DE ....
mimemult.cpp:55: warning: missing braces around initializer for 'MimeContainerClass'
mimemult.cpp:55: warning: missing braces around initializer for 'MimeObjectClass'
mimeeobj.h:57: error: previous declaration of 'MimeExternalObjectClass mimeExternalObjectClass' with 'C++' linkage
mimemult.cpp:76: error: conflicts with new declaration with 'C' linkage

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. making mozilla 1.7.13 with gcc-4.1.2 machine.
2. My example is  (on NetBSD) cd /usr/pkgsrc/www/mozilla; make 
3.




Following patch may fix this problem, thanks a lot,
--- mailnews/mime/src/mimeeobj.h.~1.3.~ 2001-09-29 05:07:42.000000000 +0900
+++ mailnews/mime/src/mimeeobj.h        2006-07-19 08:38:25.000000000 +0900
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
   MimeLeafClass leaf;
 };
 
-extern MimeExternalObjectClass mimeExternalObjectClass;
+extern "C" MimeExternalObjectClass mimeExternalObjectClass;
 
 struct MimeExternalObject {
   MimeLeaf leaf;

Comment 1

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

um, 1.7 is ancient. this has very low chances of getting fixed on that branch.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 344694 ***