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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:11:40 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: build fail with message "error: redefinition of 'index'
as different kind of symbol"
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 01:09:19AM +0900, Jeeyong Um wrote:
> I see. I had better check whether build with (-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700)
> satisfies my requirements first before using extensions.
> Thank you for your prompt reply. :)
When building musl you should just not pass any of these. The sources
expect to be built with the defaults the makefile provides.
If you're not using musl but reusing the source files independently of
musl, then you might need to do other things.
Rich
> 2019년 7월 31일 (수) 오전 12:51, Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>님이 작성:
>
> > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 12:31:17AM +0900, Jeeyong Um wrote:
> > > Hello.
> > > I have a question about building musl with `_BSD_SOURCE` definition.
> > >
> > > `src/time/__tz.c` has static variable named by `index` (line 25) and
> > > include `string.h` header file (line 5).
> > > 5 #include <string.h>
> > > 25 static const unsigned char *zi, *trans, *index, *types, *abbrevs,
> > > *abbrevs_end;
> > >
> > > By the way, `include/string.h` includes `strings.h` when _BSD_SOURCE is
> > > defined (line 57).
> > > 56 #if defined(_BSD_SOURCE) || defined(_GNU_SOURCE)
> > > 57 #include <strings.h>
> > > 58 #endif
> > >
> > > `include/strings.h` has a function named by `index` too (line 19).
> > > 13 #if defined(_GNU_SOURCE) || defined(_BSD_SOURCE) ||
> > > defined(_POSIX_SOURCE) \
> > > 14 || (defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE) && _POSIX_C_SOURCE+0 < 200809L) \
> > > 15 || (defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE) && _XOPEN_SOURCE+0 < 700)
> > > 16 int bcmp (const void *, const void *, size_t);
> > > 17 void bcopy (const void *, void *, size_t);
> > > 18 void bzero (void *, size_t);
> > > 19 char *index (const char *, int);
> > > 20 char *rindex (const char *, int);
> > > 21 #endif
> > >
> > > Is it possible to build musl with _BSD_SOURCE definition in this case?
> > > Even though `static` modifier limits the scope of variable to the file,
> > the
> > > conflict between `index` of `strings.h` and `index` of `__tz.c` seems
> > > unavoidable.
> > > Please let me know if you find any mistakes here.
> >
> > The musl source files assume the default feature test macros provided
> > by their makefile, -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700 which also includes POSIX base,
> > no extensions. Extensions by their nature bring into the namespace
> > things that might conflict with valid code.
> >
> > If -D_BSD_SOURCE is getting into the build for musl, it likely means
> > you have a larger build system problem, like injecting it into CFLAGS
> > for every package you build. This might be making some "spurious"
> > problems go away, but it very well could create others. It would be
> > much better to fix whatever prompted you to do this to begin with. If
> > that's not practical, at least remove it from your build for musl.
> >
> > Rich
> >
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