[Rd] R-beta_2010-10-02_r53128 fails to compile on FreeBSD

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Sun, 3 Oct 2010, Rainer Hurling wrote:

...
>>> Is this a known error? I would really appreciate if someone could give
>>> me a hint.
>> 
>> Not known, and as it is a POSIX construction almost all OSes have it.
>
> Hmmm. It seems its implementation in FreeBSD (CURRENT) is a little different 
> from other OSes?
>
>> Can you try (in sysutils.c and sys-unix.c) replacing
>> 
>> #ifdef HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H
>> 
>> by
>> 
>> #if defined(HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H) && defined(WEXITSTATUS)
>> 
>> ?
>
> Yes, with this patch in both files all works again. I tried it with gcc-4.4.5 
> and gcc-4.5.2. Is there any chance to get it in the release (R-2.12.0)?

Yes, of course.  (After a little more testing on other platforms.)

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