Thread: help for an outsider

Hi,

I am not a programmer, and C is very far from my programming experience.
I need a relatively old program to be compiled and during the compilation I got the following message:
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explorer.c:1005:4: error: #error "You should check whether SF bug #993209 is fixed in your version of LessTif."
explorer.c:1006:4: error: #error "Then define either SF_BUG_993209_FIXED or SF_BUG_993209_NOT_FIXED, accordingly."
explorer.c:1007:4: error: #error "See http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=993209&group_id=8596&ati d=108596."
make[1]: *** [explorer.o] Error 1
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In the file there is a part, as you can see here:
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#ifdef HAVE_LESSTIF
# if !defined(SF_BUG_993209_FIXED) && !defined(SF_BUG_993209_NOT_FIXED)
# error "You should check whether SF bug #993209 is fixed in your version of LessTif."
# error "Then define either SF_BUG_993209_FIXED or SF_BUG_993209_NOT_FIXED, accordingly."
# error "See http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=993209&group_id=8596&ati d=108596."
# endif
# ifdef SF_BUG_993209_NOT_FIXED
/* A dirty workaround */
eui->scrolled_window = CreateVContainer(eui->scrolled_window);
# endif
#endif

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I think somebody can help me for the stupid question: What do I have to write (i.e: how to define SF_BUG.....) to compile it without error?

My LessTif is 0.95, so I think the bug has been fixed.

I think it might be very simple even for a beginner, but I am not that and I do not want to be that, too.
I would like to simply compile that program.

Thanks in advance.

Thanks,

but I am using Makefile.
The makefile is short, and does not contain individual compiling options.

What do I have to write (i.e: how to define SF_BUG.....)

Well, if you just want to define it, then add a line similar to the following, in "explorer.c", near the top of the file, after all of the "#include" lines

Code:

#define SF_BUG_993209_FIXED 1

(If only it were this easy to close bugs...)

Hi nadroj,

It worked. I could generate the object files and I could install the necessary program.

Thanks a lot..