Original bug ID: 7621
Reporter: krark
Assigned to: @dra27
Status: resolved (set by @dra27 on 2017-09-06T10:20:08Z)
Resolution: fixed
Priority: normal
Severity: block
Platform: cygwin
OS: Windows
OS Version: 7
Version: 4.06.0 +dev/beta1/beta2/rc1
Target version: 4.06.0 +dev/beta1/beta2/rc1
Category: configure and build/install

Bug description

As a last resort I tried every example configuration provided in the install instructions. The most common error that seems to get the furthest in the build process is reproducible when just running "./configure".

This is the error:

unix.c:317:8: error: conflicting types for 'caml_dlsym'
void * caml_dlsym(void * handle, char * name)
^
In file included from unix.c:53:0:
caml/osdeps.h:72:15: note: previous declaration of 'caml_dlsym' was here
extern void * caml_dlsym(void * handle, const char * name);
^
unix.c:322:8: error: conflicting types for 'caml_globalsym'
void * caml_globalsym(char * name)
^
In file included from unix.c:53:0:
caml/osdeps.h:74:15: note: previous declaration of 'caml_globalsym' was here
extern void * caml_globalsym(const char * name);
^
make[1]: *** [Makefile:195: unix.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/d/downloads/Apps/llpp/ocaml/byterun'
make: *** [Makefile:372: coldstart] Error 2