[MacPorts] #24541: gcc43 failed to compile because of typedef conflict

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#24541: gcc43 failed to compile because of typedef conflict
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 Reporter:  rwilsont1@…            |       Owner:  mww@…           
     Type:  defect                 |      Status:  new             
 Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:                  
Component:  ports                  |     Version:  1.8.2           
 Keywords:                         |        Port:  gcc43           
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Comment(by ksnelgrove@…):

 Replying to [comment:4 donnie.smith@…]:
 > I ran into this error as well.  In my case, it was caused by a symlink
 from /usr/include/malloc.h to /usr/include/malloc/malloc.h that I had
 created to satiate an unrelated program.  The existence of this header was
 recognized by gcc's configure script, which caused it to be included by
 system.h.  Unfortunately, malloc/malloc.h includes other type headers that
 eventually pull in mach/vm_types.h which contains a pointer_t type that
 conflicts with an unrelated type in module.c.
 >
 > In short, the fix (for me, at least) was to get rid of the
 /usr/include/malloc.h I had added.


 Thanks, this fixed my problem as well.  I had linked to
 /usr/include/malloc/malloc.h from /usr/include/malloc.h for an unrelated
 problem and had not switched it back.  Thanks for posting this!  I'm
 running OS X 10.6.4 & Xcode 3.2.4.  This does not occur in 10.5.8 and the
 build proceeds.

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