[MacPorts] #71931: geany build fails: portable-scandir.c: error: conflicting types for 'scandir'

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#71931: geany build fails: portable-scandir.c: error: conflicting types for
'scandir'
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  Reporter:  barracuda156  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal        |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports         |    Version:  2.10.5
Resolution:                |   Keywords:
      Port:  geany         |
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Comment (by barracuda156):

 Upstream said that code comes from `universal-ctags` (why doesn't `geany`
 use the port?), and while `universal-ctags` builds with gcc-4.2 (which
 issues a warning, but no error), it fails with gcc14:
 {{{
   CC       main/libctags_a-portable-scandir.o
 main/portable-scandir.c: In function 'scanDirectory':
 main/portable-scandir.c:238:56: error: passing argument 3 of 'scandir'
 from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
   238 |         return scandir (directory_name, array_pointer,
 select_function, compare_function);
       |
 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       |                                                        |
       |                                                        int
 (*)(const struct dirent *)
 In file included from /opt/local/include/LegacySupport/dirent.h:27,
                  from main/portable-dirent_p.h:5,
                  from main/routines_p.h:17,
                  from main/portable-scandir.c:112:
 /usr/include/dirent.h:129:5: note: expected 'int (*)(struct dirent *)' but
 argument is of type 'int (*)(const struct dirent *)'
   129 |     int (*)(struct dirent *), int (*)(const void *, const void *))
 __DARWIN_INODE64(scandir);
       |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 main/portable-scandir.c:238:73: error: passing argument 4 of 'scandir'
 from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
   238 |         return scandir (directory_name, array_pointer,
 select_function, compare_function);
       |
 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       |
 |
       |
 int (*)(const struct dirent **, const struct dirent **)
 /usr/include/dirent.h:129:31: note: expected 'int (*)(const void *, const
 void *)' but argument is of type 'int (*)(const struct dirent **, const
 struct dirent **)'
   129 |     int (*)(struct dirent *), int (*)(const void *, const void *))
 __DARWIN_INODE64(scandir);
       |                               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 make[2]: *** [main/libctags_a-portable-scandir.o] Error 1
 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/71931#comment:3>
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