Problem: The file, "doprnt.c," fails to compile on Solaris 2.8 using gcc-3.2 for XEmacs 21.4.10. Preamble uname -a: SunOS <hostname> 5.8 Generic_108529-16 i86pc i386 gcc -version: gcc (GCC) 3.2 - not using binutils - using native tools such as ld, ar from /usr/ccs/bin error message in <xemac src>/src: gcc -c -O4 -Demacs -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/usr/local/X11/opt/include -I/usr/dt/include -I/usr/local/X11/include doprnt.c doprnt.c: In function `get_doprnt_args': doprnt.c:366: first argument to `va_arg' not of type `va_list' doprnt.c:372: first argument to `va_arg' not of type `va_list' doprnt.c:377: first argument to `va_arg' not of type `va_list' doprnt.c:380: first argument to `va_arg' not of type `va_list' doprnt.c:383: first argument to `va_arg' not of type `va_list' doprnt.c:385: first argument to `va_arg' not of type `va_list' doprnt.c: In function `emacs_doprnt_lisp_2': doprnt.c:746: first argument to `va_arg' not of type `va_list' doprnt.c: In function `emacs_doprnt_string_lisp_2': doprnt.c:837: first argument to `va_arg' not of type `va_list' make: *** [doprnt.o] Error 1 I modified sol2.h to take GCC va_list munging in order to go against the native includes. The patch is included below for only SunOS 5.8 (Solaris 2.8 or 8)--not sure what previous versions require. "diff -c" for sol2.h: *** sol2.h Sun Nov 17 16:19:38 2002 --- sol2.h.orig Thu Apr 12 14:24:44 2001 *************** *** 14,26 **** #if defined(__GNUC__) && OS_RELEASE >= 56 && !defined(NOT_C_CODE) /* GCC va_list munging is a little messed up */ - #if OS_RELEASE != 58 #define __GNUC_VA_LIST #define _VA_LIST_ #define _VA_LIST va_list typedef void *__gnuc_va_list; typedef __gnuc_va_list va_list; - #endif /* Missing prototypes for functions added in Solaris 2.6 */ #include <sys/types.h> --- 14,24 ---- Regards, Michael Lee p.s. XEmacs is an excellent editor.