[AVRO-1132] Build failing on MSYS/MinGW due to missing struct iovec

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
• Component/s: c++
• Labels: build

Environment

Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3, MSYS, MinGW GCC 4.5.1

• Tags: build, msys, mingw
• Assignee: Laurent Moss
• Reporter: Laurent Moss
• Created: 22/Jul/12 17:28
• Updated: 26/Mar/19 14:23
• Resolved: 12/Nov/18 18:02

Description

Avro C++ fails to build on MSYS with MinGW GCC due to references to undeclared struct iovec:
In file included from C:/workspace/avro-cpp/api/buffer/BufferReader.hh:22:0,
from C:/workspace/avro-cpp/api/Reader.hh:30,
from C:/workspace/avro-cpp/api/ResolverSchema.hh:28,
from c:/workspace/avro-cpp/impl/ResolverSchema.cc:20:
C:/workspace/avro-cpp/api/buffer/Buffer.hh: In function 'void avro::toIovec(BufferType&, std::vector<avro::iovec>&)':
C:/workspace/avro-cpp/api/buffer/Buffer.hh:517:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct avro::iovec'
C:/workspace/avro-cpp/api/buffer/Buffer.hh:511:57: error: forward declaration of 'struct avro::iovec'
C:/workspace/avro-cpp/api/buffer/Buffer.hh:518:15: error: invalid use of incomplete type 'struct avro::iovec'
C:/workspace/avro-cpp/api/buffer/Buffer.hh:511:57: error: forward declaration of 'struct avro::iovec'
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/avrocpp_s.dir/impl/ResolverSchema.cc.obj] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/avrocpp_s.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2