egcs-1.1.2 HP-UX 10.x compilation question

[Vamsi Tatapudi <vamsi at synopsys dot COM>]

Hi,

I have a question regarding g++-2.9.5 (egcs-1.1.2) compilation
on HP-UX 10.x platform.

Test program "test.cc"
----------------------

// Problem occurs when I include files like time.h, algo.h etc
//include <algo.h>
include <sys/time.h>
 
int main()
{
    return (0);
}

Compilation command
-------------------

> /remote/drg100/depot_hpux10/gcc-2.9.5/hpux10/egcs-1.1.2_install/bin/g++ test.cc


Error message
-------------

In file included from /remote/drg100/depot_hpux10/gcc-2.9.5/hpux10/egcs-1.1.2_install/lib/gcc-lib/hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20/egcs-2.91.66/include/sys/param.h:27,
                 from /usr/include/limits.h:313,
                 from /remote/drg100/depot_hpux10/gcc-2.9.5/hpux10/egcs-1.1.2_install/lib/gcc-lib/hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20/egcs-2.91.66/include/limits.h:117,
                 from /remote/drg100/depot_hpux10/gcc-2.9.5/hpux10/egcs-1.1.2_install/lib/gcc-lib/hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20/egcs-2.91.66/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from /remote/drg100/depot_hpux10/gcc-2.9.5/hpux10/egcs-1.1.2_install/lib/gcc-lib/hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20/egcs-2.91.66/include/limits.h:11,
                 from /remote/drg100/depot_hpux10/gcc-2.9.5/hpux10/egcs-1.1.2_install/include/g++/stl_algobase.h:49,
                 from /remote/drg100/depot_hpux10/gcc-2.9.5/hpux10/egcs-1.1.2_install/include/g++/algobase.h:36,
                 from /remote/drg100/depot_hpux10/gcc-2.9.5/hpux10/egcs-1.1.2_install/include/g++/algo.h:30,
                 from j.cc:1:
/usr/include/sys/time.h:337: `extern' can only be specified for objects and functions

Questions
---------

- Does this indicate that the /usr/include directory
  has some problems ?
- Does this indicate that the gcc installation has
  some problem ?

- Is there any easy workaround ? For instance, to get rid
  of the "time.h" include problem, all I had to do was make
  the following link
  > ln -s <gcc_include_dir>/time.h <gcc_include_dir/sys/time.h
  However, this approach is not good, plus it does not work
  for other files like algo.h.

I'd appreciate your help regarding this !

Thanks,
Vamsi