egcs 1.1b problem on linux

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message <19980907223757.54705@hera.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>you wri  > 
  >   Hi,
  > 
  >  I have a problem using egcs 1.1b on linux 2.0.31 (libc 5.x / gnulibc1,
  > identified as i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1)
  > 
  >  The wait() macros, like WIFEXITED(), don't work. Here's a small test
  > program:
  > 
  > #include <sys/wait.h>
  > int main ()
  > {
  >   int status;
  >   WIFEXITED(status);
  >   return 0;
  > }
  > 
  >  The macro ultimately resolves to
  > 
  >   ((( (__extension__ ({ union { __typeof(  status  ) __in; int __i; } __u; 
  >  \
  >      __u.__in = (  status  ); __u.__i; }))  ) & 0xff) == 0)  ;
  > 
  >  egcs then complains
  > 
  > test.cc: In function `int main()':
  > test.cc:6: `status' undeclared (first use this function)
  > test.cc:6: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
  > test.cc:6: for each function it appears in.)
  > test.cc:6: warning: ANSI C++ forbids declaration `__in' with no type
This has been fixed for the upcoming egcs-1.1.1 release.

jeff