Problems building FreeTDS on OpenVMS

[glennc83]

Trying to build V1.5.4 on OpemVMS V7.3-2, C compiler V6.4

OpenVMS V7.3-2 on node AXP 5-SEP-2025 09:05:38.78 Uptime 194 17:02:57
Compaq C V6.4-005 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2

Configure;
$ @[.vms]configure
asprintf() NOT found.
vasprintf() NOT found.
strtok_r() found.
snprintf() found.
stdint() NOT found.
Using replacement iconv()
Using replacement socketpair()
Did not find OpenSSL

Configuration complete; run MMK or MMS to build.

mms errors;
$ mms

    .IF 0 .EQ 1

%MMS-W-DRVPARSERR, Parser error: "syntax error" in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4]DESCRIP.MMS;7, line 76.
%MMS-F-DRVBADPARSE, Parser detected a fatal syntax error in the description file.

Fixed syntax errors - then mms again;

$ mms
%MMS-W-MBREDEFILL, Illegal attempt to redefine macro CDEFINE.

CC/DECC /PREFIX=(ALL)/FLOAT=IEEE/IEEE=DENORM/OBJECT=[.SRC.TDS]BULK.OBJ /NAMES=SHORTENED /INCLUDE=("./","./include") [.SRC.TDS]BULK.C

static inline int
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 166 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]SYSDEP_PRIVATE.H;3

static inline void
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 172 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]SYSDEP_PRIVATE.H;3

static inline void tds_raw_mutex_lock(tds_raw_mutex *mtx)
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 257 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]THREAD.H;1

static inline int tds_raw_mutex_trylock(tds_raw_mutex *mtx)
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 261 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]THREAD.H;1

static inline void tds_raw_mutex_unlock(tds_raw_mutex *mtx)
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 266 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]THREAD.H;1

static inline int tds_raw_mutex_init(tds_raw_mutex *mtx)
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 270 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]THREAD.H;1

static inline void tds_raw_mutex_free(tds_raw_mutex *mtx)
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 275 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]THREAD.H;1

static inline int tds_raw_cond_init(tds_condition *cond)
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 283 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]THREAD.H;1

static inline int tds_raw_cond_destroy(tds_condition *cond)
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 287 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]THREAD.H;1

static inline tds_thread_id tds_thread_get_current_id(void)
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 319 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]THREAD.H;1

static inline int tds_thread_is_current(tds_thread_id th)
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 324 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]THREAD.H;1

static inline void
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 52 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS.UTILS]STRING.H;1

static inline int
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 59 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS.UTILS]STRING.H;1

static inline char *
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 70 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS.UTILS]STRING.H;1

static inline const char *
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 77 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS.UTILS]STRING.H;1

static inline size_t
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 84 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS.UTILS]STRING.H;1

inline static bool
.......^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 376 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]TDS.H;1

inline static void
.......^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 1344 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]TDS.H;1

inline static TDS_SYS_SOCKET
.......^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 1564 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]TDS.H;1

inline static void
.......^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 1600 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]TDS.H;1

inline static void
.......^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 1655 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]TDS.H;1

inline static bool
.......^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 1712 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.INCLUDE.FREETDS]TDS.H;1

    tdsdump_log(TDS_DBG_FUNC, "tds7_build_bulk_insert_stmt(%p, %p, %p, %d)\n", tds, clause, bcpcol, first);

........^
%CC-E-BADMCRORECURS, Recursive expansion of macro "tdsdump_log" exceeded 1024 levels and was terminated.
at line number 233 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1

            tdsdump_log(TDS_DBG_FUNC, "error: cannot build bulk insert statement. unrecognized server datatype %d\n",

................^
%CC-E-BADMCRORECURS, Recursive expansion of macro "tdsdump_log" exceeded 1024 levels and was terminated.
at line number 237 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1

                    tdsdump_log(TDS_DBG_INFO1, "get_col_data (column %d) failed\n", i + 1);

........................^
%CC-E-BADMCRORECURS, Recursive expansion of macro "tdsdump_log" exceeded 1024 levels and was terminated.
at line number 369 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1

            tdsdump_log(TDS_DBG_INFO1, "gotten column %d length %d null %d\n",

................^
%CC-E-BADMCRORECURS, Recursive expansion of macro "tdsdump_log" exceeded 1024 levels and was terminated.
at line number 372 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1

    tdsdump_log(TDS_DBG_INFO1, "old_record_size = %d new size = %d \n", old_record_size, row_pos);

........^
%CC-E-BADMCRORECURS, Recursive expansion of macro "tdsdump_log" exceeded 1024 levels and was terminated.
at line number 440 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1

    tdsdump_log(TDS_DBG_FUNC, "tds_bcp_send_bcp_record(%p, %p, %p, %p, %d)\n",

........^
%CC-E-BADMCRORECURS, Recursive expansion of macro "tdsdump_log" exceeded 1024 levels and was terminated.
at line number 486 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1

static inline void
..............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
at line number 501 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1

    tdsdump_log(TDS_DBG_FUNC, "tds5_bcp_add_fixed_columns(%p, %p, %p, %d, %p, %d)\n",

........^
%CC-E-BADMCRORECURS, Recursive expansion of macro "tdsdump_log" exceeded 1024 levels and was terminated.
at line number 532 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1

            tdsdump_log(TDS_DBG_FUNC, "tds5_bcp_add_fixed_columns column %d (%s) is a fixed column\n", i + 1, tds_dstr_cstr(&bcp

col->column_name));
................^
%CC-E-BADMCRORECURS, Recursive expansion of macro "tdsdump_log" exceeded 1024 levels and was terminated.
at line number 549 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1

%CC-F-TOOMANYERR, More than 30 errors were encountered in the course of compilation.
%MMS-F-ABORT, For target [.SRC.TDS]BULK.OBJ, CLI returned abort status: %X10B91264.
$

[glennc83]

I was able to get around the static inline messages by adding "/ACCEPT=GCCINLINE" to the cc command... now I'm down to;

$ MMS
%MMS-W-MBREDEFILL, Illegal attempt to redefine macro CDEFINE.

CC/DECC/ACCEPT=GCCINLINE /PREFIX=(ALL)/FLOAT=IEEE/IEEE=DENORM/OBJECT=[.SRC.TDS]BULK.OBJ /NAMES=SHORTENED /INCLUDE=("./","./include")
[.SRC.TDS]BULK.C

    tdsdump_log(TDS_DBG_FUNC, "tds7_build_bulk_insert_stmt(%p, %p, %p, %d)\n", tds, clause, bcpcol, first);

........^
%CC-E-BADMCRORECURS, Recursive expansion of macro "tdsdump_log" exceeded 1024 levels and was terminated.
at line number 233 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1

            tdsdump_log(TDS_DBG_FUNC, "error: cannot build bulk insert statement. unrecognized server datatype %d\n",

................^
%CC-E-BADMCRORECURS, Recursive expansion of macro "tdsdump_log" exceeded 1024 levels and was terminated.
at line number 237 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1

                    tdsdump_log(TDS_DBG_INFO1, "get_col_data (column %d) failed\n", i + 1);

........................^
%CC-E-BADMCRORECURS, Recursive expansion of macro "tdsdump_log" exceeded 1024 levels and was terminated.
at line number 369 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1

            tdsdump_log(TDS_DBG_INFO1, "gotten column %d length %d null %d\n",

................^
%CC-E-BADMCRORECURS, Recursive expansion of macro "tdsdump_log" exceeded 1024 levels and was terminated.
at line number 372 in file SYS$SYSROOT:[FREETDS.FREETDS_1_5_4.SRC.TDS]BULK.C;1
...

Any ideas?

[glennc83]

Looks like my issue(s) were the same as those on #138

This mentioned something about not using a C compiler - was there ever a resolution to this?