i was emerging gentoo and whgen i get to sox this is what i get.

alsa.c:145: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:145: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_access_t"
alsa.c:146: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:147: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:149: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_hw_param_t"
alsa.c:150: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:150: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_hw_param_t"
alsa.c:151: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:152: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:153: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:155: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_hw_param_t"
alsa.c:156: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:156: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_hw_param_t"
alsa.c:157: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:158: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:158: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:159: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:159: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:160: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:161: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:162: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:164: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_hw_param_t"
alsa.c:165: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:165: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_hw_param_t"
alsa.c:166: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:167: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:167: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:168: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:168: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:169: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:170: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:171: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:173: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_hw_param_t"
alsa.c:174: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:174: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_hw_param_t"
alsa.c:175: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:176: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:176: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:177: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:177: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:178: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:179: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:180: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:182: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_hw_param_t"
alsa.c:183: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:183: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_hw_param_t"
alsa.c:184: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:185: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:185: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:186: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:186: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:187: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:188: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:189: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:191: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_hw_param_t"
alsa.c:192: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:192: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_hw_param_t"
alsa.c:193: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:194: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:194: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:195: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:195: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:196: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:197: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c:198: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
alsa.c: In function `st_alsastartread':
alsa.c:222: error: storage size of 'params' isn't known
alsa.c:222: warning: unused variable `params'
alsa.c: In function `st_alsastartwrite':
alsa.c:273: error: storage size of 'params' isn't known
alsa.c:273: warning: unused variable `params'
alsa.c: In function `get_format':
alsa.c:602: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_format_t"
alsa.c:602: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_format_t"
alsa.c:610: error: `SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_U16' undeclared (first use in this function )
alsa.c:610: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
alsa.c:610: error: for each function it appears in.)
alsa.c:610: error: `SNDRV_PCM_FORMAT_S16' undeclared (first use in this function )
alsa.c:637: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_format_t"
alsa.c:644: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_format_t"
alsa.c:651: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_format_t"
alsa.c:667: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_format_t"
alsa.c:671: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_format_t"
alsa.c:674: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_format_t"
alsa.c:678: error: parse error before "snd_pcm_format_t"
make[1]: *** [alsa.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/sox-12.17.7-r2/work/sox-12.17.7/src '
make: *** [all] Error 2

!!! ERROR: media-sound/sox-12.17.7-r2 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 51, Exitcode 2
!!! make failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

this is the last part of it.

there will be errors before this. check higher up

well i emerged an older version and it worked. maybe it was that version?

Stop by the Gentoo bugtracker and look it up.


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