trying to build X from git on Debian 6.0.6

[Dennis Clarke]

> > So the problem, at the moment, is the source me thinks. 
> > 
> Try again.
> 
> $ (echo '#include <limits.h>'; echo SSIZE_MAX )  | cpp -E | tail -1
> 9223372036854775807L
> $ grep '^# *include' /usr/include/limits.h 
> #include <features.h>
> #include <bits/wordsize.h>
> # include_next <limits.h>
> # include <bits/posix1_lim.h>
> # include <bits/posix2_lim.h>
> # include <bits/xopen_lim.h>
> $ grep '\bSSIZE_MAX' /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h 
> #ifndef SSIZE_MAX
> # define SSIZE_MAX      LONG_MAX

hrmm .. so then, the var should be defined ... but isn't.  

Any idea why the build fails at that point ?  

I could just edit the source and change that to LONG_MAX and see what happens.

dc