Build failure on macOS: error: conflicting types for 'scandir'; have 'int(const char *, struct dirent ***, int (*)(const struct dirent *), int (*)(const struct dirent **, const struct dirent **))'

[barracuda156]

	/bin/sh ../libtool --silent  --tag=CC   --mode=compile ccache /opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-14 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..  -I./main -I./parsers -I./dsl -DEXTERNAL_PARSER_LIST_FILE=\"../src/tagmanager/tm_parsers.h\" -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"CTags\"   -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/dbus-1.0 -I/opt/local/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/fribidi -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/libpng16 -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -DGLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=GLIB_VERSION_2_32 -DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS -fvisibility=hidden -DGEANY_EXPORT_SYMBOL="__attribute__((visibility(\"default\")))" -DGEANY_API_SYMBOL=GEANY_EXPORT_SYMBOL -pipe -Os -arch ppc -MT main/portable-scandir.lo -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o main/portable-scandir.lo main/portable-scandir.c &&\
	mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Plo
depbase=`echo main/promise.lo | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.lo$||'`;\
	/bin/sh ../libtool --silent  --tag=CC   --mode=compile ccache /opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-14 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..  -I./main -I./parsers -I./dsl -DEXTERNAL_PARSER_LIST_FILE=\"../src/tagmanager/tm_parsers.h\" -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"CTags\"   -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/dbus-1.0 -I/opt/local/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/fribidi -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/libpng16 -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -DGLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=GLIB_VERSION_2_32 -DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS -fvisibility=hidden -DGEANY_EXPORT_SYMBOL="__attribute__((visibility(\"default\")))" -DGEANY_API_SYMBOL=GEANY_EXPORT_SYMBOL -pipe -Os -arch ppc -MT main/promise.lo -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o main/promise.lo main/promise.c &&\
	mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Plo
depbase=`echo main/ptag.lo | sed 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.lo$||'`;\
	/bin/sh ../libtool --silent  --tag=CC   --mode=compile ccache /opt/local/bin/gcc-mp-14 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..  -I./main -I./parsers -I./dsl -DEXTERNAL_PARSER_LIST_FILE=\"../src/tagmanager/tm_parsers.h\" -DG_LOG_DOMAIN=\"CTags\"   -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/opt/local/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/dbus-1.0 -I/opt/local/lib/dbus-1.0/include -I/opt/local/include/gtk-3.0 -I/opt/local/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include/pango-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/fribidi -I/opt/local/include/harfbuzz -I/opt/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/opt/local/include/cairo -I/opt/local/include/pixman-1 -I/opt/local/include/freetype2 -I/opt/local/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/opt/local/include/libpng16 -I/opt/local/include/glib-2.0 -I/opt/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -DGLIB_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED=GLIB_VERSION_2_32 -DGDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS -fvisibility=hidden -DGEANY_EXPORT_SYMBOL="__attribute__((visibility(\"default\")))" -DGEANY_API_SYMBOL=GEANY_EXPORT_SYMBOL -pipe -Os -arch ppc -MT main/ptag.lo -MD -MP -MF $depbase.Tpo -c -o main/ptag.lo main/ptag.c &&\
	mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Plo
main/portable-scandir.c:136:1: error: conflicting types for 'scandir'; have 'int(const char *, struct dirent ***, int (*)(const struct dirent *), int (*)(const struct dirent **, const struct dirent **))'
  136 | scandir(const char *directory_name,
      | ^~~~~~~
In file included from main/portable-dirent_p.h:5,
                 from main/routines_p.h:17,
                 from main/portable-scandir.c:112:
/usr/include/dirent.h:118:5: note: previous declaration of 'scandir' with type 'int(const char *, struct dirent ***, int (*)(struct dirent *), int (*)(const void *, const void *))'
  118 | int scandir(const char *, struct dirent ***,
      |     ^~~~~~~
make[2]: *** [main/portable-scandir.lo] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_devel_geany/geany/work/geany-2.0/ctags'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_devel_geany/geany/work/geany-2.0'
make: *** [all] Error 2

[elextr]

Moved to Macos repository, hopefully you used the source from here.

[techee]

@barracuda156 What exactly are you doing - are you trying to build Geany itself or something within Geany? The official instructions for building Geany are here:

https://github.com/geany/geany-osx/blob/master/README.md

[barracuda156]

@barracuda156 What exactly are you doing - are you trying to build Geany itself or something within Geany? The official instructions for building Geany are here:

https://github.com/geany/geany-osx/blob/master/README.md

Geany itself from the MacPorts portfile.

The error is caused by a mismatching declaration in dirent header. MacOS had a different one prior to 10.8.

[techee]

Geany itself from the MacPorts portfile.

OK, no idea, I think nobody uses MacPorts here. Better to report the problem there.

I'd suggest using the official macOS Geany binary from

https://www.geany.org/download/releases/