Re: Warning question

Adam Haberlach <adam(at)newsnipple(dot)com> writes:
> Every time config.h is compiled, I get the following warning--is this
> something that can/should be easily fixed, or should I figure out
> which gcc command-line flag turns this off?

> /Scratch/postgres-cvs/pgsql/src/include/config.h:411: warning: `struct in_addr' declared inside parameter list
> /Scratch/postgres-cvs/pgsql/src/include/config.h:411: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration,
> /Scratch/postgres-cvs/pgsql/src/include/config.h:411: warning: which is probably not what you want.

It means you haven't imported a header that defines struct in_addr.
It looks like config.h is trying to do that just above the inet_aton
declaration, but evidently it needs some more work on your platform...

regards, tom lane