[gmx-developers] error in file repl_ex.c -> dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

[Mark Abraham]

----- Original Message -----
From: Rodrigo Faccioli <rodrigo_faccioli at uol.com.br>
Date: Friday, May 28, 2010 5:12
Subject: [gmx-developers] error in file repl_ex.c -> dereferencing pointer	to incomplete type
To: Discussion list for GROMACS development <gmx-developers at gromacs.org>

> Hi,
> 
> I'm new about GROMACS source code. Therefore, sorry if my question is basic. I'm collaborating to project where we're developing  an Evolutionary Integration in GROMACS. 
> 
> Today, I ran git pull command for update my local repository. When I executed make command I receive the message: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> 
The complete error message can be seen at end of this email.

> 
> I fixed it when I updated the file src/kernrel/repl_ex.c its line 57. I added the word gmx_repl_ex after typedef struct. My final source can be seen in [1]
> 
> My question is. Did I fix correctly?
> 
> Thanks in advance,

> 
> [1] http://gitorious.org/protpred-peo/gromacs/blobs/master/src/kernel/repl_ex.c

That line has been "typedef struct gmx_repl_ex {" for ages, and certainly is that in git master HEAD. Your observations suggest to me that you modified it erroneously yourself somehow.

Mark