gccgo, cgo: compile errors due to global variable

[alberts]

What steps will reproduce the problem?

GC=gccgo go build sg.go

What is the expected output?

makes it to the link step with 6g

What do you see instead?

compile errors with gccgo:

_cgo_defun.c:36:1: error: unknown type name ‘byte’
_cgo_defun.c:37:1: error: stray ‘\302’ in program
_cgo_defun.c:37:1: error: stray ‘\267’ in program

Which compiler are you using (5g, 6g, 8g, gccgo)?

gccgo

Which operating system are you using?

linux

Which revision are you using?  (hg identify)

gccgo (GCC) 4.7.0 20120302
commit f2b34014d56c08d8fa5d93a2329e92046215de6d
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@184877
138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4

Please provide any additional information below.

The problematic lines in _cgo_defun.c:

extern byte *sg_lib_version_str;
void *·_Cvar_sg_lib_version_str = &sg_lib_version_str;

Attachments:

1. sg.go (138 bytes)

[dsymonds]

Comment 1:

Labels changed: added priority-go1, cgo, removed priority-triage.

[minux]

Comment 2:

I think this is a duplicate of issue #2313.
The generated _cgo_defun.c is clearly for the 6c compiler.

[alberts]

Comment 3:

Yes, I think this issue is at least part of what is described in issue #2313.

[minux]

Comment 4:

Status changed to Duplicate.

Merged into issue #2313.