Re: Converting and compiling the stemmer sources

On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 12:37:05PM +0100, Dirk Weissmann wrote:
> Dear Snowball developers,
> 
> my name is Dirk Weissmann and I tried to convert and compile the Snowball 
> source file (the example file which contains the original algorithm for 
> English). The program built two ANSI C source files: english.c and english.h. 
> As I tried to compile them and build the biary file 'english' the compiler 
> didn't compile it; there were numerous warnings and errors, e.g.:

Snowball generated sources frequently cause quite a few compiler warnings, but 
shouldn't cause any compiler errors.  I'm not sure what's happening here, since 
the line numbers and errors generated don't match up with any generated version 
of the english source file.

Please send me the following information, and I'll try and see what is going on:

 - Most important: the URL from which you downloaded the source files (both 
that for snowball and the english stemming algorithm, if separate URLS were 
used).  It's possible you got it from an out-of-date source which I've missed.

 - The exact procedure you went through to generate and compile the files from 
the downloaded files.  Ideally a log of the commands and their output.

 - What compiler and operating system you're using.

 - Optionally, the generated english.c file.

Thanks,

-- 
Richard