(In reply to comment #0)
> posix.vapi refers stropts.h, which isn't included in many distros (like Fedora
> 15).
> 
> If I try to compile the git-master version of moserial, which uses posix.vapi,
> I get this error:
> 
> src/SerialConnection.c:31:21: fatal error: stropts.h: No such file or directory
> 
> It works OK if I:
> [root@xena moserial]# touch /usr/include/stropts.h
> 
> Is there a fix for this?
> 

Yes, some stropts.h headers in the vapi are broken (like for ioctl). What symbols are you using from posix vapi?

Well, I'm using lots of posix symbols here:
http://git.gnome.org/browse/moserial/tree/src/SerialConnection.vala

Here are the ioctl-specific lines:
Posix.ioctl(m_fd, Linux.Termios.TIOCMSET, out mcs);

and more completely:

[mjc@xena moserial]$ grep Posix src/SerialConnection.vala
using Posix;
        private Posix.termios newtio;
        private Posix.termios restoretio;
                        flags=Posix.O_RDWR;
                        flags=Posix.O_RDONLY;
                        flags=Posix.O_WRONLY;
                m_fd = Posix.open(settings.device, flags | Posix.O_NONBLOCK);
                Posix.tcflush(m_fd, Posix.TCIOFLUSH);
~Posix.File.FileStatus.NDELAY);
                tcsetattr(m_fd, Posix.TCSANOW, newtio);
	        	size_t x = Posix.write(m_fd, b, 1);
        		size_t x = Posix.write(m_fd, bytes, size);
	        	Posix.tcdrain(m_fd);
        	        tcsetattr(m_fd, Posix.TCSANOW, newtio);
        	        Posix.close(m_fd);
                int bytesRead=(int)Posix.read(m_fd, m_buf, 1000);
                        baudRate=Posix.B300;
                        baudRate=Posix.B600;
                        baudRate=Posix.B1200;
                        baudRate=Posix.B2400;
                        baudRate=Posix.B4800;
                        baudRate=Posix.B9600;
                        baudRate=Posix.B19200;
                        baudRate=Posix.B38400;
                        baudRate=Posix.B57600;
                        baudRate=Posix.B115200;
                        baudRate=Posix.B230400;
                Posix.cfsetospeed(newtio, baudRate);
                Posix.cfsetispeed(newtio, baudRate);
                        newtio.c_cflag = (newtio.c_cflag & ~Posix.CSIZE) | Posix.CS5;
                        newtio.c_cflag = (newtio.c_cflag & ~Posix.CSIZE) | Posix.CS6;
                        newtio.c_cflag = (newtio.c_cflag & ~Posix.CSIZE) | Posix.CS7;
                        newtio.c_cflag = (newtio.c_cflag & ~Posix.CSIZE) | Posix.CS8;
                newtio.c_cflag |= Posix.CLOCAL | Posix.CREAD;
                newtio.c_cflag &= ~(Posix.PARENB | Posix.PARODD);
                        newtio.c_cflag |= Posix.PARENB;
                        newtio.c_cflag |= (Posix.PARENB | Posix.PARODD);
                        newtio.c_cflag |= Posix.CSTOPB;
                        newtio.c_cflag &= ~Posix.CSTOPB;
                newtio.c_iflag = Posix.IGNBRK;
                        newtio.c_iflag |= Posix.IXON | Posix.IXOFF;
                        newtio.c_iflag &= ~(Posix.IXON | Posix.IXOFF | Posix.IXANY);
                newtio.c_cc[Posix.VTIME]=1;
                newtio.c_cc[Posix.VMIN]=1;
Posix.InputMode.INLCR | Posix.InputMode.ICRNL | Posix.IXANY | Posix.IXON | Posix.IXOFF | Posix.INPCK | Posix.ISTRIP);
		newtio.c_lflag &= ~(Posix.ECHONL|Posix.NOFLSH);
                Posix.ioctl(m_fd, Linux.Termios.TIOCMGET, out mcs);
                Posix.ioctl(m_fd, Linux.Termios.TIOCMSET, out mcs);

Created attachment 194065 [details] [review]
patch ioctl

Does the attached patch solve your problem?

Yes, it does, tested using the latest 0.12-branch vala. (0.13 seems to introduce other new twists that I haven't mastered yet.)

- Mike

commit 7e6bb98270d22e71c3da004fe8dda0e7d15bd425
Author: Luca Bruno <lucabru@src.gnome.org>
Date:   Wed Aug 17 19:08:14 2011 +0200

    posix: Set ioctl() cheader to be sys/ioctl.h
    
    Fixes bug 656690.

This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.