ok so then I should copy whats in the makefile for Gcc into makefile and try the make command again? I promise I really am trying to learn here! :cry:

If you have gcc-core installed, changing the line(s) in the makefile from CC = gcc to CC = gcc-3 should invoke the old compiler.
You should have much fewer or perhaps no errors to fix.

I did as you said Tyche and it did get me a lot farther, now I get this

board.h:79:7: warning: no newline at end of file
In file included from save.c:38:
merc.h:2456: warning: conflicting types for built-in function 'logf'
In file included from save.c:38:
merc.h:2857:7: warning: no newline at end of file
save.c: In function `load_char_obj':
save.c:801: error: `buf' undeclared (first use in this function)
save.c:801: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
save.c:801: error: for each function it appears in.)
Makefile:32: recipe for target `obj/save.o' failed
make: *** [obj/save.o] Error 1

Now as I read that I see that I cant make a file, is this correct? and where would I look to figure out what to do to fix this?

ok update, this is now what I'm getting.

$ make -k
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/string.o string.c
string.c:649: error: conflicting types for 'getline'
/usr/include/sys/stdio.h:37: error: previous declaration of 'getline' was here
string.c:649: error: conflicting types for 'getline'
/usr/include/sys/stdio.h:37: error: previous declaration of 'getline' was here
Makefile:33: recipe for target `obj/string.o' failed
make: *** [obj/string.o] Error 1
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/board.o board.c
board.c: In function `load_board':
board.c:328: warning: array subscript has type `char'
board.c: In function `handle_con_note_finish':
board.c:1156: warning: subscript has type `char'
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/fight.o fight.c
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/act_enter.o act_enter.c
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/bit.o bit.c
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/skills.o skills.c
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/flags.o flags.c
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/recycle.o recycle.c
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/db2.o db2.c
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/music.o music.c
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/const.o const.c
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/magic.o magic.c
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/mob_cmds.o mob_cmds.c
gcc-3 -O -g3 -Wall -DIMC -DIMCROM -c -o obj/olc.o olc.c
make: Target `rom' not remade because of errors.


I don't understand, I'm usually so quick at learning and fixing this kind of thing alone but this mud thing is perplexing, I love it!

string.c:649: error: conflicting types for 'getline'

You need to fix line 649 in string.c
There's a redeclaration of a standard library function getline().
It probably isn't necessary, but I don't know what the source code looks like nor how it's used.

Ok I see what your getting at, ill try commenting it out and see what happens. thanks that will help me fix errors that might come about later too

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