Error when compiling 5.0 for 64 bit device - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Whenever I compile a non-AOSP ROM I always seem to get an error similar to this.
Code:
target C: libcutils <= system/core/libcutils/config_utils.c
In file included from bionic/libc/kernel/uapi/linux/signal.h:21:0,
from bionic/libc/include/signal.h:45,
from bionic/libc/include/sys/select.h:35,
from bionic/libc/include/unistd.h:34,
from bionic/libc/include/fcntl.h:37,
from system/core/libcutils/config_utils.c:20:
bionic/libc/include/signal.h:85:18: error: expected ':', ',', ';', '}' or '__attribute__' before '.' token
sighandler_t sa_handler;
^
make: *** [/home/joshua/android/PAC/out/target/product/flounder/obj/STATIC_LIBRARIES/libcutils_intermediates/config_utils.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
In file included from bionic/libc/kernel/uapi/linux/signal.h:21:0,
from bionic/libc/include/signal.h:45,
from bionic/libc/include/pthread.h:33,
from system/core/include/cutils/threads.h:34,
from system/core/libcutils/hashmap.c:20:
bionic/libc/include/signal.h:85:18: error: expected ':', ',', ';', '}' or '__attribute__' before '.' token
sighandler_t sa_handler;
^
make: *** [/home/joshua/android/PAC/out/target/product/flounder/obj/STATIC_LIBRARIES/libcutils_intermediates/hashmap.o] Error 1
In file included from bionic/libc/kernel/uapi/linux/signal.h:21:0,
from bionic/libc/include/signal.h:45,
from bionic/libc/include/sys/select.h:35,
from bionic/libc/include/unistd.h:34,
from system/core/libcutils/native_handle.c:23:
bionic/libc/include/signal.h:85:18: error: expected ':', ',', ';', '}' or '__attribute__' before '.' token
sighandler_t sa_handler;
^
Let me know if you need any other information.
Thanks.

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The same problem
I have the same problem. Did you find the solution for this?
Anyone know about this, please help!

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NguyenTuy said:
I have the same problem. Did you find the solution for this?
Anyone know about this, please help!
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Yes some commits cm did fixed it.

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joshuabg said:
Yes some commits cm did fixed it.
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I researched some days but no result was found. I will greatly appreciate if you show me how to fix it.

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NguyenTuy said:
I researched some days but no result was found. I will greatly appreciate if you show me how to fix it.
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What ROM are you trying to compile?

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joshuabg said:
What ROM are you trying to compile?
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I have same problem. I'm trying to buid flounder for HTC Nexus 9. Could you please tell me how to fix it?
Thanks a lot!

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In order to help you, I will need a link to your ROM source. In adition to your specific error.

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joshuabg said:
In order to help you, I will need a link to your ROM source. In adition to your specific error.
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At this moment, I'm using AOSP android-5.0.1_r1 from Android Source and then compile
lunch aosp_flounder-userdebug
make -j4
=> It done without error.
After add a new product.
In file included from bionic/libc/kernel/uapi/linux/signal.h:21:0,
from bionic/libc/include/signal.h:43,
from bionic/libc/include/sys/select.h:35,
from bionic/libc/include/unistd.h:34,
from vendor/newvendor/internal/libstcommon/src/NewMwMessage.c:24:
bionic/libc/include/signal.h:83:18: error: expected ':', ',', ';', '}' or '__attribute__' before '.' token
sighandler_t sa_handler;
^
It is hard to find out what happen to me. Please help me to save my day. I really appreciate your help.
Just a question, how did you resolve your issue?

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taduongngoc said:
At this moment, I'm using AOSP android-5.0.1_r1 from Android Source and then compile
lunch aosp_flounder-userdebug
make -j4
=> It done without error.
After add a new product.
In file included from bionic/libc/kernel/uapi/linux/signal.h:21:0,
from bionic/libc/include/signal.h:43,
from bionic/libc/include/sys/select.h:35,
from bionic/libc/include/unistd.h:34,
from vendor/newvendor/internal/libstcommon/src/NewMwMessage.c:24:
bionic/libc/include/signal.h:83:18: error: expected ':', ',', ';', '}' or '__attribute__' before '.' token
sighandler_t sa_handler;
^
It is hard to find out what happen to me. Please help me to save my day. I really appreciate your help.
Just a question, how did you resolve your issue?
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I need to see more of your error. I removed the kernel headers from the Android.mk causing the problem.

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joshuabg said:
I need to see more of your error. I removed the kernel headers from the Android.mk causing the problem.
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I found my issue 4 days ago by removing KERNEL_HEADERS from the INCLUDE_C_HEADERS parameter in the make file.
Anyway, thank you very much for your help.

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Hashbang173 said:
I need to see more of your error. I removed the kernel headers from the Android.mk causing the problem.
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Whoa, that fixed it for me! Thank you!

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Hashbang173 said:
I need to see more of your error. I removed the kernel headers from the Android.mk causing the problem.
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Thanks a lot!
Heres a link to what you need to cherry-pick
https://github.com/HalogenOS/androi...mmit/1cdeb7268b53ea0754dad87b75f2ed0d418e6896
(Just remove the headers)

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I struggled with this for a week on a RIL module. Turns out the bionic/libc version in my version of Android 5.1.1 had an erroneous implementation of signal.h for 64bit programs. It used #define in the linux/signal.h to change code elsewhere in the library but hadn't made the 64bit/mips versions og signalaction in the signal.h compatible by undefining them before and redefining them after the declarations. Also you'd have to give the anon-union inside the struct the name _u.