/usr/include/pm.h defines macros min/max/abs, overriding builtins and screwing up C++ std::min/...

[Markus Stürmer]

Binary package hint: libnetpbm10-dev

/usr/include/pm.h, included by basically all netpbm headers (development), defines macros min, max and abs.

While overriding builtins and the implementations in math.h / cmath / algorithm, it screws up any usage of std::min / std::max.

BTW, it is an really old version of netpbm...

Example C++ program, compiling only after uncommenting the undef line:

/****************************************/
#include <algorithm>
#include <pam.h>
// #undef min

int mymin( int a , int b ) {
        return std::min( a , b );
}
/****************************************/

$ apt-cache policy libnetpbm10-dev
libnetpbm10-dev:
  Installed: 2:10.0-12ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2:10.0-12ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2:10.0-12ubuntu1 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Skand Hurkat (skand-hurkat)]

Confirmed the bug in Ubuntu Precise

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.