[R] compile fails with x86_64-alpine-linux-uclibc-gcc

[nobody]

hello,

i am trying to build R on alpine/gentoo with uclibc and it fails with the following
error msg:

connections.c: In function 'Rconn_fgetc':
connections.c:3184:11: error: expected identifier before '(' token
connections.c:3186:15: error: expected identifier before '(' token
make[3]: *** [connections.o] Error 1

here is the whole build log :http://bpaste.net/show/39955/
any idea?

i've *walked* back the versions down to 2.14.1 and i still get exact same
error msg.
there are some patches applied but none of them touches connections.c, i
think. in any case i can provide the patches if need be.

thanks