Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 23:43:49 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Lots of port build failures with gcc 3.4 Message-ID: <20040717064349.GB30545@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040717063556.GA30338@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040717063556.GA30338@xor.obsecurity.org>
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--v9Ux+11Zm5mwPlX6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 11:35:56PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Dear Porters, >=20 > Yes, it's that time again...in the near future a new version of GCC > (3.4.1) will be imported into FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT. The main effect of > this from our point of view is that -- as usual -- the new compiler > suite causes hundreds of ports to fail due to increased compiler > strictness, standards conformance and other annoying reasons. >=20 > A partial list of failing ports can be found here: >=20 > http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/i386-errorlogs/e.5.2004071609/ >=20 > If a port maintained by you appears on this list, please do the following: >=20 * Check whether the compiler problem has already been fixed elsewhere. - It may already be fixed in a new version released by the vendor - Other OS projects may have fixed it already. For example, check the cvs commit logs of projects like dragonfly (e.g. via cvsweb) who have committed some gcc 3.4 fixes. I don't know if openbsd, netbsd or some of the linux distributions have yet worked on gcc 3.4 builds. > * Contact the software authors and provide them with a link to the log > file. >=20 > * Work with them to develop a patch to fix the problems, or work on > the problem yourself if your port is unmaintained by the original > authors. >=20 > * Ask on this list if you require help in fixing a particular problem. --v9Ux+11Zm5mwPlX6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA+MqkWry0BWjoQKURAixxAJ9992/sZnBrMwUWA3hVNY8e6sp0IwCfd7pU KpqTqS3uBiKpb3sAcXShhEw= =qWq0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --v9Ux+11Zm5mwPlX6--
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