bug#55010: Compiling from git clone

[Ken Ingram]

Thanks for the tip.

Everything compiled and I was able to get a current version of stat, so I
can use BirthTime.

I believe it's long past time to upgrade the system.

But like all old-timers comfortable in their ways, I've been resisting

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 9:48 AM Paul Eggert  wrote:

> On 4/19/22 22:54, Ken Ingram wrote:
> > So I guess I'm on an "old" compiler compared to 11.2.1
>
> Yes, so let's not worry about the warning, as it suggests adding clutter
> unnecessary in modern compilers, it's easy to ignore the warnings in
> older compilers, and this is an issue only when using
> --enable-gcc-warnings or when building from git and not using
> --disable-gcc-warnings.
>

bug#55010: Compiling from git clone

[Ken Ingram]

Debian 4.19.160-2 (2020-11-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux
gcc (Debian 8.3.0-6) 8.3.0

So I guess I'm on an "old" compiler compared to 11.2.1

On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 4:42 PM Paul Eggert  wrote:

> On 4/18/22 14:47, Ken Ingram wrote:
> > Making all in .
> > make[2]: Entering directory '/home/kingram/src/coreutils'
> >CC   lib/libcoreutils_a-randperm.o
> > lib/randperm.c: In function 'sparse_new':
> > lib/randperm.c:111:1: error: function might be candidate for attribute
> > 'malloc' if it is known to return normally
> > [-Werror=suggest-attribute=malloc]
> >   sparse_new (size_t size_hint)
> >   ^~
>
> I'm not seeing that on Fedora 35 x86-64, with GCC 11.2.1 20220127 (Red
> Hat 11.2.1-9). If you're using an older compiler, I suggest configuring
> with --disable-gcc-warnings, or building with "make WERROR_CFLAGS=", so
> that the unnecessary warnings don't break the build. If you're not,
> please specify the platform and GCC you're using, and how you ran
> 'configure' and 'make'. Thanks.
>

bug#55010: Compiling from git clone

[Ken Ingram]

Making all in .
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/kingram/src/coreutils'
  CC   lib/libcoreutils_a-randperm.o
lib/randperm.c: In function 'sparse_new':
lib/randperm.c:111:1: error: function might be candidate for attribute
'malloc' if it is known to return normally
[-Werror=suggest-attribute=malloc]
 sparse_new (size_t size_hint)
 ^~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [Makefile:15588: lib/libcoreutils_a-randperm.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/kingram/src/coreutils'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:21009: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/kingram/src/coreutils'
make: *** [Makefile:8267: all] Error 2