GNU bug report logs - #24121
new snapshot available: diffutils-3.3.52-e974

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 01:17:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 24121 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Dagobert Michelsen <dam <at> opencsw.org>
Cc: platform-testers <at> gnu.org, 24121 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#24121: [platform-testers] new snapshot
 available: diffutils-3.3.52-e974
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 08:18:33 -0700
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 2:16 AM, Dagobert Michelsen <dam <at> opencsw.org> wrote:
> Hi Jim,

Hi Dagobert,

Thank you for the quick testing!

>> Am 01.08.2016 um 03:15 schrieb Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>:
>>
>> Here's a new snapshot:
...
>>  http://meyering.net/diff/diffutils-3.3.52-e974.tar.xz
>
> Just tested on Solaris 10 Sparc, there is a missing „;" in Makefile.am:
>
>> diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
>> index 5457d3a..4538c7b 100644
>> --- a/tests/Makefile.am
>> +++ b/tests/Makefile.am
>> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ TESTS_ENVIRONMENT =                                                   \
>>    PREFERABLY_POSIX_SHELL='$(PREFERABLY_POSIX_SHELL)';                  \
>>      export PREFERABLY_POSIX_SHELL;                                     \
>>    REPLACE_GETCWD=$(REPLACE_GETCWD); export REPLACE_GETCWD;             \
>> -  PATH='$(abs_top_builddir)/src$(PATH_SEPARATOR)'"$$PATH"; export PATH \
>> +  PATH='$(abs_top_builddir)/src$(PATH_SEPARATOR)'"$$PATH"; export PATH; \
>>    stderr_fileno_=9; export stderr_fileno                               \
>>    ; 9>&2

I believe this is addressed by the patch I posted last night:
  https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=24121#11

> On Solaris 9 Sparc the substitute for „isblank“ is missing:
>
>>   CCLD     test-c-ctype
>> Undefined                       first referenced
>>  symbol                             in file
>> isblank                             test-c-ctype.o
>
> It should be pulled in from Gnulib:
>   https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/isblank.html
>
> On Solaris 11 Sparc I get this compilation error:
>
>>   CC       rawmemchr.o
>> rawmemchr.c: In function 'rawmemchr':
>> rawmemchr.c:49:18: error: cast increases required alignment of target type [-Werror=cast-align]
>>    longword_ptr = (const longword *) char_ptr;
>>                   ^
>> cc1: all warnings being treated as errors

Thanks!
This should fix it:
[0001-build-Solaris-9-avoid-link-failure-due-to-isblank-us.diff (text/plain, attachment)]

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