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grep-3.6 released [stable]

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To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44535: closed (grep-3.6 released [stable])
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 02:16:02 +0000

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: grep-3.6 released [stable]
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2020 17:12:54 +0100

grep 3.6 fails to build:

test-nl_langinfo-mt.c: In function 'threadN_func':
test-nl_langinfo-mt.c:185:1: error: no return statement in function returning non-void [-Werror=return-type]
  185 | }
      | ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[4]: *** [Makefile:4221: test-nl_langinfo-mt.o] Error 1

Andreas.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Cc: Gnulib bugs <bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org>, 44535-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44535: grep-3.6 released [stable]
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 18:15:20 -0800

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On 11/12/20 11:39 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> We have dueling compilers here, as Sun C complains if the return statements are 
> present[1], whereas gcc -Wreturn-type complains if they're absent. Since the 
> return statements are clearly bogus and unnecessary I'm inclined to continue to 
> omit them.

I looked into this some more, and found out that it's a known GCC bug. I 
installed the attached patch into Gnulib to work around the bug. Thanks for 
reporting the problem.

[0001-nl_langinfo-tests-work-around-GCC-bug-44511.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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