Subject: Re: bug#55010: Compiling from git clone

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:42:08 -0700

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.