178134 2007-05-12 01:50 0000 app-crypt/steghide emerge fails - simple gcc-4.1 issue 2007-05-12 04:11:26 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Applications 2007.0 All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 117482 1 josch09@gmail.com bug-wranglers@gentoo.org josch09@gmail.com 2007-05-12 01:50:28 0000 Hi I'm totally new to gentoo and this is my very first bug report. This compile bug doesn't depend on the platform, because I remember that I had to fix this bug in February for my homebrewed Fedora32/OpenSuse64-RPMs. ############################################################ /usr/include/mutils/mhash_config.h:228:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition MHashPP.cc: In static member function 'static std::string MHashPP::getAlgorithmName(hashid)': MHashPP.cc:123: error: invalid conversion from 'uint8_t*' to 'char*' make[2]: *** [MHashPP.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/app-crypt/steghide-0.5.1/work/steghide-0.5.1/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/app-crypt/steghide-0.5.1/work/steghide-0.5.1' make: *** [all] Error 2 !!! ERROR: app-crypt/steghide-0.5.1 failed. Call stack: ebuild.sh, line 1615: Called dyn_compile ebuild.sh, line 972: Called qa_call 'src_compile' ebuild.sh, line 44: Called src_compile steghide-0.5.1.ebuild, line 29: Called die !!! make failed !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. !!! A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-crypt/steghide-0.5.1/temp/build.log'. ######################################################################## Here the quick and dirty fix: diff -ur steghide-0.5.1.org/src/MHashPP.cc steghide-0.5.1/src/MHashPP.cc --- steghide-0.5.1.org/src/MHashPP.cc 2003-10-05 12:17:50.000000000 +0200 +++ steghide-0.5.1/src/MHashPP.cc 2007-02-20 02:21:56.000000000 +0100 @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ std::string MHashPP::getAlgorithmName (hashid id) { - char *name = mhash_get_hash_name (id) ; + char *name = (char*)(mhash_get_hash_name (id)) ; std::string retval ; if (name == NULL) { retval = std::string ("<algorithm not found>") ; dirtyepic@gentoo.org 2007-05-12 04:11:26 0000 welcome to gentoo ;) thanks for the report. i've applied your patch to steghide-0.5.1. it should hit the mirrors in about an hour.