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Bug 357031 - net-misc/iputils-20100418-r1 - dereferencing pointer breaks strict-aliasing rules
Summary: net-misc/iputils-20100418-r1 - dereferencing pointer breaks strict-aliasing r...
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Lowest QA (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
URL: http://www.skbuff.net/iputils/
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Reported: 2011-03-02 00:47 UTC by Dan Wallis
Modified: 2011-03-02 16:40 UTC (History)
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Description Dan Wallis 2011-03-02 00:47:43 UTC
Upstream homepage lists current version at s20070202, but clearly that's out of date. Upstream homepage links the Debian & RedHat bug trackers, so I'm not sure where to report this.


 * QA Notice: Package has poor programming practices which may compile
 *            fine but exhibit random runtime failures.
 * ping.c:1198: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘addr.177’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * ping.c:1200: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘addr.177’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * rdisc.c:1497: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘sin’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * arping.c:237: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘me.66’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * arping.c:266: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘me.66’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * arping.c:308: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘me.66’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * arping.c:507: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘me.114’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * arping.c:508: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘me.114’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * arping.c:509: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘me.114’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * arping.c:522: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘me.114’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * arping.c:532: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘he.119’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * rarpd.c:129: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘({anonymous})’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * rarpd.c:170: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘({anonymous})’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * rarpd.c:175: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘({anonymous})’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * rarpd.c:202: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘addr.38’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * rarpd.c:206: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘addr.38’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * rarpd.c:207: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘prefix.39’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * rarpd.c:412: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘sin’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * rarpd.c:411: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘sin’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * tracepath6.c:140: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘addr.27’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * tracepath6.c:143: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘addr.28’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * tracepath6.c:322: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘target.53’ does break strict-aliasing rules
 * tracepath6.c:325: warning: dereferencing pointer ‘target.56’ does break strict-aliasing rules

 * Please do not file a Gentoo bug and instead report the above QA
 * issues directly to the upstream developers of this software.
 * Homepage: http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Net:Iputils
 * ERROR: net-misc/iputils-20100418-r1 failed:
 *   install aborted due to poor programming practices shown above
Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2011-03-02 16:40:57 UTC
The HOMEPAGE also mentions the [URL] above, and there the developers mention both the latest version in the tree and the e-mail address for the relevant mailing list.